Referred to Committee on Human Resources and Facilities
SUMMARY--Prohibits return of processed carcass of livestock other than carcass that was delivered for processing. (BDR 51-122)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Yes.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to carcasses of livestock; prohibiting, under certain circumstances, the return of a processed carcass of livestock other than the carcass that was delivered for processing; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 Chapter 583 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. If a carcass of livestock is delivered for processing to a person who is engaged in the business of processing carcasses of livestock, the person shall not, if he returns the carcass after processing it to the person who delivered it, return to that person a processed carcass other than the carcass which was delivered to him for processing.
2. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 2 NRS 583.255 is hereby amended to read as follows:
583.255 As used in NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 583.265 to 583.429, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in NRS 583.265 to 583.429, inclusive.
Sec. 3 The provisions of section 1 of this act do not apply to a carcass of livestock which is delivered for processing before October 1, 1997, to a person who is engaged in the business of processing carcasses of livestock.
Sec. 4 The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any additional expenses of a local government that are related to the provisions of this act.