H 3859 Session 111 (1995-1996)
H 3859 Joint Resolution, By Riser, R.C. Fulmer, J. Hines, Inabinett, Koon,
Limehouse, Rhoad and Witherspoon
Similar(S 677)
A Joint Resolution to direct the Clemson University Livestock-Poultry Health
Division to establish a quarantine for Laryngotracheitis, an infectious and
communicable poultry disease, and to provide requirements for the quarantine.
03/23/95 House Introduced and read first time HJ-5
03/23/95 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural
Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-5
04/12/95 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental
Affairs HJ-4
04/19/95 House Debate adjourned until Tuesday, April 25, 1995 HJ-33
04/25/95 House Debate adjourned until Tuesday, May 2, 1995 HJ-20
05/02/95 House Tabled HJ-13
COMMITTEE REPORT
April 12, 1995
H. 3859
Introduced by REPS. Riser, Hines, Inabinett, Rhoad, Witherspoon,
Koon, Limehouse and Fulmer
S. Printed 4/12/95--H.
Read the first time March 23, 1995.
THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL
AFFAIRS
To whom was referred a Joint Resolution (H. 3859), to direct the
Clemson University Livestock-Poultry Health Division to establish a
quarantine for laryngotracheitis, etc., respectfully
REPORT:
That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and
recommend that the same do pass with amendment:
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking subsection (B) of
SECTION 1, page 1, beginning on line 28, and inserting:
/(B) Quarantined areas include counties, as designated by the
State Veterinarian, outside South Carolina in which official
quarantines have been imposed. The quarantined areas, which may
be revised by the State Veterinarian, are effective upon filing with
the South Carolina Legislative Council./
Amend further by striking subsection (D)(3) of SECTION 1,
page 2, beginning on line 5, and inserting:
/(3) Shipping containers or means of transportation, except as
noted in this subsection, may enter this State only if properly
cleaned and disinfected in accordance with the standards of the
appropriate state animal-poultry health agency or the United States
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service./
Amend title to conform.
CHARLES R. SHARPE, for Committee.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
TO DIRECT THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
LIVESTOCK-POULTRY HEALTH DIVISION TO ESTABLISH A
QUARANTINE FOR LARYNGOTRACHEITIS, AN INFECTIOUS
AND COMMUNICABLE POULTRY DISEASE, AND TO
PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE QUARANTINE.
Whereas, there has been an outbreak of laryngotracheitis, a highly
infectious and contagious poultry disease which could have a
significant impact on the poultry industry of this State. Now,
therefore,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina:
SECTION 1. (A) The Clemson University Livestock-Poultry
Health Division shall establish a quarantine, as provided in this
section, for laryngotracheitis, an infectious and communicable
disease of poultry.
(B) Quarantined areas include counties outside South Carolina in
which official quarantines have been imposed as designated by the
State Veterinarian. The designated areas may be revised by the
State Veterinarian.
(C) Quarantined items include poultry, uncooked poultry
by-products, poultry waste products including litter, manure, or any
mixture containing litter or manure, crates or other shipping
containers, and means of transportation by which the disease is
spread.
(D) No quarantined items from the quarantined areas may enter
South Carolina except as follows:
(1) Poultry may go directly to slaughter if the means of
transportation proceeds directly to the slaughter plant and returns
directly to the quarantined area. All other poultry must be
accompanied by the appropriate certificates of veterinary inspection
or National Poultry Improvement Plan certificates, or both, which
must indicate the poultry is apparently free from laryngotracheitis.
(2) Poultry by-products must be rendered or shipped in sealed
containers directly to renderers.
(3) Poultry waste products, shipping containers, or means of
transportation, except as noted in this subsection, may enter this
State only if accompanied by a certificate issued by the appropriate
state animal-poultry health agency or the United States Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service which certifies that appropriate
sanitation and sterilization procedures have been performed to
eliminate contamination from the laryngotracheitis virus.
(E) A person transporting quarantined items into South Carolina
from other states shall provide, upon request of law enforcement
officers or agents of the State Veterinarian, the address and
telephone number of the premises of origin and the destination of
the quarantined items.
(F) A person who violates this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction for a first offense, must be fined
not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than
thirty days and, upon conviction for a second offense, must be fined
not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than
three years.
(G) The quarantine and the requirements of this section remain
in effect through June 30, 1996.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by
the Governor.
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