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AL Code § 2-15-155 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-155 - Livestock Brought Into State to Be Accompanied by Certificate of Health; Preparation and Contents Thereof; Mailing of Certificate to State Veterinarian Upon Arrival of Livestock in State; Furnishing of Blank Health Certificates by State Veterinarian.

Section 2-15-155Livestock brought into state to be accompanied by certificate of health; preparation and contents thereof; mailing of certificate to State Veterinarian upon arrival of livestock in state; furnishing of blank health certificates by State Veterinarian. All livestock, when brought into Alabama by a person, company or corporation or railroad or other transportation companies, shall be accompanied by a certificate of health, and said certificate shall state that said animal or animals are free from contagious, infectious or communicable disease and the carrier or carriers of the cause or causes of such diseases. This certificate must be made by a qualified veterinarian immediately after he has personally examined the livestock and before the livestock has been shipped into Alabama. This certificate shall be attached to and accompany the shipping bill of the livestock to the place to which the livestock are shipped, and the owner of the livestock or agent of the transportation company shall mail or send said certificate to the State Veterinarian immediately following the arrival of the livestock at its place of destination. The State Veterinarian shall furnish qualified veterinarians with blank health certificates at actual cost. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §10.)
AL Code § 2-15-156 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-156 - Cleaning, Disinfecting, etc., of Quarantined Livestock or Places by Owners, etc., Upon Receipt of Notice From State Veterinarian, Etc.

Section 2-15-156Cleaning, disinfecting, etc., of quarantined livestock or places by owners, etc., upon receipt of notice from State Veterinarian, etc. Owners, agents, renters or parties in possession of quarantined livestock or quarantined places shall follow the directions in the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in cleaning and disinfecting infected or exposed livestock and infested or infected quarantined places and in destroying the carriers or the causes of a contagious, infectious or communicable disease, the infested, exposed or infected livestock and quarantined places. Said cleaning of said livestock and the disinfecting of said places and destroying of said carriers shall be done by the owners or the persons in possession of the infected, exposed or infested livestock and places within two days after receiving a written or printed notice from the State Veterinarian, an assistant state veterinarian or a livestock inspector. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §11.)
AL Code § 2-15-157 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-157 - Cleaning and Disinfecting of Vehicles Used in Transporting Animals.

Section 2-15-157Cleaning and disinfecting of vehicles used in transporting animals. All vehicles in which animals are transported in Alabama shall be cleaned and disinfected at the expense of the operator thereof after each time of use or before the vehicles are used to transport other animals. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §15.)
AL Code § 2-15-158 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-158 - Right of Entry of State Veterinarian, Livestock Inspectors, etc.; Interference With Execution of Duties, etc., by State Veterinarian, Livestock Inspectors, Etc.

Section 2-15-158Right of entry of State Veterinarian, livestock inspectors, etc.; interference with execution of duties, etc., by State Veterinarian, livestock inspectors, etc. The State Veterinarian, the assistant state veterinarian and the state livestock inspectors may enter upon the premises or into any barns or other buildings where livestock are kept or found in the State of Alabama in the discharge of the duties prescribed in this article. Any person or persons who shall assault, resist, oppose, prevent, impede or interfere with the State Veterinarian, an assistant state veterinarian or a state livestock inspector in the execution of his or their duties or on account of the execution of his or their duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §12.)
AL Code § 2-15-159 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-159 - Permitting Livestock to Run at Large in Quarantined District.

Section 2-15-159Permitting livestock to run at large in quarantined district. It shall be unlawful for any person to permit livestock to run at large in a quarantined district without a written permit of the State Veterinarian or a commissioned livestock inspector, and any person convicted of violating this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §16.)
AL Code § 2-15-160 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-160 - Commissioner Authorized to Destroy Animals or Materials Affected by or Exposed to Disease and Indemnify Owners Thereof.

Section 2-15-160Commissioner authorized to destroy animals or materials affected by or exposed to disease and indemnify owners thereof. If it appears necessary for the arrest or eradication of any disease of animals to destroy animals affected by or exposed to or any material contaminated by or exposed to disease, the commissioner is authorized, in cooperation with the State Veterinarian, to indemnify the owner and destroy said animals or materials so affected and so exposed. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §17.)
AL Code § 2-15-161 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-161 - Diseased Animals to Be Appraised Prior to Slaughter.

Section 2-15-161Diseased animals to be appraised prior to slaughter. Before authorizing the slaughter of diseased animals, they shall be appraised by a duly commissioned representative of the State Veterinarian or a cooperating representative of the United States Secretary of Agriculture duly commissioned by said State Veterinarian. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §18.)
AL Code § 2-15-162 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-162 - Reappraisal of Animals.

Section 2-15-162Reappraisal of animals. If the owner shall refuse to accept the appraisal provided for in Section 2-15-161, the animals shall be appraised by three competent and disinterested appraisers, one to be selected by the duly commissioned representative of the State Veterinarian or the representative of the United States Secretary of Agriculture duly commissioned by the State Veterinarian, one by the owner and these two to select a third. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §19.)
AL Code § 2-15-163 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-163 - Appraisal of Exposed Animals Whose Flesh Can Be Saved for Food; Payment of Salvage Value, etc., to Owner Thereof.

Section 2-15-163Appraisal of exposed animals whose flesh can be saved for food; payment of salvage value, etc., to owner thereof. Animals which are exposed to but not affected with the disease and whose flesh can be saved for food without risk of spreading the disease shall be appraised by the appraisal committee, as provided in Sections 2-15-161 and 2-15-162, and such salvage shall be paid the owner and credited on the value of the animal. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §20.)
AL Code § 2-15-164 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-164 - Basis for Appraisal of Animals.

Section 2-15-164Basis for appraisal of animals. The amount of appraisal of animals shall be based on the meat, dairy or breeding value; but, in the case of appraisal based on breeding value, no appraisal of any animal shall exceed three times its meat or dairy value. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §21.)
AL Code § 2-15-165 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-165 - Appraisal of Materials to Be Destroyed.

Section 2-15-165Appraisal of materials to be destroyed. The same board which is herein authorized in Section 2-15-161 to appraise animals shall also appraise materials which are to be destroyed. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §22.)
AL Code § 2-15-166 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-166 - Reporting of Appraisals - Animals.

Section 2-15-166Reporting of appraisals - Animals. Appraisals of animals shall be reported on forms furnished by the department, and such reports shall show the number of animals and either the value per head or the weight of the value per pound. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §23.)
AL Code § 2-15-167 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-167 - Reporting of Appraisals - Materials.

Section 2-15-167Reporting of appraisals - Materials. Appraisals of materials shall be reported on forms furnished by the department. Reports of appraisals of materials shall, when practicable, show the number, size or quantity, unit price and total value of each kind of material appraised. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §24.)
AL Code § 2-15-168 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-168 - Destruction of Condemned Animals and Materials and Disposition Thereof.

Section 2-15-168Destruction of condemned animals and materials and disposition thereof. When the animals and materials affected or exposed to disease are ordered condemned, which the commissioner is herein authorized to do, any designated agent of the department shall proceed to destroy said animals and materials and to dispose of the carcasses under such rules and regulations as the department or commissioner may prescribe. Such disposition shall be under the supervision of the State Veterinarian. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §25.)
AL Code § 2-15-169 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-169 - Sales of Exposed Animals.

Section 2-15-169Sales of exposed animals. When it becomes necessary in the eradication or control of disease to sell any exposed animal and salvage the flesh, the sale shall be made under such rules and regulations as the commissioner may prescribe. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §26.)
AL Code § 2-15-170 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-170 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations for Control and Eradication of Infectious, Contagious, or Communicable Livestock Diseases by Commissioner.

Section 2-15-170Promulgation of rules and regulations for control and eradication of infectious, contagious, or communicable livestock diseases by commissioner. The commissioner, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall have the power and authority to promulgate all necessary rules and regulations for the control and eradication of all infectious, contagious or communicable diseases of livestock. These rules and regulations shall have the full force and effect of law. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §3.)
AL Code § 2-15-171 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-171 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations as to Transportation, Disposition, etc., of Quarantined Livestock by State Board of Agriculture and Industries; Admissibility in Evidence Thereof; Furnishing of Copies to Probate Judges, Etc.

Section 2-15-171Promulgation of rules and regulations as to transportation, disposition, etc., of quarantined livestock by State Board of Agriculture and Industries; admissibility in evidence thereof; furnishing of copies to probate judges, etc. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have full power to make or enact such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for governing the movement, transportation or disposition of livestock that may be quarantined as provided in this article on account of being affected with or exposed to a contagious or communicable disease or on account of being infected or infested with the carrier or carriers of the cause of a contagious, infectious or communicable disease of livestock. The rules and regulations purporting to be published by authority of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in book or pamphlet form or a typewritten copy of any such rules and regulations certified to by the commissioner as being a true and correct copy and having been legally promulgated shall be received as evidence of the passage and legal publication of such rules and regulations as of the date mentioned or provided for therein in all courts and places without further proof. A copy of said rules and regulations shall be furnished by the commissioner to all probate judges and district attorneys in all areas that might be affected by said rules and regulations immediately after their adoption by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §4.)
AL Code § 2-15-172 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-172 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations as to Manufacture, Sale, etc., of Veterinary or Biological Products and Serums and Disposal of Dead Carcasses, Etc.

Section 2-15-172Promulgation of rules and regulations as to manufacture, sale, etc., of veterinary or biological products and serums and disposal of dead carcasses, etc. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries may make rules and regulations governing the manufacture, sale, distribution, handling and keeping and use of all veterinary or biological products and serums and also the disposal of dead carcasses, infectious and toxic meats and feeds. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §5.)
AL Code § 2-15-173 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-173 - Payment of Expenses of Suppression or Eradication of Livestock Diseases and Administration of Article.

Section 2-15-173Payment of expenses of suppression or eradication of livestock diseases and administration of article. (a) The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall provide for payment of the expense of the suppression or eradication of infectious, contagious or communicable diseases of livestock from the Agricultural Fund. (b) The funds appropriated in the general appropriation bill for the purpose of controlling outbreaks of plant and animal disease may be expended in the administration of this article, including all help in such control as may be deemed necessary by the commissioner, and in payment of animals and materials which have been condemned as provided and authorized in this article. (Ag. Code 1927, §588; Code 1940, T. 2, §380; Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §29.)
AL Code § 2-15-174 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally.|Section 2-15-174 - Penalty for Violations of Article or Rules or Regulations of Department, Commissioner, Etc.

Section 2-15-174Penalty for violations of article or rules or regulations of department, commissioner, etc. Any person violating any section or provision of this article or any rule or regulation promulgated by the department, its board or the commissioner shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished accordingly. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §28.)
AL Code § 2-15-190 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 8 - Control of Brucellosis or Bang's Disease.|Section 2-15-190 - Purpose of Article.

Section 2-15-190Purpose of article. The purpose of this article is to authorize and empower the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to establish a program to include methods and procedures for the prevention, control and eradication of brucellosis or Bang's disease in cattle and to prescribe the powers, authority and duties of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the State Veterinarian relative to such a disease control program, which powers, duties and authority shall be in addition to or supplemental to all other powers, duties and authority now authorized by law for the control and eradication of diseases of livestock. (Acts 1961, No. 1036, p. 1621, §1.)
AL Code § 2-15-191 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 8 - Control of Brucellosis or Bang's Disease.|Section 2-15-191 - Adoption and Establishment of Calfhood Vaccination Program by State Board.

Section 2-15-191Adoption and establishment of calfhood vaccination program by state board. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized and empowered to adopt and establish a calfhood vaccination program whereby persons owning cattle or calves in Alabama shall have such animals vaccinated against brucellosis at a time and in such a manner and under conditions as may be prescribed pursuant to rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for this purpose; provided, however, that any calfhood vaccination program as may be adopted under this section shall be limited to the vaccination of calves between the ages of four to eight months, inclusive; provided further, that any such rules and regulations for a calfhood vaccination program shall prescribe a method to properly and adequately identify animals which have been vaccinated hereunder by the use of ear tags, brands, tattooing or any other suitable or recommended method. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries, pursuant to any rules and regulations authorizing or requiring a calfhood vaccination program, shall be authorized to exempt certain animals from vaccination requirements where it is found not to be necessary to require the vaccination of these animals for an effective calfhood vaccination program. (Acts 1961, No. 1036, p. 1621, §2.)
AL Code § 2-15-192 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 8 - Control of Brucellosis or Bang's Disease.|Section 2-15-192 - Establishment of Disease Control Program by State Board.

Section 2-15-192Establishment of disease control program by state board. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby further authorized and empowered to establish a program which shall include methods and procedures whereby all persons owning cattle and calves in Alabama shall be required to make such animals available for testing by the State Veterinarian at such time and place and in such a manner as may be prescribed under rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for this purpose to the end that it may be determined whether the disease of brucellosis is found to exist in or among such animals. Any cattle or herds of cattle which react positively or are otherwise found to be infected with brucellosis may be quarantined, released therefrom, moved, handled and disposed of under conditions and requirements as may be established by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries pursuant to rules and regulations adopted and promulgated as authorized under this section. Any such disease control program as may be established under this section by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries may provide for uniform methods and procedures for the establishment of brucellosis free areas, certified areas, modified certified areas, recertification, individual herd certification or other recognized methods and procedures for control and eradication of brucellosis in cattle. Any such control program may also provide for the method of treatment or vaccination, the proper identification of any animals which react to any brucellosis test or which have been vaccinated or otherwise treated for such disease, and such disease control program may require owners of cattle to vaccinate such cattle for the prevention, treatment and control of brucellosis at state expense to the extent that funds may be available for such purpose or at the owner's expense. (Acts 1961, No. 1036, p. 1621, §3.)
AL Code § 2-15-193 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 8 - Control of Brucellosis or Bang's Disease.|Section 2-15-193 - Supervision, etc., of Disease Control Program; Right of Entry and Inspection, etc., of State Veterinarian, etc.; Interference With Performance of Duties by State Veterinarian, Etc.

Section 2-15-193Supervision, etc., of disease control program; right of entry and inspection, etc., of State Veterinarian, etc.; interference with performance of duties by State Veterinarian, etc. Any compulsory, voluntary or recommended program for the control and eradication of brucellosis disease in cattle as may be established under authority of this article shall be carried out under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the State Veterinarian through the facilities of the Department of Agriculture and Industries. The State Veterinarian, his associates and assistants or other authorized employees of the Department of Agriculture and Industries are hereby authorized to enter any place or upon any premises or into any barns or other buildings, including stockyards, where livestock are kept for any purpose or to stop any truck, vehicles or other carriers transporting cattle in order to perform any inspection, testing, examination or any other duties that may be required under a brucellosis disease control and eradication program established under authority of this article. Any person who shall refuse, oppose, prevent or interfere with the State Veterinarian or other authorized officials from entry into any place for the purpose of carrying out his or their duties as authorized under this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Acts 1961, No. 1036, p. 1621, §4.)
AL Code § 2-15-194 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 15 - Livestock.|Article 8 - Control of Brucellosis or Bang's Disease.|Section 2-15-194 - Cooperation With Federal Agencies.

Section 2-15-194Cooperation with federal agencies. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the State Veterinarian, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall be authorized to cooperate with appropriate officials and agencies of the United States Department of Agriculture and to enter into agreements with such officials and agencies for the purpose of carrying out any brucellosis disease control and eradication program as may be adopted under the provisions of this article. (Acts 1961, No. 1036, p. 1621, §5.)