BILL NUMBER: AB 732	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooper

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to add Section 21060.4 to the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to livestock.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 732, as amended, Cooper. Cattle inspection: exemption.
   Existing law requires cattle to be inspected before being moved or
transported under certain circumstances, including whenever cattle
are sold. Existing law requires that inspection fees be paid at the
point of inspection and that those fees be deposited into the
Department of Food and Agriculture Fund.
   This bill would exempt cattle that are being sold or whose
ownership is being transferred from these inspection provisions if
the individual or entity with a controlling interest in the cattle
remains unchanged, if the cattle will not be moved out of state or
out of a modified point-of-origin inspection area, and if the cattle
are associated with either a registered brand or dairy exemption
number. The bill would require, at the time of ownership transfer,
all persons who have ownership in the cattle, including both the
transferor and the transferee, to self-certify, under penalty of
perjury, to the Department of Food and Agriculture as to their
ownership in the cattle on a form  and in a time frame  to
be prescribed by the department. By creating a new crime, this bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 21060.4 is added to the Food and Agricultural
Code, to read:
   21060.4.  (a) Inspection is not required in cases where cattle are
sold or ownership is transferred under all of the following
circumstances:
   (1) The individual or entity with a controlling interest in the
cattle remains unchanged.
   (2) The cattle will not be moved out of state or out of a modified
point-of-origin inspection area.
   (3) The cattle are associated with either a registered brand or
dairy exemption number.
   (b) All persons who have ownership in the cattle, including both
the transferor and the transferee, shall, at the time of ownership
transfer, self-certify, under penalty of perjury, to the department
as to their ownership in the cattle on a form  and in a time
frame  prescribed by the department.
   (c) An owner of cattle that is otherwise exempt from inspection
pursuant to this section may elect to have that cattle inspected
pursuant to Section 21051. 
   (d) A violation of this section shall be subject to the penalties
described in Section 21051.3. 
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.