SB 5439 — Concerning livestock identification.

S-1036.1S-0654.1 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5439 State of Washington 68th Legislature 2023 Regular Session By Senate Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks (originally sponsored by Senators Warnick, Dozier, Hasegawa, Lovelett, Salomon, Schoesler, and Van De Wege)Wege READRead FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 02/13/23.01/18/23.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks.

amending RCW 16.57.015, 16.57.015, 16.57.220, 16.57.460,16.57.220, 16.58.130, and 16.65.090;16.57.460;

amending 2022 c 158 s 1 (uncodified);

In making appointments, the director shall solicit nominations from organizations representing p.

1 SSBSB 5439 director shall solicit nominations from organizations representing these groups statewide.

One member shall represent each of the p.following groups:

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Beef2 producers,SB public5439 livestock market operators, horse owners, dairy farmers, cattle feeders, and meat processors.

3 SSBSB 5439 is ((one dollar and twenty-one cents)) $1.21$1.20 per head, with a call out fee of ((twenty dollars)) $20.

RCW 16.57.220 and 2010 c 66 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Except as provided for in RCW 16.65.090 and otherwise in this section, the fee for livestock inspection is ((one dollar and sixty cents)) $1.60 per head for cattle and ((three dollars and fifty cents)) $3.50 for horses or the time and mileage fee, whichever is greater.

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4 SB 5439 (2) When cattle are identified with the owner's brand or other form of identification specified by the director by rule, the fee for livestock inspection is ((one dollar and ten cents)) $1.10 per head or the time and mileage fee, whichever is greater.

(3) No inspection fee is charged for a calf that is inspected before moving out-of-state under an official temporary grazing permit if the calf is part of a cow-calf unit and the calf is identified with the owner's Washington -recorded brand or other form of identification specified by the director by rule.

(4) The fee for inspection of cattle at a processing plant with a daily capacity of no more than ((five hundred)) 500 head of cattle where the United States department of agriculture maintains a meat inspection program is ((four dollars)) $4 per head.

(5) When a single inspection certificate issued for ((thirty)) 30 or more horses belonging to one person, the fee for livestock inspection is ((two dollars)) $2 per head or the time and mileage fee, whichever is greater.

(6) The fee for individual identification certificates is ((twenty dollars)) $20 for an annual certificate and ((sixty dollars)) $60 for a lifetime certificate or the time and mileage fee, whichever is greater.

However, the fee for an annual certificate listing ((thirty)) 30 or more animals belonging to one person is ((five dollars)) $5 per head or the time and mileage fee, whichever is greater.

A lifetime certificate shall not be issued until the fee has been paid to the director.

(7) The minimum fee for the issuance of an inspection certificate by the director is ((five dollars)) $5.

The minimum fee does not apply to livestock consigned to a public livestock market or special sale or inspected at a cattle processing plant.

(8) No call out fee is charged for an inspection done by a certified veterinarian or field livestock inspector.

(9) For purposes of this section, "the time and mileage fee" means ((seventeen dollars)) $17 per hour and the current mileage rate set by the office of financial management.

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(1) The department shall submit a livestock inspection program report pursuant to RCW 43.01.036 by ((September 1, 2020)) November 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, to the appropriate committees of the legislaturep. having oversight over agriculture and fiscal matters.

5 SB 5439 legislature having oversight over agriculture and fiscal matters.

The report must include p.amounts collected, a report on program expenditures, and any recommendations for making the program more efficient, improving the program, or modifying livestock inspection fees to cover the costs of the program.

4 SSB 5439 amounts collected, a report on program expenditures, and any recommendations for making the program more efficient, improving the program, or modifying livestock inspection fees to cover the costs of the program.

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RCW 16.58.130 and 2019 c 92 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:

Each licensee shall pay to the director a fee of ((twenty-eight)) 28 cents for each head of cattle handled through the licensee's feed lot.

The licensee must pay a call out fee of ((twenty dollars)) $20 to the department for each day and for each livestock inspector((, certified veterinarian, or field livestock inspector)) who performs inspections at each certified feed lot.

Payment of the fees shall be made by the licensee on a monthly basis.

Failure to pay as required shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of a certified feed lot license.

The director shall not renew a certified feed lot license if a licensee has failed to make prompt and timely payments.

No call out fee is charged for an inspection done by a certified veterinarian or field livestock inspector.

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