§ 2-40-103 - Duties and enforcement.
2-40-103. Duties and enforcement.
(a) It shall be the duty of the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission to:
(1) Inquire into all outbreaks of contagious or infectious disease of animals;
(2) Establish and promulgate such rules and regulations in regard to isolation or quarantine of infected animals, disinfection of animals and premises, destruction of incurably diseased animals, and disposal of carcasses as it may deem necessary to prevent the spread of disease;
(3) Make rules for preventing the spread of disease borne by milk or other dairy products;
(4) Promulgate regulations for the protection of areas from which animal diseases may be eradicated;
(5) Draft regulations for compensation for owners of exposed or diseased animals and contaminated equipment or other material unsuitable for proper disinfection or destroyed, or for others for any other necessary expenses or for any other purpose, indemnity being subject to available funds; and
(6) Promulgate regulations for the inspection of carcasses of slaughtered animals and sanitary conditions in and about packing houses slaughtering more than ten thousand (10,000) head of animals for human consumption each year.
(b) Any federal veterinary inspector working in Arkansas cooperating with the commission shall have the power of enforcing the rules and regulations of the commission.