2006 Kansas Code - 47-633a

      47-633a.   Same; condemnation of herd; payment for animals condemned; appraisal animals. The livestock commissioner may order the condemnation of an entire herd of domestic animals when tuberculosis of any animal within such herd has been diagnosed. In such event, the livestock commissioner shall indemnify the owner of such herd in an amount not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the difference between the salvage value and the appraised value of the animals in the condemned herd. Such payment by the commissioner shall be from funds appropriated therefor, but in no event shall such payment exceed the sum of four hundred dollars ($400) per head for registered bovine animals, the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) per head for grade bovine animals. Such compensation shall not be paid, and the premises from which the herd was taken shall not be restocked, until such premises have been cleaned and disinfected and, subsequent thereto, have been inspected and approved by the livestock commissioner, or his or her authorized representative. Appraisals of animals condemned shall be made by the livestock commissioner, or his or her authorized representative, and by the owner. If said appraisers cannot agree, a disinterested third party, who has knowledge of livestock values in such locality, shall be selected as an arbitrator by the commissioner and the owner, at the expense of the owner. The determination of values by said arbitrator shall be final.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 259, § 2; L. 1978, ch. 206, § 2; April 6.