Pennsylvania Act 1993-66 — DOMESTIC ANIMAL DISEASE SUPPRESSION LAW - AMEND

Act text

Session of 1993

No. 1993-66

AN ACT

SB 1047

Amending the act of July 22, 1913 (P.L.928, No.441), entitled "An act relating to domestic animals; defining domestic animals so as to include poultry; providing methods of improving the quality thereof, and of preventing, controlling, and eradicating diseases thereof; imposing certain duties upon practitioners of veterinary medicine in Pennsylvania; regulating the manufacture, use and sale of tuberculin, mallein and other biological products for use with domestic animals; defining the powers and duties of the State Livestock Sanitary Board, and the officers and employees thereof; fixing the compensation of the Deputy State Veterinarian; and providing penalties for the violation of this act," further defining "domestic animal."

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 1 of the act of July 22, 1913 (P.L.928, No.441), referred to as the Domestic Animal Disease Suppression Law, is amended to read:

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the words "domestic animal," as used in this act, shall mean any equine animal or bovine animal, sheep, goat, pig, dog, cat, [or] poultry , bird, fowl, or any wild or semiwild animal held in captivity ; and shall be taken to include the singular or plural as may be necessary in any given case.

The phrase "wild or semiwild animal," as used in this act, shall mean a domestic animal which is now or historically has been found in the wild, including, but not limited to, bison, deer, elk, llamas or any species of foreign or domestic cattle, such as ankole, gayal and yak.

Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 8th day of July, A. D. 1993.

MARK L. SINGEL

ACTING GOVERNOR