An act to amend and reenact subsection 11 of section 4.1-41-01 and section 4.1-41-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to pet food registration., the official text

Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
HOUSE BILL NO. 1526 (Representatives Nelson, Berg, Brown, Schreiber-Beck, Weisz)
(Senators Klein, Thomas)
AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 11 of section 4.1-41-01 and section 4.1-41-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to pet food registration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 11 of section 4.1-41-01 of the North Dakota Century Code
is amended and reenacted as follows: 11. "Labeling" means the written, printed, or graphic information accompanying the distribution of commercial feed or customer-formula feed, including promotional materials distributed to market the feed and statements and promotions through radio, television, or internet interface, or on an organization's website. SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. Section 4.1-41-05 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and
reenacted as follows: 4.1-41-05. Pet food - Specialty pet food - Registration - Exemption - Penalty. 1. Before being distributed in this state, each pet food product and each specialty pet food product must be registered with the commissioner. This requirement does not apply to a distributor, provided the pet food or specialty pet food is registered by another person. 2. To register and renew pet food and specialty pet food, a person shall submit: a. An application form at the time and in the manner required by the commissioner; and b. A fee in the amount of one hundred twenty dollars per product manufactured out-of-state; and c. A fee in the amount of fifty dollars per product manufactured in the state. 3. To renew a registration required by this section, a person shall submit: a. An application form at the time and in the manner required by the commissioner; and b. A fee in the amount of one hundred dollars per product. 4. A registration issued under this section is valid during the period beginning on January first of an even-numbered year and ending on December thirty-first of the ensuing odd-numbered year.
5.4. If a person fails to renew a registration within thirty-one days of its expiration, that person must apply for an initial registration.
6.5. Upon approving an application for an initial registration or a renewed registration, the commissioner shall furnish a certificate of registration to the applicant. A certificate of registration is not transferable.
7.6. Any person violating this section is subject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each product that must be registered.

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8.7. A person is exempt from this section if the person: a. Is a resident of this state; b. Produces pet food in a noncommercial kitchen;
b.c. Sells the pet food directly to the end consumer at a community event or farmer's market; and
c.d. Does not use meat, poultry, fish, or their byproducts as an ingredient in the product.

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____________________________ Speaker of the House

____________________________ President of the Senate

____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

____________________________ Secretary of the Senate

This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1526.

House Vote: Senate Vote:

Yeas 90 Yeas 47

Nays 0 Nays 0

Absent 4 Absent 0

____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House
Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025. Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.

____________________________ Governor
Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025, at ________ o’clock ________M.

____________________________ Secretary of State