11-18-120. Livestock law enforcement account; reimbursement of county sheriffs by livestock board; rules.
(a) There is created the livestock law enforcement account. Unexpended, unobligated funds in the account shall revert to the general fund at the end of a biennium. Unless otherwise provided by law, the balance in the account shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00).
(b) Funds in the livestock law enforcement account shall only be expended by the livestock board to:
(i) Reimburse county sheriffs for activities relating to in-state and out-of-state livestock investigations;
(ii) Provide training to county sheriffs regarding livestock enforcement.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, reimbursement provided under paragraph (b)(i) of this section shall be credited to the applicable account, fund, subaccount or other accounting unit within the budget of a county which is controlled by the county sheriff. Reimbursement provided under paragraph (b)(i) of this section shall not be withheld by a board of county commissioners from a county sheriff or deducted from the budget of a county sheriff.
(d) The livestock board shall adopt rules to implement this section, which shall include eligible expenses, rates and procedures for reimbursement.