Indiana § 15-17-7-1 - Testing; county appropriation; payment of expenses; animal health indemnity fund
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§ 15-17-7-1. Testing; county appropriation; payment of expenses; animal health indemnity fund
Sec. 1. (a) If the board determines that the cattle within an accredited county must be tested for bovine tuberculosis to conform with federal regulations governing the reaccreditation of the county, the county council, subject to subsection (d), shall appropriate a sufficient amount of money to perform the testing. The board shall determine the amount of the appropriation based on the most reliable source of information.
(b) The appropriation under subsection (a) must reflect the number of cattle within the county, but may not exceed a tax levy of seventy-five ten-thousandths (0.0075) per dollar of assessed valuation.
(c) The board, before July 1 of the year in which the appropriation under subsection (a) is made, shall notify the county auditor to include the appropriation in the county budget for the year in which the testing of cattle for reaccreditation purposes will be done.
(d) Expenses related to bovine tuberculosis testing each calendar year in a county under this chapter are payable as follows:
(1) Fifty percent (50%) from the county council.
(2) Fifty percent (50%) from the board.
(e) The board is responsible for paying, with funds appropriated to the board in the state board of animal health indemnity fund, for the board's share of expenses related to bovine tuberculosis testing in a county.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-7-1.]
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.59-2017, SEC.1.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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