S 0176 General Bill, By Land, Leventis and Reese
 A Bill to amend Section 47-13-1310, as amended, Code of Laws of South
 Carolina, 1976, relating to definitions pertaining to equine infectious
 anemia, so as to revise the definitions of "horse" and "reactor"; to amend
 Section 47-13-1315, as amended, relating to programs to control equine
 infectious anemia, so as to provide for testing in any change of ownership;
 and to amend Section 47-13-1350, as amended, relating to the testing
 requirement before a horse may enter the State, so as to change the time
 requirement for a negative test.

   01/13/93  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-3
   01/13/93  Senate Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural
                     Resources SJ-3
   03/18/93  Senate Tabled in committee

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 47-13-1310, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS PERTAINING TO EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITIONS OF "HORSE" AND "REACTOR"; TO AMEND SECTION 47-13-1315, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO PROGRAMS TO CONTROL EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR TESTING IN ANY CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP; AND TO AMEND SECTION 47-13-1350, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE TESTING REQUIREMENT BEFORE A HORSE MAY ENTER THE STATE, SO AS TO CHANGE THE TIME REQUIREMENT FOR A NEGATIVE TEST.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 47-13-1310 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 375 of 1990, is further amended to read:

"Section 47-13-1310. As used in this article:

(1) `Equine infectious anemia' means a widely spread, virus-caused disease of the horse, (commonly known as swamp fever), which is infectious in nature and spreads by improper use of hypodermic needles, other instruments, and insects. The disease may be acute, subacute, chronic, or inapparent.

(2) `Horse' means any a member of the equine family over six months of age including horses, mules, asses, zebras, or other equidae.

(3) `State veterinarian' means the state veterinarian as defined by Section 47-13-20.

(4) `Accredited veterinarian' means a licensed veterinarian approved by the United States Department of Agriculture and the state veterinarian.

(5) `Reactor' means a horse over nine months of age that reacts positively to an approved serological test performed by an approved laboratory.

(6) `Date of test' means date blood sample is collected from the horse.

(7) `Exposed horse' means a horse which the state veterinarian or his authorized representative has reasonable grounds to believe has been exposed to equine infectious anemia.

(8) `Quarantine' means confinement of an exposed horse to an area not less than two hundred yards from another unaffected horse, with no horses being admitted or leaving the premises.

(9) `Isolation' means confinement of a reactor horse to an area not less than two hundred yards from another unaffected horse until a blood sample submitted from the reactor horse provides a negative Coggins test from a laboratory approved within the State or death."

SECTION 2. Section 47-13-1315 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 375 of 1990, is further amended to read:

"Section 47-13-1315. The state veterinarian and the Livestock-Poultry Health Service of Clemson University are vested with the authority to develop and institute programs to provide for the control of equine infectious anemia in this State and to adopt and provide for enforcement regulations necessary to carry out the program and the provisions of this article. This authority includes, but is not limited to, the power to make regulations requiring the testing of a horse, pony, mule, and ass for equine infectious anemia in any change of ownership before sale, exhibition, or assembly at public stables or other public places, and authority to require the owner, operator, or person in charge of shows, sales, public stables, and other public places to require proof of freedom from equine infectious anemia before an animal is permitted to remain on the premises."

SECTION 3. Section 47-13-1350 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 375 of 1990, is further amended to read:

"Section 47-13-1350. It is unlawful to enter the State with any a horse unless the horse has been tested for equine infectious anemia and reacted negatively within six twelve months before entry. The state veterinarian, with the advice of the commanding officer of the State Highway Patrol, shall promulgate regulations to provide for the enforcement of this section."

SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.