00                   SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 22(RES)                                                                 
01 "An Act relating to shared animal ownership; and relating to the sharing of raw milk                                    
02 and raw milk products."                                                                                                 
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 17.20 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
05            Sec. 17.20.015. Shared ownership of milk-producing animals; raw milk.                                      
06       (a) An individual who has an ownership interest in a milk-producing animal may pay                                
07       or reimburse another individual owner of the animal the costs incurred to                                         
08                 (1)  board, milk, and care for the animal; and                                                          
09                 (2)  share raw milk and raw milk products produced from the milk with                                   
10       other owners of the animal.                                                                                       
11            (b)  A part owner of a shared milk-producing animal may share raw milk or a                                  
12       raw milk product produced from the milk of the animal only                                                        
13                 (1)  with another owner of the animal who has provided the part owner                                   
14       with at least two means of contacting the other owner in the event of a foodborne                                 

01       illness;                                                                                                          
02                 (2)  if the raw milk or raw milk product is produced exclusively by the                                 
03       owners of the animal; and                                                                                         
04                 (3)  if the raw milk or raw milk product is provided directly from one                                  
05       owner to another owner.                                                                                           
06 (c)  If the department suspects or determines that there is an outbreak of a                                            
07 foodborne illness that can be traced to a facility where raw milk or raw milk products                                  
08 are produced under this section, the department may exercise its authority under                                        
09       AS 17.20.005(7) and (8) and AS 17.20.200 for that facility.                                                       
10 (d)  The department may not restrict or impose a requirement on the sharing or                                          
11 transfer of raw milk or a raw milk product between the owners of a milk-producing                                       
12       animal that is in addition to the provisions of this section.                                                     
13            (e)  In this section,                                                                                        
14                 (1)  "raw milk" means milk that is not pasteurized;                                                     
15 (2)  "raw milk product" means raw milk or a product or byproduct of                                                     
16       raw milk.                                                                                                         
17    * Sec. 2. AS 17.20.200(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
18 (a)  The commissioner of environmental conservation or an agent shall have                                              
19 free access at reasonable hours to a factory, warehouse, or establishment in which                                      
20 foods or cosmetics are manufactured, processed, packed, or held for introduction into                                   
21 commerce, to enter a vehicle being used to transport or hold these foods or cosmetics                                   
22 in commerce, [OR] to an aquatic farm, or to a facility, as provided under                                           
23       AS 17.20.015(c), in order to                                                                                  
24 (1)  inspect a factory, warehouse, establishment, vehicle, [OR] aquatic                                                 
25 farm, or facility to determine if the provisions of the commissioner's respective                                   
26       portions of this chapter are being violated; and                                                                  
27 (2)  secure samples or specimens of a food, aquatic farm product, or                                                    
28       cosmetic.