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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 1 - MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-21) › Section 69-15-7 - Employees; authority to employ professional, technical and clerical personnel; appointment of state veterinarian; bond; use of attorney

The State Veterinarian is authorized and empowered to employ the necessary professional, technical and clerical personnel as he deems necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the board, and to fix their compensation. The board shall appoint from a written list of not less than three (3) licensed veterinarians submitted by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, a duly licensed and practicing veterinarian as the State Veterinarian, who shall hold a Degree of Veterinary Medicine from a recognized college or university and shall have been engaged in the practice of veterinary science for not less than ten (10) years prior to his appointment. The State Veterinarian shall serve at the will and pleasure of the board and shall enter into a surety bond for the faithful performance of his duties, and the premium therefor shall be paid by the board. The board shall also be authorized to employ an attorney as authorized in Section
69-1-14
, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, §§ 5490, 5491; 1930, §§ 5412, 5413; 1942, § 4835; Laws, 1908, ch. 106; Laws, 1919, ch. 227; Laws, 1926, ch. 264; Laws, 1944, ch. 246, §§ 1-3; Laws, 1948, ch. 198, §§ 1, 2 (subd. 1, 2); Laws, 1950, ch. 191 (subd. 2); Laws, 1956, ch. 137 (subd. 2); Laws, 1958, ch. 158; Laws, 1962, ch. 163; Laws, 1966, ch. 230; Laws, 1966, ch. 445, § 9; Laws, 1968, ch. 242, § 1; Laws, 1983, ch. 365, § 5; Laws, 1990, ch. 519, § 2; Laws, 1998, ch. 570, § 3, eff. 7/1/1998; reenacted without change, Laws, 1999, ch. 509, § 3; reenacted without change, Laws, 2003, ch. 352, § 4, eff. 7/1/2003.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 1 - MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-21) › Section 69-15-13 - Appointment of federal personnel as inspectors; acceptance of federal assistance

The State Veterinarian is vested with authority to appoint and commission, without salary from the state, as its inspectors, representatives of the United States Department of Agriculture, and to accept from the United States government such assistance, financial and otherwise, for carrying out the purpose of this statute, as may be available from time to time.
Codes, 1930, § 5415; 1942, § 4838; Laws, 1926, ch. 264; Laws, 1998, ch. 570, § 6, eff. 7/1/1998; reenacted without change, Laws, 1999, ch. 509, § 6; reenacted without change, Laws, 2003, ch. 352, § 7, eff. 7/1/2003.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 1 - MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-21) › Section 69-15-15 - Quarantine for anthrax

(1)
The Board of Animal Health shall have the power and duty to quarantine all herds of cattle where a diagnosis of anthrax is made.
(2)
Such quarantine shall remain in effect until the State Veterinarian receives a certificate which is signed by a Mississippi licensed and accredited veterinarian, and which states that such herd has been properly treated and vaccinated and that the medical waste and any dead animals from such herd have been properly disposed. The proper disposal of such dead animals shall be by burning the animal at the spot of death or by burying the animal six (6) feet deep and covering the animal with quick lime.
(3)
The Board of Animal Health shall have the power and duty to quarantine all herds of cattle on lands immediately adjacent to any infected herd. Such quarantine shall remain in effect until the State Veterinarian receives a certificate as specified in subsection (2) of this section.
(4)
Any person, firm or corporation failing to comply with any of the provisions of this section, or interfering with the State Veterinarian or any duly appointed officer of the State Veterinarian in the discharge of his duty or for having discharged his duties, shall be deemed in violation of the provisions of this section and shall be subject to the penalties provided in Section
69-15-65
, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Laws, 1992, ch. 345 § 1; Laws, 1998, ch. 570, § 7, eff. 7/1/1998; reenacted without change, Laws, 1999, ch. 509, § 7; reenacted without change, Laws, 2003, ch. 352, § 8, eff. 7/1/2003.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 1 - MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-21) › Section 69-15-17 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 2006, ch. 373, § 1 eff. 3/13/2006.
Laws, 1998, ch. 570, § 9(1)(1); Laws, 2003, ch. 352, § 9, eff. 7/1/2003.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 1 - MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-21) › Section 69-15-19 - Animal Care Fund

(1)
As used in this section, the term "qualified nonprofit organization" means an IRS tax-exempt 501(c)(3) or similar nonprofit organization that has been approved by the Mississippi Board of Animal Health.
(2)
There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known and designated as the "Animal Care Fund." There shall be deposited in the fund:
(a)
The additional fees collected from the issuance of distinctive license tags under Section
27-19-56.18
;
(b)
Any gifts, grants, donations or matching money from federal, state or local governmental bodies and private persons, associations, groups or corporations making contributions to the fund; and
(c)
Any other monies as the Legislature may appropriate or authorize to be deposited therein.
(3)
The special fund created under subsection (1) of this section shall be administered by the Mississippi Board of Animal Health. Monies in the special fund shall be allocated and distributed by the Mississippi Board of Animal Health to and among the boards of supervisors of each of the counties, the governing authorities of municipalities in the state and qualified nonprofit organizations. Monies allocated, distributed and received by the boards of supervisors, governing authorities and qualified nonprofit organizations may:
(a)
Be expended for the operation and support of county or municipal agencies, boards or departments that provide food, shelter and care, and/or spaying and neutering of lost, abandoned or unwanted pets;
(b)
Be expended for the creation, development or expansion of such agencies, boards or departments; or
(c)
Be donated by the boards of supervisors and governing authorities to nonprofit groups, organizations and associations that operate similar programs. However, priority for expenditure of such monies shall be given to spaying and neutering programs. None of such monies may be expended for euthanasia. The Mississippi Board of Animal Health is authorized to use a portion of the fund, in an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) a year, to fund administrative expenses.
(4)
The Mississippi Board of Animal Health shall adopt rules and regulations governing the proper administration of the Animal Care Fund, and establishing guidelines and criteria for the distribution and allocation of monies in the fund, including qualifications for those groups, organizations and associations qualified to accept monies or to which boards of supervisors and governing authorities may make donations.
Laws, 2000, ch. 536, § 6; Laws, 2007, ch. 358, § 1, eff. 7/1/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 1 - MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-21) › Section 69-15-21 - Animal Disease Response Fund created; use of monies

(1)
The Animal Disease Response Fund is created as a special fund in the State Treasury. The response fund shall consist of any funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the Legislature for animal disease outbreaks, any income from investment of the funds in the response fund, and federal reimbursement for expenditures made from the response fund.
(2)
Monies in the response fund shall be expended by the Mississippi Board of Animal Health only upon appropriation by the Legislature or by escalation of the board's budget as authorized in the appropriation bill for the board. Unexpended amounts remaining in the response fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned on amounts in the response fund shall be deposited to the credit of the response fund.
(3)
The response fund shall be used only for payment of expenses incurred by the Board of Animal Health in responding to animal disease outbreaks, including, but not limited to, purchasing commodities, hiring temporary employees and/or engaging the contractual services of companies that can provide trained emergency response personnel.
(4)
Before the Board of Animal Health expends funds from the response fund to respond to an animal disease outbreak, the State Veterinarian shall notify the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the respective Chairmen of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Senate Agriculture Committee, the House Appropriations Committee and the House Agriculture Committee, and the Legislative Budget Office, of the proposed expenditure of the funds.
Added by Laws, 2023, ch. 549, § 18, eff. 4/21/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO ENFORCE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH (§§ 69-15-51 — 69-15-69) › Section 69-15-51 - Purpose

It is the purpose of Sections
69-15-51
through
69-15-69
to establish an administrative hearing procedure under the Board of Animal Health to enforce the rules and regulations of the Board of Animal Health and the statutes and laws of the State of Mississippi pertaining to the control and eradication of tuberculosis, anthrax, hog cholera, Texas and splenic fever and the fever-carrying tick (Margaropus annulatus), cattle brucellosis, anaplasmosis, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, muscosal disease, cattle viral diarrhea, cattle scabies, sheep scabies, swine erysipelas, swine brucellosis, equine encephalomyelitis, rabies, vesicular diseases, salmonella group, newcastle disease, infectious laryngotracheitis, ornithosis-psittacosis, mycoplasma group, equine infectious anemia and any suspected new and/or foreign diseases of livestock and poultry, and all other diseases of animals in this state, currently in effect or hereafter made and promulgated.
Laws, 1989, ch. 449, § 1, eff. 3/24/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO ENFORCE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH (§§ 69-15-51 — 69-15-69) › Section 69-15-53 - Procedure following charge of violation; reviewing officer

(1)
When any allegation or charge has been made against a person for violating the rules and regulations of the Board of Animal Health or the law relating to the prevention and eradication of diseases in animals and livestock, the Board of Animal Health shall direct the State Veterinarian to act as the reviewing officer. The reviewing officer shall (a) cause the complaint to be in writing and signed by the person making the charge; (b) insure that the complaint is filed in the office of the Board of Animal Health; and (c) send a copy of the complaint and any supporting documents to the person accused along with a request for the accused to respond to the allegations within thirty (30) days. Such notification shall be accomplished by any of the methods provided for in Rule 4 of the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure. Upon receipt of the response and any supporting documents from the accused, the reviewing officer shall screen all information on file to determine the merit of the complaint or lack thereof.
(2)
If the reviewing officer determines that the complaint lacks merit, he may dismiss the complaint.
(3)
If the reviewing officer determines that there are reasonable grounds to indicate that a violation has occurred or the accused admits to the truth of the allegations upon which the complaint is based, the reviewing officer may levy a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation.
(4)
If the accused requests a hearing, in writing, within thirty (30) days, the reviewing officer shall notify the Board of Animal Health and a hearing shall be scheduled. The actions of the State Veterinarian with respect to subsections (2) and (3) above shall be reviewable at such hearing, if so requested. The party requesting a hearing shall file a fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) along with the request for hearing to cover the cost of a court reporter.
Laws, 1989, ch. 449, § 2; Laws, 1990, ch. 519, § 4, eff. 4/2/1990.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO ENFORCE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH (§§ 69-15-51 — 69-15-69) › Section 69-15-55 - Hearing committee; hearing procedure

(1)
The Board of Animal Health, upon notice from the reviewing officer that a hearing is requested, shall appoint a three-member hearing committee which shall consist of one (1) attorney from the Attorney General's office, and two (2) representatives from the Department of Agriculture or from the membership of the Board of Animal Health. The hearing committee shall, within thirty (30) days of notification from the reviewing officer, conduct a hearing at a date, time and place to be determined by the hearing committee, provided that such hearing shall be held and conducted within the county in which the accused resides or in a situs mutually agreeable and that for good cause shown the hearing committee may grant a continuance or continuances of such hearings. Written notice of date, time and place of such hearing shall be mailed to the accused by registered mail, return receipt requested, no less than fifteen (15) days prior to the commencing of the hearing.
(2)
A duly qualified court reporter shall be in attendance and shall make a full and complete transcript of the proceedings. The hearing shall be closed unless the accused shall request a public hearing. The hearing committee shall have the right and duty to impose reasonable restrictions as it may deem necessary or appropriate to insure an orderly, expeditious and impartial proceeding, and shall admit all relevant and material evidence except evidence which is unduly repetitious.
(3)
For purposes of such hearing, the committee is hereby empowered to require the attendance of witnesses, administer oaths and hear testimony, either oral or documentary, for and against the accused. The board shall have the authority to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, records or other documentary evidence at a hearing pending before the board. Subpoenas to be issued shall be delivered to the sheriff of the county where they are to be executed and the sheriff shall cause them to be served. In case of the failure of any person to comply with any subpoena issued by the board, the board or its authorized representative may invoke the aid of any court of general jurisdiction of this state. The court may thereupon order such person to comply with the requirements of the subpoena. Failure to comply with the order of the court may be treated as contempt thereof.
(4)
At the conclusion of the hearing, the hearing committee, upon the majority vote of the members of such committee, shall transmit to the Board of Animal Health a written opinion incorporating findings of fact and recommendations for penalties which shall not exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation.
Laws, 1989, ch. 449, § 3, eff. 3/24/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO ENFORCE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH (§§ 69-15-51 — 69-15-69) › Section 69-15-57 - Certification of findings and recommendations to Board of Animal Health

The reviewing officer and/or the hearing committee shall certify findings and recommendations to the Board of Animal Health within five (5) days of the conclusion of the proceedings. The Board of Animal Health shall, at its next regular meeting, review such findings and recommendations and approve, modify or reverse the recommendations made as a result of the review and hearing. The Board of Animal Health shall then notify the accused violator of its decision by certified mail at a mailing address provided during the proceedings, or at the accused violator's last-known address.
Laws, 1989, ch. 449, § 4, eff. 3/24/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO ENFORCE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH (§§ 69-15-51 — 69-15-69) › Section 69-15-59 - Waiver of right to hearing

Failure of the accused to request a hearing or respond to the complaint within thirty (30) days shall constitute a waiver of the right to a hearing and any penalties assessed by the board shall be due and payable as provided in Section
69-15-67
.
Laws, 1989, ch. 449, § 5, eff. 3/24/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO ENFORCE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH (§§ 69-15-51 — 69-15-69) › Section 69-15-61 - Jurisdiction of Board of Animal Health; authority to adopt rules and regulations

The Board of Animal Health shall have jurisdiction over all persons and property necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of Sections
69-15-51
through
69-15-69
, the rules and regulations of the board, and all other laws relating to the prevention and eradication of diseases in animals and livestock. The board may adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of Sections
69-15-51
through
69-15-69
.
Laws, 1989, ch. 449, § 6, eff. 3/24/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO ENFORCE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH (§§ 69-15-51 — 69-15-69) › Section 69-15-63 - Judicial review

(1)
Any individual aggrieved by a final decision of the Board of Animal Health after its review of the hearing officer's recommendation shall be entitled to judicial review.
(2)
An appeal from the board's decision shall be filed in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County on the record made, including a verbatim transcript of the testimony at the hearing held before the designated hearing committee of the Board of Animal Health. The appeal shall be filed within thirty (30) days after notification of the action of the board is mailed or served and the proceedings in circuit court shall be conducted as other matters coming before the court. The appeal shall be perfected upon filing notice of the appeal and by the prepayment of all costs, including the cost of preparation of the record of the proceedings by the Board of Animal Health, and the filing of a bond in the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) conditioned that if the action of the board be affirmed by the circuit court, the aggrieved party shall pay the costs of the appeal and the action of the circuit court.
(3)
The scope of review of the circuit court in such cases shall be limited to a review of the record made before the board or hearing committee to determine if the action of the board is unlawful for the reason that it was:
(a)
Not supported by any substantial evidence;
(b)
Arbitrary or capricious; or
(c)
In violation of some statutory or constitutional right of the individual.
(4)
No relief shall be granted based upon the court's finding of harmless error by the board in complying with the procedural requirements of Sections
69-15-51
through
69-15-61
. In the event that there is a finding of prejudicial error in the proceedings, the cause may be remanded for a rehearing consistent with the findings of the court.
(5)
Any party aggrieved by action of the circuit court may appeal to the State Supreme Court in the manner provided by law.
Laws, 1989, ch. 449, § 7, eff. 3/24/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO ENFORCE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH (§§ 69-15-51 — 69-15-69) › Section 69-15-65 - Penalties

(1)
Each violation of the rules and regulations of the Board of Animal Health or violations of any other of the laws governing the eradication of contagious diseases in animals and livestock shall be subject to the imposition of a civil penalty up to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
(2)
When one or more animals are involved and are the subject of the violation each animal shall constitute a separate violation.
Laws, 1989, ch. 449, § 8, eff. 3/24/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO ENFORCE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH (§§ 69-15-51 — 69-15-69) › Section 69-15-67 - Failure to pay penalty

(1)
Any penalty assessed by the Board of Animal Health shall be due and payable within forty-five (45) days of the notification of the board's decision.
(2)
In the event that the judgment is not paid within the forty-five (45) days, or within such additional time as the board may allow, the Board of Animal Health through its designated representative may file suit in the circuit court of the county where the defendant resides or in the case of a nonresident defendant in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County or any other court with appropriate jurisdiction to enforce the decision of the board and recover reasonable attorney's fees and all court costs.
(3)
A copy of the notification sent by the board to the violator shall be sufficient proof as to the judgment of the board.
Laws, 1989, ch. 449, § 9, eff. 3/24/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO ENFORCE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH (§§ 69-15-51 — 69-15-69) › Section 69-15-69 - Immunity for witnesses

No person shall be subject to criminal prosecution or to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or issue concerning which he may be required to testify to or produce evidence, or provide documentation, before the board or at any of its hearings or conferences, or in compliance with any subpoena, however, no person testifying shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.
Laws, 1989, ch. 449, § 10, eff. 3/24/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-101 — 69-15-117) › Section 69-15-101 - Areas for control of diseases of livestock and poultry

(1)
The boards of supervisors of any county, or one or more counties, are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to establish areas composed of one or more counties for the purpose of cooperating with the Board of Animal Health and the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, separately or jointly, in providing for a program of control and eradication of certain diseases of livestock and poultry within such area established.
(2)
Boards of supervisors of any county or counties acting under the authority conferred by this section are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to contribute to the support of such area program in an amount equal to thirty-three and one-third per cent of the cost of administering the program in such area. The cost of administering such program to be determined by the board and entered upon their minutes at the time funds are appropriated for the support of same. The funds herein authorized to be expended by the board or boards of supervisors of each county or group of counties comprising such area shall be paid out of the General Fund of such county or counties on order of the board of supervisors duly entered on their minutes.
(3)
The Board of Animal Health is hereby authorized to purchase and supply at cost any vaccine necessary for use in control and eradication of diseases of livestock and poultry in such area hereby authorized to be established, to the owners of livestock or poultry residing in an area cooperating with the control program hereby authorized.
(4)
In order that any area created under the provisions of this section may have the services of a veterinarian, the board of animal health is hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to employ a veterinarian for such area, and such area veterinarian shall have the authority to employ local veterinarians with the approval of the board of animal health, and the board of supervisors of the county or counties comprising such area are authorized and empowered to contribute to the payment of the salary of such veterinarians employed by the board of animal health.
Codes, 1942, § 4861.5; Laws, 1948, ch. 197, §§ 1-4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-101 — 69-15-117) › Section 69-15-103 - Spraying to prevent spread of disease at state fairs and community sale barns

(1)
All pens, stalls, barns, or other places where livestock are placed or held for exhibits or shows at all fairs within the state shall be sprayed with an approved insecticide before any animals are placed therein, and immediately after removal of such animals, all such pens, stalls, barns, or other places where such animals have been confined shall be sprayed with an approved disinfectant. Such spraying shall be done under the direction or supervision of the board of animal health. It shall be the duty of the fair managers to see that the provisions hereof are complied with.
(2)
All community sale barns within the state where any kind of livestock is sold, shall be sprayed with an approved insecticide before any animals are placed therein and immediately after removal of such animals. Such spraying shall be done at the expense of the owners of said sale barns, and done under directions of the board of animal health. Failure by the owners of said sale barns to comply with the provisions hereof shall be punished by a fine imposed upon them of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
Codes, 1942, § 4861.7; Laws, 1948, ch. 199, §§ 1, 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-101 — 69-15-117) › Section 69-15-105 - County or district to establish program to control or eradicate ticks, flies, and other external parasites

(1)
The boards of supervisors in the various counties are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to put into effect the provisions of this section by order of said respective boards spread upon the minutes of such board when petitioned by a majority of livestock owners in any county or affected district.
(2)
The board of supervisors of any county, when petitioned, electing to come under the provisions of this section shall be authorized to appropriate money from the general fund or fix the levy annually of an ad valorem tax, not to exceed two (2) mills, upon the assessed valuation of all real and personal property within the area petitioned for and/or fix a fee not to exceed Twenty-five Cents (25¢) per head on livestock annually, based on cost estimates for a program of controlling or eradicating ticks, flies, and other nuisance insects by dipping livestock or by other appropriate methods.
(3)
The board of supervisors of any county, upon designating an area where the program shall be operated, shall request the technical assistance of the Board of Animal Health. The Board of Animal Health shall cooperate in general planning, technical supervision, furnish specifications for vats, and other equipment, select approved chemical agents and test same for effectiveness.
(4)
The board of supervisors of any county is authorized to construct dipping vats in suitable locations, purchase other equipment and supplies, and employ such personnel as necessary, including inspectors who shall be enforcement officers for the county board of supervisors.
It shall be the duty of each livestock owner within the area of program operations to cooperate with the board of supervisors and its representatives and comply with the provisions of this section.
(5)
The board of supervisors of any county shall have the authority to require all owners when necessary to assemble all their livestock at a designated time and place and have same dipped or treated according to prescribed methods.
Owners who refuse or fail to comply after having been duly notified to have livestock assembled and dipped or treated as prescribed shall be in violation of the provisions of this section and shall be subject to the provisions of Sections
69-15-53
through
69-15-69
.
(6)
The purpose of this section is to supplement and be in addition to Section
69-15-307
, Mississippi Code of 1972, and related statutes. Nothing in this section to the contrary shall replace or minimize existing statute concerning existing laws for the eradication of the cattle fever tick (Margaropus annulatus).
Codes, 1942, § 4861.3; Laws, 1956, ch. 139, §§ 1-7; Laws, 1989, ch. 449, § 11, eff. 3/24/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-101 — 69-15-117) › Section 69-15-109 - Emergency control of foot and mouth disease and other infectious diseases of animals and poultry

(1)
The Governor of the State of Mississippi, when advised by the Board of Animal Health that an emergency exists due to the presence of foot and mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other contagious or infectious diseases of animals, or European fowl pest and similar diseases among poultry, in this state, or chronic wasting disease in any cervids, is hereby authorized to declare a state of emergency and to order all animals or poultry quarantined or slaughtered that may be affected with, or possible carriers of such diseases.
(2)
The Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to cooperate with any department of the federal government engaged in the combating and control of any such disease mentioned in subsection (1) and to this end the Governor is authorized and empowered to do any and all things in cooperation with the federal government necessary to the control and extermination of any such diseases mentioned in subsection (1) among animals or poultry that may be affected therewith.
(3)
For the purposes of this section, the Governor shall have full and complete police power, and shall exercise same anywhere in the State of Mississippi, and if an emergency should exist to such an extent that such becomes necessary the Governor may employ such personnel to enforce such police powers and quarantine that may be necessary to control and prevent the spreading of any such diseases mentioned in subsection (1) among animals or poultry in this state. Such personnel when appointed by the Governor shall work under the direction of the Mississippi Board of Animal Health, or its representative, and shall be paid such compensation as the Governor may determine out of any money made available for the enforcement of this section.
(4)
When any animals or poultry or materials are ordered to be destroyed, under the provisions of this section, the owner of same shall be paid for each such animal or poultry or materials destroyed an amount not exceeding the amount authorized to be paid by the federal government in matching funds expended for the destruction of each such animal or poultry or materials infected with any such diseases mentioned in subsection (1).
(5)
In the event of the happening of an outbreak of any such diseases mentioned in subsection (1) in Mississippi, the Governor is hereby authorized to borrow not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) to carry out the terms and provisions of this section.
Codes, 1942, § 4847.5; Laws, 1948, ch. 196, §§ 1-5; Laws, 1954, ch. 149, §§ 1-5 [Para.Para. 1-5]; Laws, 2003, ch. 516, § 4, eff. 4/19/2003.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-101 — 69-15-117) › Section 69-15-111 - Livestock; how brought into state

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation to drive, convey, transport or allow to drift from any state or territory, into this state any livestock except under the supervision and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Board of Animal Health. Steers may be moved into the state for feeding and grazing purposes under special permit issued by the State Veterinarian.
Livestock shipped, trailed, driven or otherwise transported into this state from other states or territories shall be subject to examinations and tests approved by the Board of Animal Health for the purpose of determining if such animals are free of infectious abortion or bangs disease. Should such animals react to the tests, they shall immediately upon notice to the owner from the board or one (1) of the board's inspectors or veterinarians be returned to the state from which they came, or slaughtered under the supervision and direction of the board. The Board of Animal Health is authorized and empowered to require livestock owners or persons having livestock in charge, affected with, or exposed to infectious abortion, upon notice to assemble or have assembled such livestock at a place and time designated by an inspector or veterinarian of the Board of Animal Health or of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry in order that the proper and necessary tests and examinations can be made. All animals which react to the test for infectious abortion or show marked diagnostic symptoms of infectious abortion shall be quarantined, segregated, isolated or otherwise disposed of under the direction of the Board of Animal Health.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section or any of the rules and regulations of the Board of Animal Health shall be deemed in violation of the provisions of this section and shall be subject to the provisions of Sections
69-15-53
through
69-15-69
.
Codes, 1930, § 5439; 1942, § 4862; Laws, 1930, ch. 91; Laws, 1989, ch. 449, § 13, eff. 3/24/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-101 — 69-15-117) › Section 69-15-113 - Infected livestock; pay for when destroyed

Owners of livestock infected with any contagious or infectious disease, whose animals are destroyed by authority of the board of animal health shall receive compensation from the state in accordance with the following provisions:
Before authorizing the destruction of such diseased animals, they shall be appraised by a duly commissioned representative of the board of animal health of the State of Mississippi or a cooperating representative of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, duly commissioned by said board of animal health. If the owner shall refuse to accept such appraisal, the animals shall be appraised (under oath) by three competent and disinterested appraisers; one to be selected by the duly commissioned representative of the board of animal health or of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry duly commissioned by said board of animal health, one by the owner, and those two to select a third; the appraisal to be based upon the value of the animals at the time the animals are condemned for destruction; and, provided, further, that the state to pay not to exceed one-third of the difference between the appraised value of each animal so destroyed and the value of the salvage thereof, when any portion of said appraised value is paid by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and not more than two-thirds thereof in the event no portion is paid by said U. S. Department of Agriculture. In no event shall the state be liable on an appraised value exceeding $25.00 per head for grade cattle and $50.00 per head for registered purebred cattle.
Upon receipt of a duly certified copy of the appraisal of the stock condemned to be destroyed, and a certificate from the board of animal health that the condemned stock has been destroyed in accordance with the rules and regulations of said board, a requisition shall be issued, signed by the executive officer and the chairman of the state board of animal health, authorizing the state auditor to issue a warrant for the amount stipulated out of funds in the state treasury especially appropriated for that purpose.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 5501; 1930, § 5416; 1942, § 4839; Laws, 1916, ch. 122; Laws, 1938, ch. 177.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-101 — 69-15-117) › Section 69-15-115 - Penalties

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of Article 5 of this chapter, or any of the rules and regulations of the Board of Animal Health, relative to the control and eradication of tuberculosis, anthrax, hog cholera, Texas and splenic fever and the fever-carrying tick (Margaropus annulatus), cattle brucellosis, anaplasmosis, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, muscosal disease, cattle viral diarrhea, cattle scabies, sheep scabies, swine erysipelas, swine brucellosis, equine encephalomyelitis, rabies, vesicular diseases, salmonella group, newcastle disease, infectious laryngotracheitis, ornithosis-psittacosis, mycoplasma group, equine infectious anemia and any suspected new and/or foreign diseases of livestock and poultry, and all other diseases of animals in this state, made and promulgated thereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Sections
69-15-53
through
69-15-69
.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 5506f; 1930, § 5424; 1942, § 4847; Laws, 1920, ch. 327; Laws, 1930, ch. 99; Laws, 1962, ch. 166, § 2; Laws, 1981, ch. 316, § 1; Laws, 1989, ch. 449, § 14, eff. 3/24/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-101 — 69-15-117) › Section 69-15-117 - All equidae located on premises where public participates in equine activities to be accompanied by copy of negative infectious anemia test; regulations; penalties

(1)
All equidae located on any premises within the state where the public participates in equine activities for any purpose, including, but not limited to, training, breeding, performing or exhibition shall be accompanied by the original copy of a negative current equine infectious anemia (EIA) test. All equidae moving within the state for any reason shall be accompanied by the original copy of a negative current equine infectious anemia (EIA) test. Equidae being sold at a public sale or sold at a private sale shall have a negative current equine infectious anemia (EIA) test.
(2)
The Board of Animal Health shall promulgate rules and regulations to enforce this section.
(3)
Any person violating this section or the rules and regulations promulgated under this section by the Board of Animal Health is subject to the penalties provided in Section
69-15-65
.
Laws, 1995, ch. 509, § 1; Laws, 2001, ch. 573, § 1, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 5 - CATTLE TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 69-15-201 — 69-15-213) › Section 69-15-201 - Employment of veterinarians to co-operate in tests

The State Veterinarian, with the approval and consent of the Board of Animal Health is directed to employ one or more qualified veterinarians to be paid from the funds at the disposal of said board, who shall cooperate with the veterinarians of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, in testing cattle for tuberculosis in this state.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 5506a; 1930, § 5417; 1942, § 4840; Laws, 1920, ch. 327; Laws, 1930, ch. 99; Laws, 1990, ch. 519, § 5, eff. 4/2/1990.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 5 - CATTLE TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 69-15-201 — 69-15-213) › Section 69-15-203 - Veterinarians to be detailed to aid counties

The State Veterinarian is directed to detail a veterinarian to assist such counties as desire to undertake the control and eradication of tuberculosis among cattle and such assistance shall be given to the counties in the order in which request is made and to the extent that the funds of the board will permit.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 5506b; 1930, § 5418; 1942, § 4841; Laws, 1920, ch. 327; Laws, 1930, ch. 99; Laws, 1990, ch. 519, § 6, eff. 4/2/1990.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 5 - CATTLE TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 69-15-201 — 69-15-213) › Section 69-15-205 - Elections on tuberculosis control

The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi may, by order entered on the minutes of said board, express their intention to engage in the eradication of tuberculosis, in livestock under the area plan in co-operation with the board of animal health, and the United States Bureau of Animal Industry. Such order so entered upon the minutes of said board shall be published for thirty days in a newspaper published in said county and having a general circulation therein, and at the expiration of said thirty days if twenty per cent or more of the qualified electors of said county shall not file with said board a petition protesting against said order, the board shall enter an order upon their minutes to so engage in said eradication provided for in the previous order; but should twenty per cent or more of the qualified electors of said county file with said board a petition protesting against said order, then the board of supervisors shall call an election, after having given the notice required by law, and if a majority of the qualified electors of said county voting at said election in favor of engaging in such eradication, then the board shall enter upon its minutes an order to that effect; should a majority of the qualified electors of said county voting fail to vote in favor of engaging in such eradication, then said board shall enter an order upon its minutes refusing to engage in such eradication.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 5506c; 1930, § 5419; 1942, § 4842; Laws, 1920, ch. 327; Laws, 1930, ch. 99.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 5 - CATTLE TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 69-15-201 — 69-15-213) › Section 69-15-207 - Submission of cattle for tuberculin tests

In counties doing tuberculosis eradication work under the provisions of this article, owners of cattle are required to submit all their cattle to be tuberculin tested at such time and place as designated by the board of animal health, and provide such help as may be needed by the inspector doing the work.
Codes, 1930, § 5423; 1942, § 4846; Laws, 1930, ch. 99.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS (§§ 69-1-1 — 69-55-9) › Chapter 15 - BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH; LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL DISEASES (§§ 69-15-1 — 69-15-331) › Article 5 - CATTLE TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 69-15-201 — 69-15-213) › Section 69-15-209 - Condemnation, branding and disposition of cattle reacting to tuberculin tests

Cattle which react to the tuberculin test or show marked diagnostic symptoms of tuberculosis shall be condemned and branded with the letter "T" on the left jaw, and be disposed of as directed by the board of animal health.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 5506e; 1930, § 5422; 1942, § 4845; Laws, 1920, ch. 327; Laws, 1930, ch. 99.