Missouri Laws 267.169 – Certain livestock data not subject to disclosure — exceptions
1. For purposes of this section, the term animal shall mean the same as the term livestock as defined in section 277.020.
2. The following data shall not be considered a public record and shall not be subject to disclosure under chapter 610:
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 267.169
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(1) Premises registration data collected from participants in the federal Animal Disease Traceability Program, or any successor program;
(2) Animal identification data collected from participants in the federal Animal Disease Traceability Program, or any successor program; and
(3) Animal tracking data collected from participants in the federal Animal Disease Traceability Program, or any successor program.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2 of this section, the director of any state agency or the state veterinarian within the department of agriculture shall release information otherwise not considered a public record subject to disclosure to the extent that the information is:
(1) Useful in controlling or preventing a disease outbreak;
(2) For public safety purposes; or
(3) To show particular animals or herds are or are not involved in a disease outbreak.
4. Nothing in this section shall prevent the disclosure of information:
(1) Described in subsection 2 of this section if such information has been transformed into a statistical or aggregate form that prevents the information from directly or indirectly naming or identifying any individual owner, operator, producer, operation, farmer, rancher, or a specific data gathering site;
(2) Described in subsection 2 of this section pursuant to the expressed written consent of the farmer or rancher; or
(3) Required by law as a condition of compliance with any state agency regulatory function.
5. Any person who knowingly releases information not subject to public disclosure under this section shall be considered to be violating the provisions of this section. Any entity or person alleging a violation of this section may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction. A court may order any appropriate relief necessary, including damages not to exceed ten thousand dollars and reasonable attorney’s fees.