Changes to Existing Law

Any person operating The term, livestock auction agency, means a place of4 business where livestock are bought and sold through public auction, including livestock buying stations not buying and selling through public auction, is a livestock auction agency, except or private sale. A livestock auction agency does not include any place or operation where future7 farmers or 4-H groups or fair associations or private fairs conduct sales of livestock, any place8 or operation conducted for a dispersal sale of the livestock of a farmer, dairyman, livestock9 breeder, or feeder who is discontinuing said that business and no other livestock is sold or10 offered for sale, and any place of operation where a breeder or an association of breeders of11 livestock assemble and offer for sale and sell under their own management any livestock, and any electronic auction operating in accordance with the federal Packers and Stockyards Act.

The term, electronic auction, refers to computer-accessible auctions where15 100 copies were printed on recycled paper by the South DakotaLegislative Research Council at a cost of $.167 per page.v Insertions into existing statutes are indicated by underscores.Deletions from existing statutes are indicated by overstrikes. - 2 -HB 1089 livestock are bought and sold through public auction. The Animal Industry Board shall regulate electronic auctions. Any livestock auction agency licensed under this chapter may also be licensed to operate electronic auctions of livestock for immediate slaughter if the application and licensure procedures for the electronic auctions are in compliance with §§ 40-15-1 to 40-15- 10, inclusive. The provisions of §§ 40-15-11, 40-15-12, 40-15-14, 40-15-16, 40-15-21, 40-15-26 to 40-15-34, inclusive, 40-15-35.1, 40-15-36, 40-15-38, and 40-15-39 also apply to electronic auction agencies.