HB 601 -- Disease Control for Elk

Co-Sponsors:  Reid, Shoemyer

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to develop and
implement a chronic wasting disease (CWD) certification program
for all captive elk herds in Missouri.  The CWD certification
program is to meet or exceed the criteria and guidelines
established by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of
the United States Department of Agriculture.

The CWD program is to include:

(1)  Herd inventory and implementation of the official elk
identification system;

(2)  An elk CWD surveillance identification program;

(3)  Certification of elk herds;

(4)  Regulation for the movement of captive elk;

(5)  Mandatory death reporting, official elk CWD testing of all
dead captive elk, and authorized disposal methods for captive
elk that test positive for CWD; and

(6)  Revocation of the official health certification of any
captive elk herd with an elk testing positive for CWD.

Persons in violation of the provisions of the bill are guilty of
a class A misdemeanor.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated September 13, 2001 at 2:03 pm