Session notes: Horse slaughter

Legislators have given final approval to spending $50,000 in state funds to study building a horse slaughter plant in the state. The House took final action Thursday on House Bill 1496, which passed 86-5 The $50,000 was appropriated to the state Department of Commerce, which is to determine whether a horse slaughter plant is feasible, what the costs would be of constructing a new plant or converting an existing facility, how it could be financed.

By: By Janell Cole, N.D. Capitol Bureau, The Jamestown Sun