Kentucky Statutes 257.030 – Powers of board
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The board may:
(1) Cooperate with universities and other entities in conducting the necessary scientific investigations relating to the cause, nature, prevention, and treatment of communicable diseases of livestock, poultry, and fish;
(2) Establish, maintain, and enforce any quarantine and other measures as it deems necessary in controlling the movement of livestock, poultry, and fish into, through, or within the state;
(3) Order and enforce the cleaning and disinfection of premises and all articles and materials by which communicable diseases may be transmitted, and the destruction of diseased and exposed animals and all property and materials, as may be necessary in the eradication of disease;
(4) Adopt, issue, and enforce administrative regulations necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, and for the accomplishment of the purposes intended to be accomplished by this chapter. Administrative regulations falling within the scope of KRS § 257.196 shall be adopted, issued, and enforced in conformity with that section; and
(5) Employ necessary scientific, field, stenographic, and clerical assistants and fix their salaries.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 6, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended
2009 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 3, effective June 25, 2009. — Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch.
19, sec. 1. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 63c-13, 63c-14.
(1) Cooperate with universities and other entities in conducting the necessary scientific investigations relating to the cause, nature, prevention, and treatment of communicable diseases of livestock, poultry, and fish;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 257.030
- Board: means the Board of Agriculture. See Kentucky Statutes 257.010
- Fish: means the bodies and parts of bodies of all animal aquatic life being raised, or kept for sale to a wholesaler or retailer, or for direct sale to the public. See Kentucky Statutes 257.010
- Livestock: means :
(a) Cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, llamas, buffaloes, or any other animals of the bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, equine, or camelid species. See Kentucky Statutes 257.010 - Poultry: means chickens, ducks, turkeys, or other domestic fowl being raised or kept on any premises in the Commonwealth. See Kentucky Statutes 257.010
- Premises: means any portion of land, or any structure erected on land. See Kentucky Statutes 257.010
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(2) Establish, maintain, and enforce any quarantine and other measures as it deems necessary in controlling the movement of livestock, poultry, and fish into, through, or within the state;
(3) Order and enforce the cleaning and disinfection of premises and all articles and materials by which communicable diseases may be transmitted, and the destruction of diseased and exposed animals and all property and materials, as may be necessary in the eradication of disease;
(4) Adopt, issue, and enforce administrative regulations necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, and for the accomplishment of the purposes intended to be accomplished by this chapter. Administrative regulations falling within the scope of KRS § 257.196 shall be adopted, issued, and enforced in conformity with that section; and
(5) Employ necessary scientific, field, stenographic, and clerical assistants and fix their salaries.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 6, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended
2009 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 3, effective June 25, 2009. — Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch.
19, sec. 1. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 63c-13, 63c-14.