State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2012  

264T0473   HOUSE BILL   NO.  1070  

Introduced by:    Representatives Rausch, Blake, Brunner, Cronin, Gosch, Hoffman, Hunhoff (Bernie), Jensen, Kirkeby, Kopp, Lust, Magstadt, Olson (Betty), Perry, Rozum, Scott, Solum, Street, Stricherz, Vanneman, Verchio, White, Wick, Willadsen, and Wink and Senators Rhoden, Begalka, Brown, Cutler, Juhnke, Maher, Olson (Russell), Rave, Sutton, Tidemann, and Tieszen
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to revise certain provisions relating to the certificate of health requirement for the importation of animals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That § 40-14-2 be amended to read as follows:
    40-14-2. All animals Any animal brought into this state for any purpose except immediate slaughter or as otherwise provided for in rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 by the Animal Industry Board shall be accompanied by a certificate of health, issued in duplicate by authority of the state or territory from which it originates, or by authority of the United States Department of Agriculture, setting forth that such animals are. The certificate shall verify that the animal is free from all contagious, infectious, epidemic, or communicable disease, and from infestation of destructive parasites and. The certificate shall verify that the animal does not originate from a district of quarantine, infestation, or infection, and that it has been inspected within a period of not more than thirty days prior to before the arrival of such stock the animal.

One of the duplicate certificates shall be mailed to the Animal Industry Board at Pierre, in time for it to be received before the animal arrives at its destination, and the other shall be attached to the bill of lading when the animal is brought into the state. Any person who brings animals into the state in violation of this section is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
    Section 2. That subdivision (5) of § 40-3-14 be amended to read as follows:

            (5)    The regulation of the importation of livestock animals;