WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                           Ch. 29

SECTION 2. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 1993.

Approved April 13, 1993.

CHAPTER 29
(House Bill 186)

AN ACT concerning

Livestock - Humane Treatment of 3-D Livestock at Livestock Auctions

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to adopt regulations
governing the humane treatment of certain livestock by certain persons; defining a
term; making a stylistic change; and generally relating to the humane treatment of
livestock.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Agriculture
Section 3-301 and 3-307
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1985 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Agriculture

3-301.

(a)     In this subtitle, the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)     "Livestock dealer" means any person who engages in the business of selling,
buying, exchanging, or transferring livestock at any place and at any time.

(C) "3-D LIVESTOCK" MEANS LIVESTOCK THAT IS UNABLE TO RISE EVEN
WITH ASSISTANCE (A "DOWNER"), IS DEBILITATED, OR IS DISEASED.

[(c)](D) "Livestock" means cattle, swine, sheep, horses, asses, mules, or goats
notwithstanding any other provision of this article.

[(d)](E) "Livestock market" means an established location where livestock are
offered for sale.

[(e)](F) "Trucker or hauler" means a person who engages in the business of
transporting livestock in trucks or other conveyances to or from a farm, a livestock
auction, sales agency, or dealer's premises.

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