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SENATE FILE NO.
Meat processing plants-hides and carcasses.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Steinmetz
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to hides and carcasses; amending the
2 requirements for hide inspections as specified; requiring
3 meat processing plants to keep records of unmutilated
4 brands as specified; requiring hide buyers to keep records
5 of hides or pelts purchased as specified; repealing a
6 provision; and providing for an effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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10 Section 1. W.S. 11-23-102(b) and by creating a new
11 subsection (c), 11-23-104, 11-23-202 and 11-23-203 are
12 amended to read:
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1 11-23-102. Only inspected livestock to be
2 slaughtered; record of cattle slaughtered.
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4 (b) Every person establishment engaged in
5 slaughtering or processing cattle shall:
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7 (i) Keep a record of all cattle slaughtered,
8 naming the person from whom the cattle were purchased, his
9 place of residence and the age, sex and brands of the
10 cattle slaughtered;. The record shall at all times be open
11 for inspection by any person.
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13 (ii) Keep the unmutilated hide or a written
14 record of the disposition of the unmutilated hide together
15 with a pre-slaughter brand inspection certificate for that
16 animal. The written record shall either be a copy of the
17 bill of sale as described in W.S. 11-23-202 or, if the hide
18 is not sold, a disposal form available from the board. The
19 records described in this paragraph shall be available for
20 inspection by an authorized Wyoming brand inspector,
21 department inspector, sheriff or deputy sheriff during
22 regular business hours for not less than two (2) years from
23 the date of slaughter or disposition;
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2 (c) If a hide is sold to a hide buyer, the hide or
3 bill of sale shall be inspected by an authorized Wyoming
4 brand inspector. The person presenting a hide shall pay the
5 inspection fee prescribed by law for each hide inspected,
6 and the fee shall be remitted to the board.
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8 11-23-104. Exhibition, upon demand, of hides or
9 certificate of inspection thereof of cattle killed for
10 beef.
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12 Any person who kills his own cattle for beef or has in his
13 possession the carcass or any part of such cattle, must
14 shall on demand of an inspector, sheriff or deputy sheriff
15 show either the hide of the animal killed or the
16 certificate of inspection of the hide. Any person failing
17 to secure a certificate of inspection shall retain the
18 hide, without mutilation of the brand, until the beef is
19 consumed.
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21 11-23-202. Hide buyer; bill of sale required;
22 contents; copy to seller.
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1 A hide buyer shall require every person from whom he
2 purchases hides or pelts to deliver to him a bill of sale
3 for the hides and pelts, executed in duplicate. One (1)
4 copy shall be retained by the seller, one (1) copy shall be
5 retained by the person described in W.S. 11-23-102(b) if
6 the hide is from cattle and the other one (1) copy shall be
7 kept by the hide buyer and exhibited upon demand of any
8 inspector, sheriff or deputy sheriff. The bill of sale
9 shall describe by brand or mark the hides and pelts sold
10 and the date of sale.
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12 11-23-203. Hide buyer; record of purchases to be
13 kept; contents; inspection by sheriff.
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15 Every hide buyer in this state shall keep a true record of
16 all hides and pelts purchased by him, showing the name of
17 the seller of the hides or pelts, the date of purchase and
18 all brands and other identification marks on the hides and
19 pelts for not less than two (2) years from the date of
20 purchase. The record shall be open for inspection by the
21 sheriff or his deputy in his county and any livestock
22 inspector.
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1 Section 2. W.S. 11-23-101 is repealed.
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5 STAFF COMMENT
6 The repealed language is as follows:
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8 11-23-101. Sale of carcass without inspection
9 prohibited; inspection fees; disposition thereof.
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11 It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale or
12 possess for the purpose of sale or disposal the carcass or
13 any part thereof of cattle without having the unmutilated
14 hide inspected by an inspector. The person presenting the
15 hide and carcass or any part thereof shall pay the
16 inspection fee prescribed by law for each hide inspected,
17 the fee shall be remitted to the board.
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22 Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2024.
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Statutes affected:
24LSO-0127 v0.7: 11-23-102, 11-23-104, 11-23-202, 11-23-203, 11-23-101