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Arkansas Statutes, Title 2

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Title 2, Agriculture

31 chapters · 658 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 2658 Ch 16, Plant Disease and Pest Control91 Ch 20, Processing, Grading, Labeling, and M…72 Ch 2, Agricultural Cooperative Associations68 Ch 17, Warehousing of Grain58 Ch 40, Control of Contagious Diseases45 Ch 15, General Provisions36 Ch 19, Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and S…34 Ch 38, Livestock Running at Large or Straying28 Ch 32, General Provisions20 Ch 33, Arkansas Board of Animal Health17 Ch 35, Marketing, Sale, and Transportation17 Ch 7, Farm Mediation15 Ch 24, Arkansas Grain Dealers Act14 Ch 37, Arkansas Feed Law of 199714

17 sections·Filtered byTitle 2✕Ch 33✕

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-101 Creation of Arkansas Board of Animal Health
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There is created within the Department of Agriculture the Arkansas Board of Animal Health.
Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-102 Members
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(a) (1) The Arkansas Board of Animal Health shall consist of nine (9) members who are residents and electors of this state to be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate for terms of five (5) years.(2) No more than three (3) members of the board …
Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-103 Organization and meetings
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(a) The Arkansas Board of Animal Health shall from time to time select from its membership a Chair of the Arkansas Board of Animal Health and a vice chair. (b) (1) The board shall adopt and may modify rules for the conduct of its business and shall keep a record of its transactio…
Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-104 Director
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(a) (1) The Director of the Arkansas Board of Animal Health shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.(2) The director shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture. (1) The Director of the Arkansas Board of Animal Health …

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-105 State Veterinarian

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(a) The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall employ a State Veterinarian. (b) The State Veterinarian shall be a person who has been granted the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and holds a current license issued by the Arkansas Board of Animal Health.

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-107 Powers and duties generally

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(a) Authority for the control, suppression, and eradication of livestock and poultry diseases and pests, and supervision of livestock and poultry work in this state, including authority to promulgate rules governing the handling, sale, and use of vaccines, antigens, and other bio…

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-111 Livestock and poultry diagnostic services

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(a) The Arkansas Board of Animal Health may promulgate rules concerning services performed by the Arkansas Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. (b) (1) A fee structure may be designed and maintained by the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of defraying the cost of diagnostic…

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-113 Disposition of fees and revenues

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All fees and revenues collected by the Department of Agriculture shall be deposited into the State Treasury as special revenues to be credited to the Animal Health Disease and Pest Control Fund.

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-114 Federal Animal Health Fund

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(a) There is created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the “Federal Animal Health Fund”. (b) Federal funds as may be allotted to the Department of Agriculture for maintenance and operation of its cooperative programs with the United States Department of Agriculture shal…

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-117 Exemption from disclosure

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(1) The following items received by or in the custody of the Department of Agriculture are not public records and are exempt from examination or disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.:(1) A certificate of veterinary inspection as defined in §…

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-118 Equine welfare — Penalties

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A person who commits the offense of cruelty to animals under § 5-62-103(a)(4) against an equine is subject to civil penalties imposed by the Arkansas Board of Animal Health not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation.

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-303 Poultry and Egg Grading Program

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The Department of Agriculture is authorized to establish a Poultry and Egg Grading Program in this state which shall be established in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture and shall be in compliance with the applicable standards and requirements as prescri…

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-304 Providing of poultry and egg grading services

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(a) (1) The Arkansas Board of Animal Health shall promulgate such reasonable rules for poultry and egg grading in this state as may be necessary for the establishment and enforcement thereof.(2) The rules shall be in compliance with the standards and requirements established by t…

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-305 Intergovernmental cooperation

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The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with the appropriate federal agencies and the appropriate agencies of this state and other states for the purpose of coordinating laws and rules governing the interstate movement of eggs and graded poultry …

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-306 Agreement with United States Department of Agriculture

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The Department of Agriculture is authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture whereby the Department of Agriculture will bill poultry and egg processors in Arkansas for poultry and egg grading and egg products inspection servic…

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-307 Poultry and Egg Grading Fund

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(a) All funds received by the Department of Agriculture for providing poultry and egg grading services shall be deposited into the State Treasury. Upon receipt of the funds, the Treasurer of State shall monthly credit them as special revenues to an account to be known as the “Pou…

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-308 Overtime compensation

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The Department of Agriculture is hereby authorized to pay ordinary, customary, and necessary overtime compensation in accordance with rules promulgated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State to those employees, including egg and poultry grader supervisors, engaged in the inspec…