Bill Text: NH HB1355 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Relative to poultry producers exempted from meat inspection requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-04-27 - Signed by Governor Hassan 04/25/2016; Chapter 26; Eff. 6/24/2016 [HB1355 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1355-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 26

HB 1355 - FINAL VERSION

 

2016 SESSION

16-2506

08/03

 

HOUSE BILL 1355

 

AN ACT relative to poultry producers exempted from meat inspection requirements.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Bixby, Straf. 17; Rep. Sad, Ches. 1

 

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill increases the number of poultry a federally exempt poultry producer may sell in a calendar year.  

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2506

08/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT relative to poultry producers exempted from meat inspection requirements.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

26:1  Poultry Producer Requirements.  Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 143-A:16 to read as follows:

143-A:16  Producer Requirements.  A federally exempt poultry producer may, in a calendar year, sell to licensed restaurants [up to 1,000] uninspected, processed whole poultry that the producer has raised in a quantity not to exceed the federal limit established in 21 U.S.C. section 464 and a rabbit producer may, in a calendar year, sell to licensed restaurants up to 1,000 uninspected, processed whole rabbits that the producer has raised, provided all of the following conditions are met:

26:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: April 25, 2016

Effective Date: June 24, 2016