| Last Action | signed by Governor (Act ch. 22) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to agriculture. |
| Bill Documents |
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| Impact Statements | Local Mandate |
| Bill Request Number | 469 |
| Sponsors | T. McKee, S. Overly, J. Bell, R. Rand, J. Richards |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 257; define "abandon", "department", and "reportable disease", and change "communicable disease" and "livestock"; add poultry, fish, and animal industries to Board of Agriculture's enforcement duties; amend KRS 257.030 to denote scope of agency cooperation; clarify state veterinarian's powers in animal confinement and transport; amend KRS 257.050 to include poultry and fish in quarantine violation prohibition; clarify permit requirement for diseased animals brought into state; establish board's jurisdiction in removing quarantined animals from state; amend KRS 257.080 to add a laboratory to diseased animal reporting requirements; amend KRS 257.100 to give a board agent the power to destroy an animal; amend KRS 257.105 related to information required in unclaimed animal sale; establish criteria for animal destruction indemnities; clarify instances under which indemnities are paid; amend KRS 257.150 regarding steps required before payment occurs; amend KRS 257.160 regarding diseased carcass disposal; amend KRS 257.170 as to carcass transport; amend KRS 257.300 to add poultry and fish to interstate cooperation; include poultry and fish diseases as factors in bird destruction; include poultry and fish in policy declaration; amend KRS 257.490 related to division law enforcement powers; amend KRS 257.600 regarding the feeding of garbage to swine; repeal KRS 257.115, KRS 257.260, and KRS 257.310. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Agriculture - Animal health, provisions governing Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Animal health, requirements governing State Agencies - Animal health requirements, changes in Veterinarians - Animal health requirements, changes in State Employees - Animal health, requirements governing Local Mandate - Animal health, provisions governing |
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