FIFTIETH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2011

March 17, 2011

Mr. Speaker:

    Your TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

SENATE BILL 552, as amended

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

     1. Strike Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee Amendment 1.

     2. On page 2, lines 3 through 9, strike Subsection C in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new subsection:

          "C. As used in this section, "livestock" means all domestic or domesticated animals that are used or raised on a farm or ranch, including the carcasses thereof, and also includes horses, asses, mules, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, bison, poultry, ostriches, emus, rheas, camelids and farmed cervidae upon any land in New Mexico; provided that for the purposes of Chapter 77, Article 9 NMSA 1978, "animals" or "livestock" have the meaning defined in that article. "Animals" or "livestock" does not include canine or feline animals. For the purpose of the rules governing meat inspection, wild animals, poultry and birds used for human consumption shall also be included within the meaning of "animals" or "livestock"."".