Minnesota Session Laws - 1992, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1992 

                        CHAPTER 433-H.F.No. 1827 
           An act relating to livestock diseases; modifying 
          requirements for certain tests; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1990, sections 35.245, subdivisions 1 and 2; 
          and 35.251; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
          Statutes, chapter 35; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
          1990, section 35.245, subdivision 1a. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
     Section 1.  [35.243] [RULES FOR CONTROL OF BRUCELLOSIS IN 
CATTLE.] 
    The board of animal health shall adopt rules to provide for 
the control of brucellosis in cattle.  The rules may include 
provisions for quarantine, tests, and vaccinations, and such 
other measures as the board deems appropriate. 
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 35.245, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [LIMITATION ON SALE.] No person may sell, 
lease, or loan or offer for sale, lease, or loan cattle over six 
months of age at public auction, livestock auction markets, 
private stockyards or concentration points, mortgage foreclosure 
sales or court-ordered sales, or lease or loan cattle for 
breeding purposes in violation of the board's rules.  This 
subdivision does not apply to steers, spayed heifers, or calves 
of beef type and breed which are under eight months of age and 
not known to have brucellosis.  
    Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 35.245, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [TESTS AND VACCINATION.] A test and vaccination 
must be made at the time and in the manner prescribed by the 
board and a certificate of the test and vaccination or both, 
approved by the board, must be furnished to the purchaser by the 
vendor at the time of sale.  When cattle are sold at public 
auction, a certificate of test or vaccination or both may be 
posted in a place plainly visible to the purchasers at the sale, 
and the auctioneer or other person conducting the sale shall 
publicly announce prior to conducting the sale, that the 
certificate of the test or vaccination or both, approved by the 
board, has been posted and is available for inspection.  No 
auctioneer or other person conducting a sale may conduct any 
public sale in this state unless a certificate of the test or 
vaccination or both, approved by the board, is posted by the 
vendor of the cattle at the time of the sale. 
    Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 35.251, is 
amended to read: 
    35.251 [ANAPLASMOSIS TESTING.] 
    Breeding cattle entering Minnesota from a country or a 
state not exempted by the board must have a health certificate 
of veterinary inspection evidencing a negative test for 
anaplasmosis conducted at a state or federal laboratory within 
30 days of entry.  Cattle without a certificate must be 
immediately quarantined and tested for anaplasmosis at the 
expense of the cattle owner.  Cattle having a positive reaction 
to the anaplasmosis test must remain quarantined until they test 
free of anaplasmosis or be slaughtered.  An anaplasmosis test is 
not required of steers, cattle shipped directly to a 
slaughtering establishment, cattle sent to a quarantine feed 
lot, and other cattle excepted by board rule.  The board may 
adopt rules to implement this section. 
    Sec. 5.  [REPEALER.] 
    Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 35.245, subdivision 1a, is 
repealed. 
    Presented to the governor April 6, 1992 
    Signed by the governor April 8, 1992, 4:48 p.m.