(1) The board of county commissioners of any county, upon petition of at least fifty-one percent of the sheep growers of the county, shall request the board to designate such county as a sheep inspection district. The board shall duly authorize a brand inspector to inspect sheep moving from range to range, or any migratory movement of sheep, through such counties.
The authorized brand inspector shall inspect such transitory sheep for a brand orearmarks, and the owner of sheep so inspected shall be given an inspection certificate stating the time and place of inspection.
Any sheep owner in a county designated as a sheep inspection district shall notify theboard, or its duly authorized inspector, seven days in advance of any movement of sheep from one range to another. Such inspector shall then designate a corral, convenient to the route to be taken by such band of sheep, where inspection shall be made.
Source: L. 2005: Entire section added, p. 461, § 2, effective December 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 35-50-105 as it existed prior to 2005.