When used in the Livestock Dealers Act:

1. 1. "Livestock" means cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats;

2. 2.

   1. a. "Livestock dealer" means any person engaged in the business of buying or selling livestock in commerce; or any person registered and bonded under the provisions of the Federal Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended, who buys livestock. Any person shall be regarded as operating as a livestock dealer within the meaning of the Livestock Dealers Act, who:

      1. (1) holds oneself out as an order-buyer, livestock dealer, or livestock agent, or
      2. (2) offers or undertakes, by name, any means or methods to purchase livestock for another for a fee or commission.

   2. b. The term livestock dealer shall not include:

      1. (1) a person who buys or sells livestock as part of the person's own bona fide breeding, feeding, dairy, or beef operations,
      2. (2) a person who receives livestock exclusively for immediate slaughter on the person's own premises, or
      3. (3) a farmer or rancher who buys livestock in the ordinary course of the farming or ranching operation unless the farmer or rancher is registered and bonded under the Federal Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended; and
3. 3. "Livestock special sale" means any public or private sale of livestock by public auction except livestock sales conducted under the provisions of Sections 9-130 through 9-139 of this title and farm auctions.

Added by Laws 1976, SB 676, c. 49, § 1, emerg. eff. April 9, 1976; Amended by Laws 1982, HB 1884, c. 129, § 1, eff. October 1, 1982; Amended by Laws 1996, HB 2988, c. 185, § 7, eff. November 1, 1996; Amended by Laws 2001, HB 1378, c. 146, § 94, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001 (superseded document available); Renumbered from 2 O.S. § 1751 by Laws 2001, HB 1378, c. 146, § 256, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.