(a) The Department of Agriculture may assess reasonable fees and costs associated with: (1) Impoundment; (2) Transportation; (3) Temporary care placement;
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(4) Veterinary services; (5) Feeding and care; (6) Municipal holding; (7) Notice and publication; and (8) Other necessary estray management expenses. (b) Municipalities, custodial caretakers, and private persons who lawfully seize, detain, secure, transport, care for or report estrays pursuant to this Article may be reimbursed from the Estray Livestock Stewardship and Enforcement Fund for approved expenses incurred in connection with estray livestock management, provided that sufficient documentation of such expenses is submitted. (c) Reimbursement under this Section may include expenses associated with feed, water, fencing, pasture use, labor, veterinary services, transportation, equipment damage, emergency containment materials, and other approved livestock management costs. (d) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the Department from seeking reimbursement or civil recovery from the owner of the estray. SOURCE: GC § 12187; amended by P.L. 11-68, P.L. 38-143:7 (Oct. 13, 2026). 2026 NOTE: P.L. 38-143:13: “The Department of Agriculture shall promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to implement this Act no later than one-hundred eighty (180) days following enactment. Pending the promulgation of rules and regulations, the Department may establish interim policies and procedures consistent with this Act.”