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Wyoming committee advances bill allowing Livestock Board to pursue interstate MOUs on brand identification
Summary
The Agriculture, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee moved House Bill 92, which would authorize the Wyoming Livestock Board to negotiate memoranda of understanding with other states to accept brand inspection certificates as official individual identification under a USDA exemption.
The Agriculture, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee moved House Bill 92 forward after board representatives said the measure would let the Wyoming Livestock Board formalize state-to-state agreements on moving branded livestock.
The bill would permit the Livestock Board to enter memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with other "brand inspection" states so that a brand inspection certificate can serve as official individual identification for certain interstate movements under an exemption in the U.S. Department of Agriculture electronic identification rule. "So this bill, chairman, we're fine with this. This really closely mirrors our board's resolution, and the house amended out the the naming of…
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