The secretary shall, by regulation, establish and maintain a full point-of-origin inspection area whenever the cattle producers owning cattle in the affected area request this action by a two-thirds vote of those present at a public hearing held at a central location in the area. The secretary shall hold the local public hearing upon the receipt of written requests or petitions signed by at least 25 cattle producers in the affected area.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 568, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2007.)