HB 2018-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Requires a licensee, when a livestock inspection is required, to collect from the consignor and pay to the department of agriculture a per head inspection fee for each animal inspected or a time and mileage fee, whichever is greater.

Increases fees for the following: (1) Inspection of cattle at a processing plant where the United States department of agriculture maintains a meat inspection program;

(2) Issuance of an inspection certificate by the director; and

(3) The time and mileage fee.

Requires the department of agriculture to submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature having oversight over agriculture and to the livestock identification advisory board.