§ 1152 - Administration
§ 1152. Administration
(a) The secretary shall be responsible for the administration and enforcement of the livestock disease control program. The secretary may appoint the state veterinarian to manage the program, and other personnel as are necessary for the sound administration of the program.
(b) The secretary shall maintain a public record of all permits issued, and of all animals tested under this chapter, for a period of three years.
(c) The secretary may conduct any inspections, investigations, tests, diagnoses or other reasonable steps necessary to discover and eliminate contagious diseases existing in domestic animals or cultured trout in this state.
(d) The secretary may contract and cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies or other states for the control and eradication of contagious diseases of animals. The secretary shall consult and cooperate, as appropriate, with the commissioner of fish and wildlife and the commissioner of health regarding the control of contagious diseases.
(e) If necessary, the secretary shall set priorities for the use of the funds available to operate the program established by this chapter.
(f) The taking and possessing of an animal which is imported, possessed, or confined for the purpose of hunting shall be regulated by the fish and wildlife board and commissioner of fish and wildlife under the provisions of part 4 of Title 10. However, the secretary shall have jurisdiction over the animal for the purposes described in section 1153 of this title. (Added 1987, No. 276 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1993, No. 202 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2005, No. 12, § 2, eff. May 2, 2005.)