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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE
February 8, 1995 - Introduced by Representatives Klusman, Ott, Ainsworth,
Brancel, Albers, Dobyns, Gard, Goetsch, Harsdorf, Powers, Reynolds,
Musser, Nass, Ladwig, Owens, Kreibich, Hahn, Seratti, Zukowski, Freese,
Ourada, Ward, Olsen, Prosser, Hubler, Ziegelbauer, Huebsch, F. Lasee,
Skindrud, Lehman, Hutchison, Johnsrud, Porter, Green, Baumgart and
Gunderson, cosponsored by Senators A. Lasee, Drzewiecki, Rude and
Buettner. Referred to Committee on Agriculture.
AB124,1,3
1An Act to repeal 95.51; and
to create 100.025 (3) of the statutes;
relating to:
2the sale of calves at livestock markets and by livestock dealers and the
3identification of slaughter calves.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a livestock market operator is required to apply a mark, at
the time of sale, to each calf weighing 200 pounds or less (calf) that is sold at the
operator's livestock market. A livestock dealer who purchases a calf for resale is
required to apply a mark to the calf at the time of purchase. A livestock dealer who
intends to sell, at any place other than a livestock market, a calf that was sold in
another state is required to apply a mark to the calf before offering it for sale. The
department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection is required to promulgate
rules specifying the methods and materials for marking calves.
This bill eliminates the requirements that livestock market operators and
livestock dealers mark calves. This bill also authorizes the owner of the herd of origin
of any calf to identify the calf as a slaughter calf by notching the right ear. The bill
prohibits the buyer of a calf identified as a slaughter calf from misrepresenting in
writing that the calf will be slaughtered.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB124, s. 1
4Section
1. 95.51 of the statutes is repealed.
AB124, s. 2
5Section
2. 100.025 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB124,2,7
1100.025
(3) The owner of the herd of origin of any calf may identify the calf as
2a slaughter calf by notching the right ear with a "V" notch. The buyer of a calf so
3identified may not falsely represent in writing that the calf will be slaughtered or
4resold only to a slaughterer for immediate slaughter. In addition to the penalties
5provided for violations of this section, any buyer falsely representing the slaughter
6of a calf so identified is liable in the sum of $100 to the owner of the herd of origin
7in a suit brought to collect that sum.
