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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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