Kentucky Statutes 257.192 – Kentucky Livestock Care Standards Commission — Members
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The Kentucky Livestock Care Standards Commission is hereby created to make recommendations to the board to establish, maintain, or revise standards governing the care and well-being of on-farm livestock and poultry. The commission shall be attached to the Department of Agriculture for administrative purposes and shall consist of sixteen (16) members as follows:
(1) The state veterinarian, who shall be a nonvoting member;
(2) The co-chairs of the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture, who shall be nonvoting, ex officio members; and
(3) Thirteen (13) voting members as follows:
(a) The Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee, who shall serve as chair; (b) The dean of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture or the dean’s
designee;
(c) The chair of the Animal Control Advisory Board or the chair’s designee;
(d) The director of the University of Kentucky Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center or the director of the Murray State University Breathitt Veterinary Center. Each director shall serve one (1) year terms on a rotating basis;
(e) Four (4) members appointed by the Governor as follows:
1. One (1) person selected from a list of three (3) submitted by the
Kentucky Farm Bureau;
2. One (1) person selected from a list of three (3) submitted by the
Kentucky County Judge/Executive Association;
3. One (1) veterinarian selected from a list of three (3) submitted by the Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association. The veterinarian’s practice shall include working on one (1) or more of the species named in paragraph (f) of this subsection; and
4. One (1) citizen at large with an interest in food safety; and
(f) Five (5) members actively engaged in farming and appointed by the Governor with assistance by the department. The department shall contact commodity organizations named in this paragraph, collect a list of potential representatives from the organizations, and deliver the list to the Governor. The Governor shall appoint:
1. One (1) active producer from the list submitted by Kentucky commodity organizations representing bovine species;
2. One (1) active producer from the list submitted by Kentucky commodity organizations representing ovine and caprine species;
3. One (1) active producer from the list submitted by Kentucky commodity organizations representing porcine species;
4. One (1) active producer from the list submitted by Kentucky commodity organizations representing equine species; and
5. One (1) active producer from the list submitted by Kentucky commodity
organizations representing poultry species.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Created 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2010.
(1) The state veterinarian, who shall be a nonvoting member;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 257.192
- Animal: includes every warm-blooded living creature except a human being. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Board: means the Board of Agriculture. See Kentucky Statutes 257.010
- Commission: means the Kentucky Livestock Care Standards Commission. See Kentucky Statutes 257.010
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture. See Kentucky Statutes 257.010
- Department: means the Department of Agriculture. See Kentucky Statutes 257.010
- Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
- Livestock: means :
(a) Cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, llamas, buffaloes, or any other animals of the bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, equine, or camelid species. See Kentucky Statutes 257.010 - Poultry: means chickens, ducks, turkeys, or other domestic fowl being raised or kept on any premises in the Commonwealth. See Kentucky Statutes 257.010
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(2) The co-chairs of the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture, who shall be nonvoting, ex officio members; and
(3) Thirteen (13) voting members as follows:
(a) The Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee, who shall serve as chair; (b) The dean of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture or the dean’s
designee;
(c) The chair of the Animal Control Advisory Board or the chair’s designee;
(d) The director of the University of Kentucky Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center or the director of the Murray State University Breathitt Veterinary Center. Each director shall serve one (1) year terms on a rotating basis;
(e) Four (4) members appointed by the Governor as follows:
1. One (1) person selected from a list of three (3) submitted by the
Kentucky Farm Bureau;
2. One (1) person selected from a list of three (3) submitted by the
Kentucky County Judge/Executive Association;
3. One (1) veterinarian selected from a list of three (3) submitted by the Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association. The veterinarian’s practice shall include working on one (1) or more of the species named in paragraph (f) of this subsection; and
4. One (1) citizen at large with an interest in food safety; and
(f) Five (5) members actively engaged in farming and appointed by the Governor with assistance by the department. The department shall contact commodity organizations named in this paragraph, collect a list of potential representatives from the organizations, and deliver the list to the Governor. The Governor shall appoint:
1. One (1) active producer from the list submitted by Kentucky commodity organizations representing bovine species;
2. One (1) active producer from the list submitted by Kentucky commodity organizations representing ovine and caprine species;
3. One (1) active producer from the list submitted by Kentucky commodity organizations representing porcine species;
4. One (1) active producer from the list submitted by Kentucky commodity organizations representing equine species; and
5. One (1) active producer from the list submitted by Kentucky commodity
organizations representing poultry species.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Created 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2010.