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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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A N A C T

RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - COMMERCIAL FEEDS

     Introduced By: Representatives Ruggiero, Gallison, Walsh, and Keable

     Date Introduced: February 13, 2013

     Referred To: House Finance

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 4-2-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 4-2 entitled "Commercial

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Feeds" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     4-2-4. Registration. -- (a) No person shall manufacture a commercial feed in this state,

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unless he or she has filed with the director on forms provided by the director, his or her name,

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place of business and location of each manufacturing facility in this state.

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      (b) No person shall distribute in this state a commercial feed except a customer formula

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feed, which has not been registered pursuant to this section. The application for registration,

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accompanied by a sixty dollar ($60.00) one hundred dollar ($100) per brand registration fee, shall

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be submitted in the manner prescribed by the director, on forms furnished by the director. A tag,

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label, or facsimile for each brand to be registered must accompany the application. Upon approval

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by the director, the registration shall be issued to the applicant. All registrations expire on the 31st

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day of December of each year.

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      (c) The director is empowered to refuse registration of any commercial feed not in

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compliance with this chapter and to cancel any registration subsequently found not to be in

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compliance with any provisions of this chapter provided, that no registration shall be refused or

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canceled unless the registrant has been given an opportunity to be heard before the director and to

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amend his or her application in order to comply with the requirements of this chapter.

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      (d) Changes of either chemical or ingredient composition of a registered commercial

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feed may be permitted with no new registration required provided there is satisfactory evidence

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that those changes would not result in a lowering of the guaranteed analysis of the product for the

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purpose for which designed, and provided a new label is submitted to the director notifying the

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director of the change.

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      (e) All Sixty percent (60%) of the moneys received by the director under this chapter

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shall be deposited as general revenues and shall consist of sixty percent (60%) of the all fertilizer

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registration and tonnage fees paid pursuant to sections 2-7-4 and 2-7-6 and fees paid pursuant to

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section 4-2-4. Forty percent (40%) of the moneys received by the director under this chapter shall

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be deposited in the local agriculture and seafood small grants and technical assistance fund

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pursuant to section 2-25-6 for the administration of the local agriculture and seafood small grants

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and technical assistance program pursuant to section 2-25-5.

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      (f) All moneys appropriated for the feed and fertilizer quality testing program shall be

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made available for the following purposes:

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      (1) To support the feed and fertilizer testing laboratory for the testing and analysis of

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commercial feeds distributed within this state for the expressed purpose of detection of

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deficiency.

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      (2) For payment of ancillary services, personnel and equipment incurred in order to carry

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out the purposes of quality assurance defined by this chapter.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - COMMERCIAL FEEDS

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     This act would increase the commercial feed registration fee and amends the distribution

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and/or deposit process for funds generated pursuant to this chapter.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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