SAY NO to HB# 468 keep our feathered freinds
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ATTENTION KENTUCKY SMALL FLOCK OWNERS
February 17th 2005
FRANKFORT, Ky. A committee of Legislators met today to amend a kentucky law. The law would read as follows:
AN ACT relating to poultry.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
Section 1. KRS 257.400 is amended to read as follows:
All poultry under five (5) months of age including baby chicks, started chicks, turkey poults, and other newly hatched domestic poultry except those intended for immediate slaughter which may be admitted under permit issued by the Division of Animal Health, and hatching eggs sold or offered for sale in this state, shall have originated from flocks that meet the pullorum requirements of the National Poultry Improvement Plan or equivalent program[Kentucky Poultry Improvement Plan or the Kentucky Turkey Improvement Plan], and the regulations promulgated by authority of KRS 257.370 to 257.460 for the control and eradication of pullorum disease. Nothing in KRS 257.370 to 257.460, however, shall require any hatchery, dealer, or flock owner to participate in the National Poultry Improvement Plan.
Section 2. KRS 257.410 is amended to read as follows:
All poultry under five (5) months of age, including baby chicks, started chicks, turkey poults, other newly hatched domestic poultry, except those intended for immediate slaughter, and hatching eggs shipped or otherwise brought into this state shall have originated in flocks that meet the pullorum requirements of the national poultry improvement plan, the national turkey improvement plan,[ the Kentucky Poultry Improvement Association,] and the administrative regulations promulgated by authority of KRS 257.370 to 257.460. Every container of poultry under five (5) months of age, including baby chicks, started chicks, turkey poults, and any other newly hatched domestic poultry, except those intended for immediate slaughter, and hatching eggs shipped or otherwise brought into this state shall bear an official label or certificate showing the name and address of the shipper, the authority under which the testing for pullorum disease was done, and the pullorum control and eradication class of the product, the use of the certificate or label to be approved by the official state agency or the Division of Animal Health official of the state of origin.
A well respected small flock owner Matt John was contacted this morning to go to Frankfort and speak on our behalf. The committee never afforded him an opportunity to speak.
Should this bill pass it would put all the power of regulating poultry into the hands of one entity which is controlled by the commercial industry. We the small flock owner would not be adequately represented and our very right to own poultry may be in jeopardy. The Time to act is now. Contact your legislator and tell him to vote NO on HB #468.
You can find your representative by visiting http://lrc.ky.gov
And you can read the Bill at http://lrc.ky.gov/record/05rs/hb468.htm
February 17th 2005
FRANKFORT, Ky. A committee of Legislators met today to amend a kentucky law. The law would read as follows:
AN ACT relating to poultry.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
Section 1. KRS 257.400 is amended to read as follows:
All poultry under five (5) months of age including baby chicks, started chicks, turkey poults, and other newly hatched domestic poultry except those intended for immediate slaughter which may be admitted under permit issued by the Division of Animal Health, and hatching eggs sold or offered for sale in this state, shall have originated from flocks that meet the pullorum requirements of the National Poultry Improvement Plan or equivalent program[Kentucky Poultry Improvement Plan or the Kentucky Turkey Improvement Plan], and the regulations promulgated by authority of KRS 257.370 to 257.460 for the control and eradication of pullorum disease. Nothing in KRS 257.370 to 257.460, however, shall require any hatchery, dealer, or flock owner to participate in the National Poultry Improvement Plan.
Section 2. KRS 257.410 is amended to read as follows:
All poultry under five (5) months of age, including baby chicks, started chicks, turkey poults, other newly hatched domestic poultry, except those intended for immediate slaughter, and hatching eggs shipped or otherwise brought into this state shall have originated in flocks that meet the pullorum requirements of the national poultry improvement plan, the national turkey improvement plan,[ the Kentucky Poultry Improvement Association,] and the administrative regulations promulgated by authority of KRS 257.370 to 257.460. Every container of poultry under five (5) months of age, including baby chicks, started chicks, turkey poults, and any other newly hatched domestic poultry, except those intended for immediate slaughter, and hatching eggs shipped or otherwise brought into this state shall bear an official label or certificate showing the name and address of the shipper, the authority under which the testing for pullorum disease was done, and the pullorum control and eradication class of the product, the use of the certificate or label to be approved by the official state agency or the Division of Animal Health official of the state of origin.
A well respected small flock owner Matt John was contacted this morning to go to Frankfort and speak on our behalf. The committee never afforded him an opportunity to speak.
Should this bill pass it would put all the power of regulating poultry into the hands of one entity which is controlled by the commercial industry. We the small flock owner would not be adequately represented and our very right to own poultry may be in jeopardy. The Time to act is now. Contact your legislator and tell him to vote NO on HB #468.
You can find your representative by visiting http://lrc.ky.gov
And you can read the Bill at http://lrc.ky.gov/record/05rs/hb468.htm
37 Signatures
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M.Meers
- Comments
- We small flock owners must be united in this
- address, zip code
- 732 Faulkner ave 40505
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Jim and Sandra Howard
- Comments
- This bill does nothing for the recreational poultry fancier. Commercial poultry concerns should regulate their own business and stay away from the small farmer.
- address, zip code
- 715 Lukie Dr., Nicholasville, KY 40356-9395
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JAMES HOLLIN
- address, zip code
- 40461
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Megan Spencer
- address, zip code
- P.O. Box 11005, lex, Ky 40512
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R L Murray
- address, zip code
- 1718 Beacon Hill, Lex, Ky 40504
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John Purdy
- address, zip code
- Frankfort, KY 40602
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Oscar L Bailey
- address, zip code
- 519 Walter Lakes Road Waco KY 40385
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Barbara Mracek
- Comments
- NO this bill !!!
- address, zip code
- 9010 Richardsville Rd, Bowling Green, Ky. 42101
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Tim Mracek
- Comments
- NO, NO, NO
- address, zip code
- 9010 Richardsville Rd, Bowling Green, Ky. 42101
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Margaret Wyse
- Comments
- Please, please protect Kentucky farmers and our chickens from those who are under the influence/control of industrialized poultry producers. Our chickens, our eggs, our ecological record, and our ability to vote locally are far better than theirs.
- address, zip code
- 2475 Claxon's Ridge Road, 40359
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mike reynolds
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- i live back in the woods, raise, slaughter, and eat my own fowl as my family has done since civil war days as an american it is my right to feed my family. if you pass this law I say by popular vote your fired.
- address, zip code
- stanford, ky 40484
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Angela Benz
- address, zip code
- 1621 Tatum Ridge Rd.,Willisburg, KY 40078
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D.Blankenship
- Comments
- This bill violates our very rights as Americans...We are Americans! We have the right to voice our opinions, vote & make change where we see fit.This applies....circulate, sign & make a change!
- address, zip code
- 40505
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Launay Angelique
- Comments
- No to the go away of this farm
- address, zip code
- 1276, winchester rd- 40361 Paris KY
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shawntai hash
- address, zip code
- 2099 garden springs dr lexington ky 40504
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MARGARET WOODRUM
- address, zip code
- 2768 MADISON AVE 41018
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Kenneth Stephens
- address, zip code
- 756 Faulkner ave Lex. Ky. 40505
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Norma Spencer
- address, zip code
- 40505
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solomon gezahegn
- address, zip code
- Ethiopia 4178
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Amy D Matthews
- Comments
- Alternative Agriculture needs help not hindrances!
- address, zip code
- 4575 Lebanon Road, Danville KY 40422
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James Matthews
- Comments
- NO!!!!!
- address, zip code
- 4575 LEbanon Road, Danville KY 40422
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Kurtis
- address, zip code
- 40272
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Rebekah Lay
- address, zip code
- versailles, ky 40383
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Lisa Berry
- address, zip code
- 42120
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Micheal Leon Bowe
- address, zip code
- 229 Carl Benson Road, Tompkinsville, KY 42167
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Melinda Page
- Comments
- No! No! No! A thousand times No!!!!!
- address, zip code
- 42754
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Christell Jung
- Comments
- We want to save our enjoyment of raising our chickens and other farm birds.
- address, zip code
- 42120
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Karen Schweizer
- address, zip code
- 420 Forest Ave. Erlanger,Ky. 41018
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Kevin Lay
- Comments
- I oppose any amendment that would jeopardise my free right to own, raise and enjoy my passionate hobby of raising poultry.
- address, zip code
- 42649
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Anthony Garvin
- Comments
- В
- address, zip code
- 1746 State Hwy. 2078 Olive Hill, KY 41164
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theresa dibert
- Comments
- this is a form of helping the rich ans bashing the little guy
- address, zip code
- duckworth rd. cynthiana, ky. 41031
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jackie crump
- Comments
- what else are they going to take from us small farmers? our childern?
- address, zip code
- 962 saltwell rd carlisle kentucky 40311
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debbie fair
- address, zip code
- 112 eveleigh cem. rd. leitchfield, ky. 42754
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Andy White
- Comments
- This is blackmail of the good citizens of Kentucky.
- address, zip code
- 311 E San Antonio Street Fredericksburg Texas 78624
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Eric Blake
- address, zip code
- 42256
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Connie Gupton
- Comments
- I guess next they will try to stop us from raising a garden. Our rights as small farmers are being violated.
- address, zip code
- 383 Happyville Rd. Greensburg, Ky.42743
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eugene riddle
- Comments
- They cant stop the gas from going up but they have time do things like this. and we pay for all of this it's time for all of this to stop.
- address, zip code
- 1778 peacock rd paris ky.40361
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