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As used in this chapter, the following terms mean:

(1) "Animal", cattle, swine, sheep, horses, other domestic and exotic
animals including birds, fish, and reptiles, and all other animals raised
or produced for commercial purposes, and beginning July 1, 1995, the term
shall include poultry and turkeys;

(2) "Body parts", the blood, tissue, pieces of flesh and organs of the
carcass;

(3) "Carcass", the body or body parts of any dead animal, large or small;

(4) "Dead animal", the carcass of an animal;

(5) "Director", the director of the department of agriculture or his
designated representative;

(6) "Disposal plant", or "plant" includes any plant and all the equipment
thereof described or referred to in any section of this chapter, that is
constructed and intended to be operated for the disposal of the bodies of
dead animals by means either of cooking, or other method herein
prescribed, or hereafter provided for by law and not otherwise defined;
and shall also include all substations of any such plant that are used in
connection with such business solely for the temporary deposit or storage
of such dead bodies that are transported thereto by a licensee pending
final delivery thereof to any such disposal plant; and shall also include
all vehicles and equipment thereof used by a licensee for the
transportation of such bodies to such plant for their disposal therein in
any manner herein prescribed;

(7) "Finished carcass", a carcass intended for human consumption which is
ready for final cutting, trimming, and deboning required to prepare the
final meat product;

(8) "Finished meat product", meat product intended for human consumption,
as it is sold to retail consumers;

(9) "Nuisance", as otherwise defined by applicable Missouri common or
statutory law;

(10) "Person" includes all persons, firms, copartnerships, associations,
joint ventures and corporations, of all kinds and places of residence, or
any other group or combination acting in concert; and whether acting as a
principal, trustee, receiver, or as any other kind of legal or personal
representative; or as the successor in interest, assign, agent, factor,
servant, employee, director, officer or any other representative of any
such person;

(11) "Sinkhole", a depression in the surface of the earth resulting from
the subsurface removal of soil and rock by natural forces;

(12) "State veterinarian", a state veterinarian of Missouri or his
authorized representative;

(13) "Substation", a building, container, or other area where dead
animals are brought, gathered, or held awaiting transportation to a
disposal site;

(14) "Vehicle", any truck or other motor vehicle, including any
detachable trailer or container in which dead animals are transported; and

(15) "Well" has the same meaning as defined in section 256.603, RSMo, and
any applicable rule or regulation promulgated under the authority of
sections 256.600 to 256.640, RSMo. (L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493, A.L. 1992
H.B. 878)

1. Every person owning or caring for any animal that has died
from any cause shall dispose of the animal carcass within twenty-four
hours after knowledge of such death, either by arranging for a person
permitted under this chapter to dispose of or transport it, or by the
owner or person entitled to such body causing the same to be deposited in
a permitted sanitary landfill notwithstanding any other provision of the
law or rule to the contrary, allowing it to be buried in a sanitary
landfill or buried, incinerated, composted, or disposed of in a manner
approved by the state veterinarian within the twenty-four-hour period
upon his own or any other available premises, provided that such
disposition is in accordance with the provisions of subsection 2 of this
section.

2. On-site burial of dead animals shall be in accordance with the
following loading limitations, geographic restrictions and other
conditions as specified:

(1) For areas defined by the department of natural resources, division of
geology and land survey, as having major groundwater contamination
potential, the maximum loading rate shall be limited to:

(a) One bovine, six swine, seven sheep, and beginning July 1, 1995,
seventy turkey carcasses or three hundred poultry carcasses on any given
acre per year; or

(b) All other species and immature cattle, swine, and sheep, and
beginning July 1, 1995, turkeys or poultry shall be limited to one
thousand pounds of animals on any given acre per year;

(2) A maximum loading for areas excluded from subdivision (1) of this
subsection shall be limited to:

(a) Seven cattle, forty-four swine, forty-seven sheep, and beginning July
1, 1995, four hundred turkey carcasses, or two thousand poultry carcasses
on any given acre per year; or

(b) All other species and immature cattle, swine, sheep, and beginning
July 1, 1995, turkeys or poultry shall be limited to seven thousand
pounds of animals on any given acre per year;

(3) The maximum amount of land that shall be used for on-site burial of
animals on any person's property during a given year shall be limited to
ten percent of the total land owned by that person or one acre, whichever
is greater; and

(4) Burial sites shall not be located in low-lying areas subject to
flooding; and

(5) The lowest elevation of the burial pits shall be six feet or less
below the surface of the ground; and

(6) The dead animals shall be immediately covered with a minimum of six
inches of soil and a final cover of a minimum of thirty inches of soil;
and

(7) Carcasses shall not be placed on the ground, in a ditch, at the base
of a hill, or in a cavern and covered with soil; and

(8) The abdominal cavity of carcasses over one hundred fifty pounds shall
be punctured to allow escape of putrefactive gasses; and

(9) The location of dead animal burial sites must be in accordance with
the following separation distances:

(a) At least three hundred feet from any wells, surface water intake
structures, public water supply lakes, springs or sinkholes; and

(b) At least fifty feet from adjacent property line; and

(c) At least three hundred feet from any existing neighboring residence;
and

(d) More than one hundred feet from any body of surface water such as a
stream, lake, pond, or intermittent stream.

3. Any person so owning or controlling any dead animal, that has not died
of a contagious disease, shall have the right to remove the hide or skin
thereof, at the site of the animal's death, before disposing of such body
as prescribed in this chapter, but such skinning must be done and the
disposition of such hide, or skin and body must be made in a manner that
will avoid the creation of any nuisance.

4. No body of any animal shall be buried, burned, cooked, or otherwise
disposed of, except as provided for in this section.

5. Composting of dead animals shall be done in a dead animal composter
designed and constructed in an efficient design as recommended by the
University of Missouri extension service.

6. Noncommercial incineration of dead animals shall be done in an
incinerator designed, constructed and operated in an efficient manner as
recommended by the University of Missouri extension service.

7. Commercial incineration of dead animals shall be done in an
incinerator designed, constructed and operated in accordance with the
provisions of chapter 643, RSMo, and any rule or regulation promulgated
thereunder.

8. Disposal of dead animals is allowable in a sanitary landfill that has
a current permit under the provisions of chapter 260, RSMo, and any rule
or regulation promulgated thereunder.

9. In emergency situations involving a risk to the health and welfare of
any species of animal or man caused by the death of an animal, the state
veterinarian may enter any premises, take possession of any dead animal,
and dispose of such animal by any method authorized by this chapter, but
only if the person who owned, cared for, or most recently possessed the
animal is unable or unwilling to properly dispose of the animal. The
owner, custodian, or person who most recently possessed the animal shall
reimburse the state veterinarian for the reasonable expense of disposing
of the animal pursuant to this section.

10. If an animal's death causes a nuisance, the state veterinarian may
enter any premises, take possession of any dead animal and dispose of
such animal by any method authorized by this chapter but only if the
person who owned, cared for, or who most recently possessed the animal
has not been located within twenty-four hours after a reasonable effort,
the person is absent from the state and refuses to cooperate, or the
person is unable to properly dispose of the animal due to that person's
physical or mental condition. The owner, custodian, or person who most
recently possessed the animal shall reimburse the state veterinarian for
the reasonable expense of disposing of the animal pursuant to this
section.

11. In emergency situations involving a risk to the health and welfare of
any species of animal or man, or where the death of an animal has caused
a nuisance, the state veterinarian may apply, in the county where the
dead animal was found, for a court order requiring the person who owned,
cared for, or most recently possessed the dead animal, to dispose of it.

12. The department of agriculture and the department of natural resources
shall not have veto power on the decisions of the University of Missouri
extension services or any decisions made under this section. (L. 1941 p.
290 § 14493n, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878, A.L. 1993 H.B. 399)

In the event of large scale animal death loss due to disaster, a
disease outbreak, or a disease eradication and control program that will
require disposal in excess of the restrictions of section 269.020, the
state veterinarian shall develop an emergency plan of disposal for the
carcasses. Upon request of the state veterinarian, the state department
of natural resources shall assist in the development of the emergency
plan and the implementation of such plan. For purposes of this section,
the term "animal" shall include cattle, swine, turkeys, chickens, sheep,
horses, other domestic and exotic animals including birds, fish, and
reptiles, and all other animals raised or produced for commercial
purposes. (L. 1992 H.B. 878)

The director shall promulgate such rules and regulations as he
deems necessary to implement this act* and provide for its orderly
administration. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the
authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been
promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024, RSMo. (L. 1992
H.B. 878, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)

*"This act" (H.B. 878, 1992) contains numerous sections. Consult
Disposition of Sections Table for definitive listing.

1. The director shall have the power to authorize certain
employees of the department or employees of the United States Department
of Agriculture to assist in the enforcement of this chapter.

2. In connection with such enforcement, such authorized employees may
intercept, stop and detain for official inspection or inquiry any vehicle
suspected of being used for the transportation of dead animals except for
wildlife taken under the Missouri wildlife code in this state. Such
authorized employees may use a red flashing light to aid them in stopping
such vehicles. (L. 1992 H.B. 878)

1. The director, upon his own information or upon the complaint
of any person, may institute an investigation including the inspection of
any premises or vehicle upon which any dead animal except wildlife taken
under the Missouri wildlife code is or may be found, and if any violation
of this chapter is deemed to exist the director may assess a civil
penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars. Any person against whom a
civil penalty has been assessed under the provisions of this section may
request and shall be granted a hearing in the county of the residence of
said person, before the director in the manner provided in section
536.063, RSMo. Procedures and appeals shall be governed by the provisions
of section 536.150, RSMo.

2. All civil penalties and assessments for violations shall be expended
in accordance with the provisions of article IX, section 7*, of the
Missouri Constitution. (L. 1992 H.B. 878)

*Original rolls show article IX, section 10, of the Missouri
Constitution, an apparent typographical error.

No person, except one holding a permit to transport the bodies
of dead animals on public highways of this state, or who is acting for
such permittee, or who is otherwise excepted by the provisions of this
chapter, shall transport on the highways or public roads of this state
the bodies of dead animals without first obtaining a permit for that
purpose. The state veterinarian shall keep a record of all applications
for permits, showing all permits issued, denied, revoked, or otherwise
disciplined by him, and such other facts as he may prescribe. (L. 1941 p.
290 § 14493b, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)

No person, except one holding a permit to operate or maintain a
dead animal substation in this state, shall operate or maintain a dead
animal substation in this state. The state veterinarian shall keep a
record of all applications for permits, showing all permits issued,
denied, revoked, or otherwise disciplined by him, and such other facts as
he may prescribe. (L. 1992 H.B. 878)

Any person desiring a permit under this chapter to engage or
continue in the business of transporting dead animals, shall file an
application for such permit with the state veterinarian, which
application shall set forth the name and residence of the applicant, the
location of his place of business, the particular method, or methods,
which he intends to employ, in the transportation of the bodies of such
dead animals; the number and kind of vehicles he will use; and such other
essential information relative thereto as the state veterinarian, by his
rules and regulations, may require. (L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493c, A.L. 1992
H.B. 878)

Any person desiring a permit to operate or maintain a dead
animal substation as provided for in this chapter, shall file an
application for such permit with the state veterinarian, which
application shall set forth the name and residence of the applicant, the
location of his place of business, the particular method, or methods,
which he intends to employ in the storage of dead animals at the
substation, the number, location, and size of all substations he desires
to operate, and other such information relative thereto as the state
veterinarian by rule or regulation may require. (L. 1992 H.B. 878)

Upon receipt of a permit application, the state veterinarian
shall, within thirty days, ascertain whether or not such applicant is
qualified to operate such vehicle or substation, and that if the
equipment or substation to be used and the proposed methods of operation
comply with all the provisions of this chapter and with the rules and
regulations authorized thereunder, the state veterinarian shall thereupon
issue to such applicant a* permit. (L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493d, A.L. 1992
H.B. 878)

*Word "a" does not appear in original rolls.

Whenever the state veterinarian, by his initial inspection of
the applicant's equipment or substation and his initial review of the
applicant's proposed methods of operation, *shall find that the applicant
has not complied with all the requirements of this chapter and of such
rules and regulations* or shall find that the applicant will be unable to
comply due to the condition of the equipment or facility or the methods
the applicant has proposed to employ, the state veterinarian shall at
once notify the applicant in writing, delivered in person or by certified
mail, with return receipt, specifying the particulars of such failure to
comply or the insufficiencies and of any further objections he may have.
The applicant may, in writing, notify the state veterinarian of his
corrections and upon receipt of this notice, the state veterinarian
shall, within ten days, make a similar second inspection and review. (L.
1941 p. 290 § 14493g, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)

*Original rolls repeat this phrase, an apparent typographical error.

When the applicant has satisfied all requirements imposed by
this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder, the state
veterinarian shall issue to such applicant a permit, which shall be
attached to each vehicle so used, which permit shall entitle him to
operate each vehicle for the purpose of transporting dead animals to
authorized disposal plants or substations. (L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493e, A.L.
1992 H.B. 878)

When the applicant has satisfied all requirements imposed by
this chapter the state veterinarian shall issue to such applicant a
permit which shall entitle the applicant to operate a dead animal
substation. The permit issued to the applicant shall bear the applicant's
name, the substation location and identification number, and such permit
must be maintained in plain view at the substation, and a copy of the
permit must be presented to the state veterinarian upon request. (L. 1992
H.B. 878)

1. Permits provided for in this chapter shall be granted only to
those persons, corporations, and associations who are competent to
operate or maintain a dead animal transportation service or dead animal
substation in such manner as to safeguard the interest of the public and
only then after the applicant has provided satisfactory proof to the
department that he has satisfied all requirements imposed upon him by
this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

2. The state veterinarian may refuse to issue a permit to any person
known by him to be guilty of any of the acts or practices specified in
this chapter or to any person previously permitted whose permit has been
revoked or to any association or copartnership of which such person is a
member, or to any corporation of which such person is an officer or in
which as a stockholder such person has or exercises a controlling
interest either directly or indirectly.

3. Any person denied a permit or the right to be examined shall be
notified by the state veterinarian in writing stating the reasons for the
denial or refusal to examine the application and inform the person so
denied or refused of his right to request a hearing, conducted pursuant
to chapter 536, RSMo, to determine whether or not he is qualified to be
licensed or permitted. All notices hereunder shall be sent by registered
or certified mail to the last known address of the applicant. (L. 1992
H.B. 878)

The state veterinarian is authorized to grant a permit or
license permitting the bodies of dead animals to be transported over the
highways of this state to a disposal plant located outside the boundaries
of this state, with proper identification tags, to a resident truck owner
upon the payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars per annum for the first
such truck and a fee of ten dollars per annum for each such additional
truck, permitting such truck owner to transport dead bodies outside the
state, providing the truck owner and his truck meet the conditions and
specifications of this chapter, together with such rules and regulations
as the state veterinarian may prescribe, and further, that in any section
or locality of this state which is now or which may hereafter be served
in a sanitary manner by a dead animal disposal plant located outside the
boundaries of this state, the state veterinarian is authorized to issue a
permit or license, with proper identification tags, to such owner or
operator operating any truck owned by or serving such nonresident
disposal plant, upon proper application and payment of a fee of fifty
dollars per annum for the first such truck owned or leased and operated
in Missouri by or for said nonresident disposal plant and ten dollars per
annum for each additional truck or vehicle owned or leased and operated
in Missouri by or for said nonresident disposal plant and twenty dollars
per annum for each substation operated by or for such nonresident dead
animal disposal plant; such permit or license shall permit any such truck
owner or operator to transport such bodies of dead animals to any
disposal plant outside of this state providing the vehicle or vehicles
used by such truck owner or operator meet the standards and
specifications prescribed for such vehicles by this chapter, and such
rules and regulations as prescribed by the state veterinarian under this
chapter for the transportation of bodies of dead animals within this
state. Application for such permit or license shall contain an agreement
by the owner or operator of said vehicle that he shall fully comply with
the provisions of section 269.150, and that the operator thereof shall,
upon reentering this state after unloading at such disposal plant, be
prepared to certify under oath that the acts required in section 269.150
have been fully performed. The state veterinarian may for cause issue an
order revoking or suspending any such permit or license with the right of
the licensee or permittee to appeal as is provided in this chapter for
disposal plants located within this state. (L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493i)

All vehicle permits and substation permits issued under this
chapter shall remain effective until and unless voluntarily surrendered,
suspended or revoked, as provided in this chapter. (L. 1941 p. 290 §
14493f, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 26, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)

1. The director shall have power to suspend, revoke or otherwise
restrict or discipline a permittee under this chapter, in the event such
permittee shall violate and fail or refuse to obey any of the provisions
of this chapter; or in the event any permittee has been finally convicted
of, found guilty of, or entered a guilty plea or nolo contendere to
violating the laws of this state or the United States which in any manner
affects* his conduct of said business whether or not sentence is imposed;
provided, however, that before any permit shall be suspended, revoked, or
otherwise restricted or disciplined, the permittee shall be furnished
with a written copy of the charges made against him and a hearing shall
be had before the director according to the provisions set forth in
chapter 536, RSMo. At the hearing, such person and the state shall have
the opportunity to present in person or by counsel such statements,
testimony, evidence, and argument as may be pertinent to the charges or
to any defense. The director may subpoena any persons or documents
incident to the hearing, the director may take testimony orally, by
deposition, or by exhibit, in the same and with the same fees and mileage
as prescribed in judicial proceedings in civil cases. The director may
also administer oaths to those giving evidence. Following the hearing the
director may either suspend, revoke, or otherwise restrict or discipline
any permit or certificate issued under this chapter.

2. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the director after the hearing
prescribed in subsection 1 of this section may seek review of the
decision by appeal de novo in the circuit court of the county of
residence of the aggrieved. (L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493q, A.L. 1978 H.B.
1634, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)

*Word "affecting" appears in original rolls.

All vehicles and substations used in the transportation or
holding of the bodies of dead animals, under the provisions of this
chapter, shall have a tank or metal lining in the bed of such vehicle or
substation, or be otherwise so constructed that the same shall be
practically watertight, so that no drippings, or seepage from such dead
bodies shall escape from such vehicles while engaged in such
transportation or holding; and every such vehicle shall have a bed of
such depth and type of construction and equipment that any dead body or
bodies therein shall be completely hidden from view of persons using the
highways and any public nuisance obviated while being transported or
held. (L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493j, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)

The state veterinarian may prescribe specific and also
additional requirements, not inconsistent with the provisions and
purposes of this chapter, governing and regulating such transportation
and the construction, equipment, maintenance and operation of such
vehicles and substations. (L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493k, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)

No dead animal may remain at an unrefrigerated substation or a
series of unrefrigerated substations for a period of more than
forty-eight hours. All dead animals entering a substation in this state
shall be disposed of according to the provisions of this chapter, taken
to an authorized disposal facility, or permanently removed from the state
within the above-mentioned time. (L. 1992 H.B. 878)

After the bodies of dead animals have been unloaded from any
vehicle used for the transportation thereof to the disposal plant, on
each trip, such vehicle and all parts thereof shall be thoroughly
cleansed and disinfected in such manner and with such a solution, as the
state veterinarian shall prescribe by regulation, and in addition thereto
all such vehicles shall be washed out thoroughly with steam or hot water
after each use thereof in transporting such dead bodies. It shall be
unlawful to use any truck or vehicle licensed under the provisions of
this chapter to haul dead animal bodies, for the purpose of hauling or
transporting live animals, or animal or poultry feeds of any description
or anything to be used for human consumption. (L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493l,
A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)

Vehicles, when loaded with the body of an animal, shall be
driven directly to a substation or to the place of disposal, except that
the driver may stop to pick up other dead bodies, but he shall not drive
upon the premises of any person unless he first obtains the permission of
such person and he shall avoid creating any nuisance during such
transportation and in the event any drippings, seepage or spillage from
malfunction or accident should escape from such vehicle, to his
knowledge, he shall clean up the same and remedy such escape. (L. 1941 p.
290 § 14493m, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)

No disposal plant or dead animal substation shall be located or
constructed at any place in this state inside of, or within two miles of
the nearest point of the corporate limits of, any city or town; nor
within one mile of the nearest boundary of the lands then owned or
controlled in connection either with any state, county, township, city,
or town park; or of any public school or hospital; or of any charitable,
religious or educational institution; provided, however, that where a
disposal plant for dead bodies is now operating that does not comply with
the provisions of this section as to location, such disposal plant may
continue operation in its present location, provided the plant meets all
the provisions and regulations of this chapter as to sanitation, and is
not a public nuisance or a public health hazard. (L. 1941 p. 290 §
14493h, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)

No disposal plant shall be deemed a suitable or sanitary place
for disposing of the bodies of dead animals by any process unless it
conforms to the following minimum specifications:

(1) The building must have four walls complete and be provided with
concrete or cement floors and with good drainage and be thoroughly
sanitary in construction and maintenance; and any sewage, drainage, or
waste water of any kind, if of an offensive or obnoxious character or
odor, detrimental to human, animal, agricultural or aquatic life, or that
may constitute a public nuisance, shall not be permitted to escape
therefrom until first treated as herein specified. All sewage, drainage,
or waste water must first pass through a septic tank or a filter bed or
covered settling pool, that will destroy all infection therein before
passing therefrom and must not thereafter, at any time, empty or pass
into any body of water, or any stream other than a running stream, or if
emptying upon the ground, on the premises of said plant, it must be
absorbed by the soil and not be allowed to collect in open pools, or in
any other manner so as to create a public nuisance.

(2) All such plants must be properly equipped and operated with steel
tanks, enclosed dryers and cold water condensers, and all bodies shall be
reduced only by approved plants, except in emergencies, where burning may
be permitted under regulations prescribed therefor by the state
veterinarian.

(3) All tanks shall be airtight, except proper escapes for live steam,
passing through the tanks during cooking, which steam shall be condensed
by use of cold water condensers. All such equipment shall be so
constructed and maintained as to prevent any avoidable escape of odors
into the air.

(4) If a method of dry rendering is used, the heads and discharge doors
of the vessels shall be of a type using gaskets, with the doors drawn
tight with bolts against such gaskets, and with packing boxes around the
agitator shafts, and with vent for drawing off condensation, so
constructed that the discharge shall be condensed by the use of cold
water condensers of sufficient capacity, and with all thereof and every
other part and opening in such equipment so constructed and maintained
that there will be no avoidable escape of odors into the air.

(5) All skinning and dismembering of bodies shall be done within such
building and in such manner and shall be so kept therein that no
unnecessary annoyance shall be caused other persons by the conditions or
unsightly appearance of such bodies or any parts and contents thereof;
and all such bodies and all parts and contents thereof, shall be disposed
of within twenty-four hours after delivery to such plant, by some method
herein specified; except where rendered impossible by accident or other
casualty preventing the operation of the plant, or except where some
epidemic or act of God had caused more bodies to be accumulated than can
be reasonably disposed of within such period of time by the continuous
operation of the plant; in any of which events the plant shall be placed
in operation as soon as possible and shall be operated continuously until
all bodies are disposed of.

(6) In the event any bodies, or parts thereof, are disposed of at such
plant at any time by burning, the place and equipment used therefor shall
be so located, constructed, arranged, maintained and operated that no
avoidable odors will escape into the air; and all portions of such bodies
not so entirely consumed, or that may be otherwise left undisposed of,
shall be buried, as herein provided.

(7) In the event any bodies, or parts of bodies, are disposed of at said
plant by burying the same, this shall be done in the same manner and
period of time after receiving the same as is provided in this chapter
for such burial by the owner or person controlling such bodies prior to
disposition thereof to any such plant.

(8) Such disposal plant shall be so situated, constructed and maintained
and all operations therein so conducted at all times as not to create and
continue unnecessarily a public nuisance. (L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493o)

The state veterinarian, in person or by anyone authorized by
him, shall inspect each plant and place licensed under this chapter at
least once each year, and as often as he may deem necessary, and shall
see that the licensees and all other persons comply with this chapter and
conduct such business in conformity with this chapter and the rules and
regulations made and published by him pursuant thereto. (L. 1941 p. 290 §
14493p)

1. Nothing contained in this chapter shall apply to or affect
any of the following persons, matters, or vocations, to wit:

(1) To any person hauling a dead animal to a slaughtering establishment
where such animals will be slaughtered for personal consumption;

(2) To any person transporting or storing finished carcasses or finished
meat products or the trimmings therefrom;

(3) To any person transporting, disposing of, or selling the hides or
skins of animals, or tanning such hides or skins for himself or other
persons;

(4) To any governmental agency, responding to an emergency situation, or
collecting, transporting, or disposing of the bodies of any dead animals
in any manner approved by the state veterinarian;

(5) To any livestock producer transporting his dead livestock to a
rendering plant or substation, or to a diagnostic facility and/or to an
on-farm disposal site;

(6) To any person lawfully operating a pet cemetery;

(7) To any animal research facility that is regulated by the federal
Animal Welfare Act;

(8) Any person transporting, without specific hire or compensation for
such transportation, a dead animal to a place of burial or disposal.

2. No provisions of any other laws or ordinances regulating any of the
persons, matters or vocations aforesaid shall be affected or repealed by
this chapter. (L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493a, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)

Any person, except one holding a permit to operate such a
disposal plant in this state, or one holding a permit to transport bodies
of dead animals or a substation to hold bodies of dead animals, or who is
acting for such permittee, or who is otherwise excepted by this chapter,
who shall advertise in any manner, whereby he shall indicate that he is
engaged in transporting and disposing of dead animals in any manner and
for any purpose not excepted in this chapter; or who shall obtain from
any other person, by purchase or otherwise, the body of any such dead
animal, in whole or in any part, for the purpose of transporting the same
over any highway of this state and of disposing of the carcass, or the
hide, skin, grease, or other products, of such dead animal, to any person
or by any method shall be guilty of violating this chapter, and shall be
subject to all the penalties of this chapter. (L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493s,
A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this
chapter shall upon conviction thereof be adjudged guilty of a
misdemeanor. Each violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be
deemed a separate offense. (L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493u, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)

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