http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/StopNAIS/ We the undersigned Citizens of Rout County Hereby request that the Routt County Commissioner adopt the following resolution. Routt County Commission Resolution on Mandatory 4-H and FFA Premises Registration A Resolution of the Commissioners of the County of Routt, Colorado, opposing mandatory premises registration for Colorado’s 4-H and FFA programs. WHEREAS, the Director of 4-H Youth Development Programs at Colorado State University has implemented mandatory premises registration for all Colorado 4-H livestock project animals (beef and dairy cattle, sheep, swine, goat, poultry, llama and horse); WHEREAS, 4-H and FFA are voluntary programs that, by law, must be administered without prejudice or discrimination; WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposed national animal identification system is voluntary and has not been mandated by Congress; WHEREAS, there is no legislation in the State of Colorado mandating premises registration or animal identification; WHEREAS, attaching a premises registration to property is similar to placing a covenant on that property into perpetuity; WHEREAS, participation in the premises registration and animal identification system places property in a permanent database and the information collected is not protected from disclosure leaving landowners vulnerable to competitive misuse or sale of private information; WHEREAS, an existing program is already in place to identify animals intended for exhibition at the county and state fair levels; WHEREAS, less than 25 percent of livestock production operations nation wide have registered for premises registration demonstrating the overwhelming opposition to this system; WHEREAS, premises registration encumbers property potentially decreasing its market value and intrudes on citizens’ private property rights; WHEREAS, foisting this mandatory program on 4-H and FFA youth presents participating counties with potential civil liabilities; WHEREAS, the County Extension Service serves at the pleasure of the County Commission; BE IT RESOLVED that the County of Routt opposes the implementation of mandatory premises registration for 4-H and FFA programs. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:1:27 CDT en-us 3 http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/StopNAIS/#sig3513166 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/StopNAIS/#sig3504459 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/StopNAIS/#sig3503858 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/StopNAIS/#sig3499470 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/StopNAIS/#sig3499407 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I am a citizen of Routt County, Colorado and I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/StopNAIS/#sig3499366 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/StopNAIS/#sig3499357 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST