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Important Legislation being watched by the SC Horsemen's Council

Equine Promotional Bill

The SC Dept of Agriculture, SC Farm Bureau, and SC Horsemen’s Council have joined forces in support of the Equine Promotional Bill No. 4305 that Rep. Laurie Funderburk submitted to the House Ways and Means Committee in June of last year. This bill is very similar to an earlier Bill No. 3609 which the SCHC opposed because of the manner in which the members of the board were to be appointed. The SCHC Board endorses the latest Bill (No. 4305) which provides for 5 members to be appointed by different groups and 10 members to be appointed at a statewide meeting of equine owners.

Equine Promotional Bill Letter PD

Equine Promotion Bill no. 4305 June 2007

Right To Farm Senate Bill 1205

Visit SC State House Info on this Bill

Visit SC Farm Bureau to read more about it

NAIS (National Animal Identification System)

 The SCHC is grateful to Dr. Boyd Parr of Clemson University, for updating our membership on the NAIS program at the Expo on Feb 9. Dr. Parr is very knowledgeable of this system and did a good job of sharing that knowledge with us. The official USDA website provides current information on this program. It is located at http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/index.shtml.

The SCHC is not endorsing NAIS, simply providing information to our members. We want all members to learn as much as they can about this program and decide if this is something they wish to support. It is currently presented as a voluntary program by the USDA, however, some SC arena owners report they have been required to register their facilities in order to host certain events.

SC Legislator Links

SC House of Representatives Members
http://www.scstatehouse.net/html-pages/housemembers.html

SC House of Representatives Email addresses
http://www.scstatehouse.net/html-pages/houseemail.html

SC Senate Members
http://www.scstatehouse.net/html-pages/senatemembersd.html

SC Senate Email addresses
http://www.scstatehouse.net/html-pages/senateemail.html