2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .120   Indemnity for destruction or slaughter of animal.

257.120 Indemnity for destruction or slaughter of animal. (1) Indemnities shall be paid by the state or federal government for animals destroyed or slaughtered on account of a communicable disease, foot and mouth disease, glanders, contagious pleuro-pneumonia, bovine tuberculosis, Bang's disease, or maladie du coit or dourine, or a disease for which the United States government pays the amounts specified by the state and federal cooperative agreement. (2) Indemnity for Bang's reactors or exposed animals, if indemnity is available, shall be paid by the state or federal government in accordance with amounts specified by the state and federal cooperative agreement. (3) No 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 aphthous fever or foot and mouth disease, dourine, glanders or contagious pleuro-pneumonia. (4) 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: July 15, 1982 History: 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.