Kentucky Statutes 246.210 – Access of department and agents, board and members, and others to premises — Destruction or slaughter of diseased livestock
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(1) The department or its agents or employees shall have free access within reasonable hours to any farm, orchard, garden, elevator, warehouse, building, cellar, freight or express office or car, freight yard, vehicle, vessel, boat, container, or any other place which, for probable cause, it may be necessary or desirable for the agents to enter in order to enforce a quarantine against the European corn borer (Pyrausta nubilaslis).
(2) The department or any of its agents or employees may, after reasonable notice, enter any premises for the purpose of inspecting or testing livestock to determine the existence of, or to combat in any way, communicable diseases. The owner of the livestock to be tested or inspected shall, after reasonable notice, confine and present the livestock to the agents or employees of the department. When the department or any of its agents or employees determines through inspection or testing that any livestock is infected with a communicable disease, they may enter any premises, after reasonable notice, and remove the diseased livestock, and have the livestock destroyed or slaughtered and the owner indemnified as provided in KRS § 257.120 to
257.150. When necessary the department or any of its agents or employees may call upon peace officers for assistance.
(3) The state entomologist or his authorized agent shall, upon previous application, have free access within reasonable hours to any premises or containers for purposes of trapping, inspecting for, investigating, or treating the premises for the control of Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica).
(4) The director of the agricultural experiment station and his agents shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any premises, vehicle, elevator, or steamship company, in the discharge of his duties under KRS § 250.081.
Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 9, effective March 28, 2002; and ch. 240, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2002. — Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 370, sec. 12, effective April 8, 1994. — Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 97, sec. 5, effective July 13, 1990. — Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 217. — Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 248, sec.
2. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 30c-21, 42f-3, 42g-2, 63c-13, 68n-4, 1376b-22.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2002). This section was amended by
2002 Ky. Acts chs. 88 and 240, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified together.
(2) The department or any of its agents or employees may, after reasonable notice, enter any premises for the purpose of inspecting or testing livestock to determine the existence of, or to combat in any way, communicable diseases. The owner of the livestock to be tested or inspected shall, after reasonable notice, confine and present the livestock to the agents or employees of the department. When the department or any of its agents or employees determines through inspection or testing that any livestock is infected with a communicable disease, they may enter any premises, after reasonable notice, and remove the diseased livestock, and have the livestock destroyed or slaughtered and the owner indemnified as provided in KRS § 257.120 to
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 246.210
- Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Department: means the Department of Agriculture. See Kentucky Statutes 246.010
- Livestock: means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, llamas, buffaloes, or any other animals of the bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, or equine species, deer and elk, whose regulatory requirements are under KRS Chapters 150 and 246, that are privately owned and raised in a confined area for breeding stock, food, fiber, and other products. See Kentucky Statutes 246.010
- Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
257.150. When necessary the department or any of its agents or employees may call upon peace officers for assistance.
(3) The state entomologist or his authorized agent shall, upon previous application, have free access within reasonable hours to any premises or containers for purposes of trapping, inspecting for, investigating, or treating the premises for the control of Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica).
(4) The director of the agricultural experiment station and his agents shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any premises, vehicle, elevator, or steamship company, in the discharge of his duties under KRS § 250.081.
Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 9, effective March 28, 2002; and ch. 240, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2002. — Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 370, sec. 12, effective April 8, 1994. — Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 97, sec. 5, effective July 13, 1990. — Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 217. — Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 248, sec.
2. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 30c-21, 42f-3, 42g-2, 63c-13, 68n-4, 1376b-22.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2002). This section was amended by
2002 Ky. Acts chs. 88 and 240, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified together.