257.120 Indemnity for destruction or slaughter of animal.
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Indemnities shall be paid by the state or federal government for animals mandated
to be destroyed or slaughtered on account of a reportable or United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) program disease. The indemnities shall be
based on fair market value as determined by the USDA or independent appraisal.
No state-funded indemnity shall be paid for any animal unless it was the property of
the person claiming indemnity, and was within the state, for a period of at least six
(6) months prior to the time of the first test, except when animals are destroyed or
slaughtered on account of a foreign animal or zoonotic disease.
No indemnity shall be paid for any animal:
(a) Owned by the United States, the state or any county or city;
(b) Brought into this state in violation of the law or any regulation of the board;
(c) When the owner at the time of coming into possession of the animal had any
reason to believe that it was infected; or
(d) When the board or its authorized agents have satisfactory evidence that the
owner has been guilty of negligence in permitting the animal to become
exposed to the communicable disease.
Effective: June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 11, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended
1982 Ky. Acts ch. 310, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts
ch. 296, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1,
effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 63c-7.
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