S 1473 Session 109 (1991-1992)
S 1473 General Bill, By Reese
A Bill to amend Section 46-5-20, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976,
relating to the powers of the Agriculture Commission, so as to authorize the
Commission to promulgate and enforce regulations for the guidance of the state
veterinarian and his assistants; to amend Section 46-7-10, relating to the
duties and powers of the Board of Trustees of Clemson University, so as to
provide for the Board to promulgate and enforce its regulations pertaining to
the state veterinarian or his assistants in the treatment for dangerous or
contagious diseases in conjunction with the Agriculture Commission; and to
amend Section 47-13-20, relating to the state veterinarian to report directly
to the Commissioner of Agriculture.
04/16/92 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-7
04/16/92 Senate Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural
Resources SJ-8
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 46-5-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE POWERS OF THE
AGRICULTURE COMMISSION, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE
COMMISSION TO PROMULGATE AND ENFORCE
REGULATIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE STATE
VETERINARIAN AND HIS ASSISTANTS; TO AMEND SECTION
46-7-10, RELATING TO THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, SO AS TO
PROVIDE FOR THE BOARD TO PROMULGATE AND ENFORCE
ITS REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE STATE
VETERINARIAN OR HIS ASSISTANTS IN THE TREATMENT FOR
DANGEROUS OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE AGRICULTURE COMMISSION; AND TO AMEND
SECTION 47-13-20, RELATING TO THE STATE VETERINARIAN,
SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE STATE VETERINARIAN TO
REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE COMMISSIONER OF
AGRICULTURE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 46-5-20 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 46-5-20. The commission shall have the power
to may:
(1) adopt policies, rules and regulations of the Department
of Agriculture for its own government not inconsistent with the laws of
the State.;
(2) annually approve budget requests for the institutions,
agencies, and service under the control of the Department of
Agriculture as prepared by the Commissioner of Agriculture prior
to before being submitted to the Budget and Control Board
and to the General Assembly.;
(3) appoint such committees and such
their members of committees as may be required
or as may be desirable to carry out the orderly function of the
commission.;
(4) cooperate fully with the Commissioner of Agriculture at all
times to the end that the state's agricultural economy may
constantly be improved. constantly;
(5) assume such other responsibilities
and, exercise such other powers, and
perform such other duties as may be assigned to it by
law.;
(6) in conjunction with the board of trustees of Clemson
University, promulgate and enforce regulations for the guidance of the
State Veterinarian or his assistants."
SECTION 2. Section 46-7-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 46-7-10. The board of trustees of Clemson University
shall have the following duties and powers with respect to
agriculture and agricultural affairs or investigations:
(1) It shall regulate the returns of such county
agricultural societies as may be chartered by the State, prescribe
the form of such the returns, and furnish
all blanks necessary for securing uniform and reliable statistics
of their operations;
(2) It shall issue to the several county auditors of
the State blanks, with complete instructions, for the collection of
agricultural statistics and information;
(3) It shall investigate all subjects relating to the
improvement of the agricultural interests of the State, the inducement of
immigration thereto, and the introduction of foreign
capital therein, as it may deem considers
expedient;
(4) It shall make investigations adapted to promote and
improve the marketing of cattle and, poultry,
and domestic fowl of every kind;
(5) It in conjunction with the Agriculture Commission
of South Carolina, may promulgate and enforce rules and
regulations for the guidance of the State Veterinarian, or any
assistant of his, his assistants in the treatment of horses,
mules, cattle, hogs, or other livestock or,
poultry, or domestic fowl of any kind affected with
any a dangerous or contagious disease;
(6) It may adopt rules and regulations consistent
with the laws of this State and of the United States to prevent the
introduction into this State of any livestock or,
poultry, or domesticated fowl of any kind that is
affected with any a contagious disease, the tendency
of which is tends to cause the death of such
the livestock;
(7) It may in case of for contagious disease
among any kind of stock or animals, including poultry and
domesticated animals of every kind, either may
establish rules of quarantine or have the infected animals killed and
burned;
(8) It may adopt and promulgate such rules
and regulations as it may deem necessary or advisable to
carry into effect any and all of the matters referred to in
accomplish the purposes of Sections 47-13-10, 47-13-20,
47-13-40, 47-13-60, and 47-13-360 to 47-13-420;
(9) It, or a committee appointed by it, shall supervise and
enforce the execution of any duties devolved upon it. The
board may appoint a committee for this purpose;
(10) It shall appoint a special inspector or inspectors of
fertilizers and such other persons as it may deem
considers necessary for carrying out the duties devolved upon
it by Chapter 25 of this title and fix their compensation;
(11) It shall communicate and cooperate with the Secretary
of Agriculture of the United States and shall receive from him
seeds, plants, documents, and information and distribute them
as may seem to the best advantage;
(12) It may hold agricultural conventions composed of
delegates from each county in the State, to be apportioned to
each county and elected in such the manner as
it may provide and it may, conduct farmers' institutes at
such the times and places as may appear
expedient;, and it may use such parts of
the funds under its control as may be necessary to meet the
expense of conducting such the conventions and
institutes, but no. However, compensation, per
diem, or mileage, shall must not be paid to the
delegates to such conventions;
(13) It shall detail one of its scientific agriculturists to pay
frequent visits to the coastal section of the State, to examine the
soils, present methods of cultivation, fertilization, irrigation, and similar
matters, and to make practical tests, on
some a selected section, of Sea Island cotton,
rice, and truck farms, with various varieties of seeds,
and to follow the tests up carefully during the preparation
of the land, planting of the seed, and cultivation and harvesting
of the crops, and also to examine into the
diseases of cotton, rice, truck, and other similar crops which have caused
much trouble and loss in that section; and
(14) It shall furnish, at cost, to citizens of
this State upon their request therefor, sufficient
quantities of serum for treatment of hog cholera;
provided. However, that no person
shall may be furnished more serum than needed for
treatment of hogs actually owned by the person applying therefor;
and provided, further, that for it. No poor person
shall may be charged for serum applied for when he is
unable to pay for it."
SECTION 3. Section 47-13-20 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 47-13-20. The veterinarian of Clemson University
shall be is the State Veterinarian and shall report
directly to the Commissioner of Agriculture. The State Veternarian
may visit any section of in this State where any
contagious disease among animals, including poultry and domesticated
fowls of every kind, is believed to exist and.
He shall determine, under the rules and regulations of
the board of trustees of the University and of the Agriculture
Commission of South Carolina whether such the
affected animals are worthy of remedial treatment or should
must be destroyed."
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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