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AB-2436 Cattle: inspections: fees.(2023-2024)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 21283 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:

21283.
 (a) Unless otherwise provided in this article, inspection fees shall be paid at the point of inspection.
(b) The fee for inspection is one dollar and fifty sixty  cents ($1.50) ($1.60)  for each animal that is inspected, except as follows:
(1) The fee for inspection at a registered feedlot, as defined in Section 20015, is seventy-five eight-five  cents ($0.75) ($0.85)  for each animal that is inspected.
(2) The fee for inspecting an animal that originated in another state and was shipped into this state for feeding direct to a registered feedlot is fifty sixty  cents ($0.50) ($0.60)  for each animal that is inspected.
(3) The fee for inspecting an animal that was inspected at a posted stockyard, or posted saleyard, in this state, and shipped direct to a registered feedlot, is fifty sixty  cents ($0.50) ($0.60)  for each animal that is inspected.

SEC. 2.

 Section 21283.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:

21283.5.
 Except as otherwise provided in this article, on all private treaty transaction inspections, as defined in Section 20026, regardless of destination, the fee of one dollar and fifty sixty  cents ($1.50) ($1.60)  shall be paid at the point of inspection for each animal that is inspected.

SEC. 3.

 Section 21285 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:

21285.
 The fee is one dollar and fifty sixty  cents ($1.50) ($1.60)  for the inspection before sale of each animal at a public saleyard that is posted by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or at a public saleyard if the animal originated in another state and it was shipped to this state, consigned to that public stockyard or public saleyard.

SEC. 4.

 Section 21288 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:

21288.
 In a modified point-of-origin inspection area, as provided in Section 21111, the fee for the inspection of cattle, other than suckling calves that are accompanying their mothers, is one dollar and fifty sixty  cents ($1.50) ($1.60)  per head if the cattle are transported out of the area for purposes other than sale or slaughter and no change of ownership is involved.

SEC. 5.

 Section 21288.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:

21288.5.
 For cattle, other than suckling calves accompanying their mothers, transported out of the state for purposes other than sale or slaughter and where no change of ownership is involved, the inspection fee is one dollar and fifty sixty  cents ($1.50) ($1.60)  per head.

SEC. 6.

 Section 21290.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:

21290.5.
 Any person who receives cattle from any cattle sale market, either public or private, including any public stockyard where sales of cattle are held, may, upon request and upon payment of a fee of seventy eighty  cents ($0.70) ($0.80)  per head before accepting delivery of any cattle from that market or stockyard, have a reinspection of the cattle.

SEC. 7.

 Section 21563 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:

21563.
 Except as otherwise provided in this article, the fee shall be paid at the point of inspection and is two dollars ($2)  and ten cents ($2.10)  for each carcass or hide that is inspected.

SEC. 8.

 Section 21563.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:

21563.5.
 The fee for the inspection of each carcass or hide shall be two dollars ($2)  and ten cents ($2.10)  for each carcass and hide originating in those counties or geographical areas where a point-of-origin inspection is maintained pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 21141) of Chapter 6.