AGRICULTURE
2022 Okla. Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 33 (H.B. 3430) (WEST)
2022 Okla. Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 33 (H.B. 3430) (WEST)
OKLAHOMA 2022 SESSION LAW SERVICE
Fifty-Eighth Legislature, 2022 Second Regular Session
CHAPTER 33
H.B. No. 3430
AGRICULTURE
An Act relating to agriculture; requiring certain requirements and verification for swine exhibitions, sales, and shows; requiring certain identification for swine; providing swine testing requirements for brucellosis and pseudorabies; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.
SUBJECT: Agriculture
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6–107 of Title 2, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
<< OK ST T. 2 § 6–107 >>
A. Each person who presents swine for a swine exhibition, special sale, or show shall provide verification of one of the following:
1. A federal premises identification number; or
2. A state location identification number.
B. Swine shall be individually identified at the time of testing with both ear notches and an 840 USDA button-type electronic official identification ear tag. Untested exhibition swine originating from a validated-qualified (V/Q) herd shall be similarly identified prior to exhibition.
C. All swine shall meet one of the following testing requirements:
1. Oklahoma origin swine shall have a negative brucellosis and pseudorabies test after May 15 each year for fall exhibitions and after November 10 each year for spring exhibitions. These tests shall be valid for the entire respective exhibition season, unless in the opinion of the designated epidemiologist the swine have been exposed to pseudorabies or brucellosis. The swine shall also be accompanied by a copy of the official test chart or a certificate of veterinary inspection listing the test results, laboratory name, laboratory accession number, and individual identification number.
2. Swine originating from outside of Oklahoma shall meet the requirements of OAC 35:15–22–33.
3. Each swine shall originate from a V/Q herd and only be exhibited by an immediate family member of the V/Q herd owner. The V/Q herd number, most recent quarterly test date, and official identification numbers of all swine being exhibited shall be listed on the certificate of veterinary inspection.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
Approved April 21, 2022.
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