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Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code
Chapter 31 - Control of Animal Disease
Section 106 - Epidemic of contagious or infectious disease -- Condemnation or destruction of infected or exposed livestock -- Destruction of other property.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 4-31-106 (2019)
Effective 7/1/2017
4-31-106. Epidemic of contagious or infectious disease -- Condemnation or destruction of infected or exposed livestock -- Destruction of other property.
Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
4-31-106. Epidemic of contagious or infectious disease -- Condemnation or destruction of infected or exposed livestock -- Destruction of other property.
- (1) If there is an outbreak of contagious or infectious foreign animal disease of epidemic proportion among domestic animals in this state that imperils livestock, the commissioner, with approval of the governor, may condemn, destroy, or dispose of any infected livestock or any livestock exposed to the disease or considered by the commissioner capable of communicating the disease to other domestic animals.
- (2) The commissioner may, with gubernatorial approval, condemn and destroy any barns, sheds, corrals, pens, or other property necessary to prevent the spread of contagion or infection.
Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
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