2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .295   Administrative regulations relating to cervids -- Costs resulting from importation of diseased animal.

246.295 Administrative regulations relating to cervids -- Costs resulting from importation of diseased animal. (1) The Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife shall promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to health requirements, eradication of diseases, and identification of privately owned and farm raised cervids maintained for the production of meat and other products. The Department of Fish and Wildlife in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture shall promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to the importation and holding of cervids. (2) If any person imports a diseased animal into the Commonwealth in violation of the statutes and administrative regulations, then that person shall be responsible to the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Fish and Wildlife for all costs incurred in the investigation, response, and eradication of that disease. Effective: March 28, 2002 History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 2, effective March 28, 2002. Page 1 of 1