California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 1388


Introduced by Committee on Agriculture

March 4, 2013


An act to amend Section 9641.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to animal quarantine.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1388, as introduced, Committee on Agriculture. Animal quarantine: horses and Equidae: importation: test verification.

Existing law requires any horse or other Equidae brought into this state to be accompanied by a certificate of health and verification that the horse or Equidae has been tested within the preceding 6 months and found negative to a test for equine infectious anemia, except as otherwise specified. A violation of those provisions is a crime.

This bill would instead require verification that a horse or other Equidae has been tested, and found negative, for equine infectious anemia within the preceding 12 months. The bill would also make technical changes.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 9641.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code
2 is amended to read:

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9641.5.  

begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insert Any horse or other Equidae brought into this state
4shall be accompanied by the following:

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5(a)

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P2    1begin insert(1)end insert A certificate of health from the state of origin issued by an
2accredited veterinarian. The certificate shall state that the horse or
3other Equidae is free from evidence of any communicable disease.

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4(b)

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5begin insert(2)end insert Verification that any horse or Equidae has been tested within
6the precedingbegin delete sixend deletebegin insert 12end insert months and found negative to a test for equine
7infectious anemia. The test shall be approved by thebegin delete directorend delete
8begin insert secretaryend insert and conducted by a laboratory approved by the United
9States Department of Agriculture, and the necessary sample shall
10be taken, and the verification signed by, an accredited veterinarian.

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12begin insert(b)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertAend insert nursing foal of less than six months of age when
13accompanied by a negative dam and any horse or other Equidae
14consigned for immediate slaughter shall be exempt from the testing
15requirements of this section.

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16Any

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17begin insert(c)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertAnyend insert horse or other Equidae moved from California to another
18state for a period of not more than 14 days, are exempt from this
19section upon returning to California, provided, that the exemption
20does not apply to any horse or other Equidae that leaves the
21continental United States.



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