A. Any person who shall take, steal or carry away any exotic livestock, any person purchasing or receiving such exotic livestock, knowing them to have been stolen, shall be deemed guilty of grand larceny, regardless of the value thereof, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding ten (10) years, or by a fine not exceeding Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) or by both such fine and imprisonment. B. For purposes of this section the term 'exotic livestock' means commercially raised exotic livestock including animals of the families bovidae, cervidae and antilocapridae or birds of the ratite group.Added by Laws 1993, c. 36, § 6, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 397, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 289, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 397 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
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