The State Board of Agriculture shall formulate and maintain a program to assist in the eradication and control of any foreign animal disease. The program shall be implemented only in the event there is evidence that a foreign animal disease may affect any livestock or animals of this state. The program shall be based upon an approved plan composed of a plan or combination of plans adopted or recommended by the State Veterinarian and the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and approved by the Board.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 75, § 3, eff. July 1, 1996.