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SF 548 Senate Long Description

E Providing for the control of chronic wasting and wildlife + diseases; defining or redefining certain terms under the provisions regulating farmed +cervidae; further regulating the slaughter of farmed cervidae relating to food;+ modifying certain fencing and identification requirements; authorizing the +commissioner of agriculture and the board of animal health to inspect farmed +cervidae facilities; requiring registration with the board to possess live +cervidae, authorizing seizure and destruction by the commissioner of natural +resources (DNR) for failure to comply; requiring and providing for surveillance+ of farmed cervidae herds for chronic wasting disease; specifying certain +inventory verification and filing, movement reporting and slaughter testing +requirements; making permanent certain cervidae import restrictions; authorizing +and providing for certain actions by the commissioner of natural +resources to prevent or control wildlife disease; modifying the use of a certain +portion of deer, bear and lifetime hunting license revenues, authorizing use for+ wild cervidae health management and modifying the trigger for cancellation+ to the game and fish fund; providing for commissioner issuance of free +licenses to take wild animals for wildlife disease prevention and control +purposes; restricting importation and possession of hunter harvested cervidae;+ expanding the authority of the commissioner to establish special deer seasons +and restrictions; repealing certain provisions prohibiting cervidae from +being allowed to run at large and requiring the destruction of wild +cervidae found within the cervidae confinement area of a game farm replaced by the modifications to fencing requirements (mk, ja)