Senate Bill No. 11

Senate Bill No. 11-Senator Rhoads

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AN ACT relating to carcasses of livestock; prohibiting, under certain circumstances, the return of a processed carcass of livestock or of a game mammal or bird other than the carcass that was delivered for processing; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved April 26, 1997]

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 or of a game mammal or bird is delivered for processing to a person who is engaged in the business of processing such carcasses, 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. For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of subsection 1, a person who is engaged in the business of processing carcasses of livestock or game mammals or birds shall mark any such carcass that is to be returned to the person who delivered it for processing in a manner which provides for the identification of that person.
3. A person who violates any provision of this section 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 or of a game mammal or bird which is delivered for processing before October 1, 1997, to a person who is engaged in the business of processing carcasses of livestock or game mammals or birds.
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.
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