Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 150.740 and 257.550 to prohibit the export of a cervid carcass or wild cervid outside of a chronic wasting disease surveillance zone; prohibit the export of a captive cervid outside of a 10-mile radius of a chronic wasting disease positive captive cervid facility; establish exemptions to the movement of cervid parts; allow breeding of captive cervids inside the facility in which the cervid is housed; require that the chronic wasting disease surveillance zone remain disease free for a period of five years; exempt prior chronic wasting disease positive detections from restrictions.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions; amend KRS 150.730 to allow the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to amend existing administrative regulations relating to fencing requirements for captive cervids; amend KRS 150.740 and 257.550 to provide exemptions for a cervid carcass; exempt a captive cervid facility with a buffer zone of at least 30 feet if the facility has not imported a cervid or cervid carcass from a chronic wasting disease positive facility and has no chronic wasting disease positive detections; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Amendment 1 -- K. King

Summary Make title amendment.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- J. Bray

Summary Retain original provisions, except to amend KRS 150.730 to restrict the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources from adopting more stringent requirements for the fencing and holding of captive cervids; amend KRS 150.735 to require that a person holding captive cervids complies with a violation within fourteen days; amend KRS 150.740 to prohibit the export of a cervid carcass or wild cervid from a chronic wasting disease surveillance zone, require the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to provide geo-coordinates to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture within 48hours of a chronic wasting disease positive detection, prohibit the export of a captive cervid outside of a captive cervid facility that has a chronic wasting disease positive detection within the facility or of a wild cervid within a 10 mile radius of the facility, set exemptions for a captive cervid facility that adhere to set fencing requirements, exempt a captive cervid carcass in transport to or from a certified diagnostic facility for the purpose of a necropsy examination from the export restriction; amend KRS 257.550 and 257.552 to conform.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 150.740, 257.550
House Committee Substitute 1: 150.730, 150.740, 257.550