BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 2483| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONSENT Bill No: AB 2483 Author: Committee on Agriculture Introduced:2/19/16 Vote: 21 SENATE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE: 5-0, 6/21/16 AYES: Galgiani, Cannella, Berryhill, Pan, Wolk SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8 ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 79-0, 5/5/16 (Consent) - See last page for vote SUBJECT: Livestock Identification Advisory Board SOURCE: California Cattlemen's Association DIGEST: This bill decreases the minimum number of required meetings of the Livestock Identification Advisory Board from once every three months to twice annually. ANALYSIS: Existing law: 1)Authorizes the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), through the Bureau of Livestock Identification, to administer and enforce laws and regulations that would protect cattle from theft and misappropriation in California. AB 2483 Page 2 2)Authorizes CDFA to regulate and record brands that establish or indicate cattle ownership, as specified. 3)Establishes the Livestock Identification Advisory Board to make recommendations to the secretary of CDFA in regards to administration and enforcement of brand laws and regulations and the annual budget for the Bureau of Livestock Identification. 4)Authorizes CDFA to increase cattle inspection fees up to 20% of the statutory fee upon recommendation of the Livestock Identification Advisory Board (Food and Agricultural Code § 20760 and 21291). 5)Requires the Livestock Identification Advisory Board to meet at least once every three months. This bill decreases the minimum number of required meetings of the Livestock Identification Advisory Board from once every three months to twice annually. Background The CDFA Bureau of Livestock Identification is responsible for the administration and enforcement of cattle protection from theft by issuing brand registration certificates and conducting inspections. Generally, inspections are required when cattle are sold, transported, have a transfer of ownership, and before entering a feedlot or slaughterhouse. This program is supported entirely through registration and inspection fees. (Food and Agricultural Code §20001 et seq.). The Livestock Identification Advisory Board was created within CDFA to assist and make recommendations to the secretary and chief of the Bureau of Livestock Identification in regards to AB 2483 Page 3 administration and enforcement of brand laws and regulations, the annual budget and procedures followed by the Bureau of Livestock Identification, curbing livestock theft, and legislation designed to improve bureau function. Advisory Board members are appointed by the secretary and consist of cattle producers, dairymen, persons engaged in livestock marketing, operators of feedlots, and a member of the public. Comments Need for this bill. The Livestock Identification Advisory Board would like to reduce the number of times they are required to meet within a given timeframe. This bill changes statute accordingly but maintains the ability of the board to meet upon call of the chair as needed. FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.:YesLocal: No SUPPORT: (Verified8/1/16) California Cattlemen's Association (source) OPPOSITION: (Verified8/1/16) None received ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: According to the author, "Currently the LIAB [Livestock Identification Advisory Board] is required to meet at every three months. At the public Board meeting held January 7, 2016, the LIAB voted unanimously to seek a change in the law that would in turn require it to meet twice a year and allow the Chairman to call additional public meetings as AB 2483 Page 4 necessary. The motion approved by the Board to seek this change is appropriately recorded in the meeting minutes." ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 79-0, 5/5/16 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Rendon NO VOTE RECORDED: Beth Gaines Prepared by: Anne Megaro / AGRI. / (916) 651-1508 8/3/16 19:36:09 **** END ****