CHAPTER 334

H.P. 140 - L.D. 181

An Act to Clarify the Definition of Livestock

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §1302, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2001, c. 572, §4, is further amended to read:

3. Livestock and poultry. "Livestock and poultry" includes all cattle, sheep, goats, swine, equines, members of the genus lama, bison, ratites, poultry, domesticated cervidae cervids and other animals raised for food or fiber.

Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §3907, sub-§18-A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 456, §1, is repealed and the following enacted to read:

18-A.__Livestock.__"Livestock" means cattle; equines; sheep; goats; swine; domesticated cervids, fowl and rabbits; members of the genus lama; bison; and ratites.

Sec. 3. 17 MRSA §1011, sub-§18-A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 456, §11, is repealed and the following enacted to read:

18-A.__Livestock.__"Livestock" means cattle; equines; sheep; goats; swine; domesticated cervids, fowl and rabbits; members of the genus lama; bison; and ratites.