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(a) No slaughterhouse, stockyard, auction, market agency, or
dealer shall buy, sell, or receive a nonambulatory animal.
   (b) No slaughterhouse shall process, butcher, or sell meat or
products of nonambulatory animals for human consumption.
   (c) No slaughterhouse shall hold a nonambulatory animal without
taking immediate action to humanely euthanize the animal.
   (d) No stockyard, auction, market agency, or dealer shall hold a
nonambulatory animal without taking immediate action to humanely
euthanize the animal or to provide immediate veterinary treatment.
   (e) While in transit or on the premises of a stockyard, auction,
market agency, dealer, or slaughterhouse, a nonambulatory animal may
not be dragged at any time, or pushed with equipment at any time, but
shall be moved with a sling or on a stoneboat or other sled-like or
wheeled conveyance.
   (f) No person shall sell, consign, or ship any nonambulatory
animal for the purpose of delivering a nonambulatory animal to a
slaughterhouse, stockyard, auction, market agency, or dealer.
   (g) No person shall accept a nonambulatory animal for transport or
delivery to a slaughterhouse, stockyard, auction, market agency, or
dealer.
   (h) A violation of this section is subject to imprisonment in a
county jail for a period not to exceed one year, or by a fine of not
more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or by both that fine and
imprisonment.
   (i) As used in this section, "nonambulatory" means unable to stand
and walk without assistance.
   (j) As used in this section, "animal" means live cattle, swine,
sheep, or goats.
   (k) As used in this section, "humanely euthanize" means to kill by
a mechanical, chemical, or electrical method that rapidly and
effectively renders the animal insensitive to pain.

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