Title 25 — ANIMALS

25-126. Creation of board. The Idaho sheep and goat health board is hereby created within the department of agriculture, but its officers and employees shall not be subject to the administrative control of the director of the department of agriculture. The administrative officers…

25-127. Members — Appointment, qualifications, salary — Oath. The Idaho sheep and goat health board, hereinafter called the board, shall consist of five (5) members, consisting of experienced wool growers or goat raisers, or a combination of experienced wool growers and goat rais…

25-128. Powers and duties of The Idaho sheep and goat health board. The board shall have the authority to perform all those duties and powers necessary for the prevention, control, and eradication of diseases which may include the supervision of sheep, handling of sheep, shipping…

25-129. Rules — Executive secretary, veterinarian, inspectors, salaries, expenses and office. (1) The board shall elect one (1) of its members chairman. The said board is empowered to make rules for governing itself and such rules as it may deem necessary for the enforcement of t…

25-130. Fixing assessment rate — Payment of claims — Report — Inspection, quarantine and treatment of sheep — Districts. The board shall meet and fix the rate of special assessment to be levied as provided for in this chapter. Any change in the rate of the special assessment shal…

25-131. Idaho sheep and goat health account — Assessment — First purchaser to make report — Penalty for failure to make report — Appropriation. (1) In order for the board to carry out the provisions of this chapter, the board shall assess, levy and collect an assessment establish…

25-132. Powers of board to collect and cancel assessment. The board shall have the power to prosecute in the name of the state of Idaho any suit or action for collection of the assessment provided for in section 25-131, Idaho Code. The board by order may cancel an assessment whic…

25-133. Cooperation with federal authorities. The board is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the state, the rules and regulations prepared by the secretary of agriculture of the United States under and in pursuance of section numbered three (3) (21 U.S.C. sec. 114) of the …

25-134. Entrance into state by federal authorities. The board is authorized to give its consent that the bureau of animal industry of the United States and its employees shall come within the state of Idaho for the purposes connected with the exportation of diseased sheep and for…

25-135. Local assistance from peace officers. All federal authorities authorized as aforesaid and the various inspectors of this state shall, subject to the approval of the board, have power to call upon any constable, sheriff or other peace officer in any county in this state to…

25-136. Appropriation for salary and expenses. The salaries, expenses and maintenance of the said board and all other salaries and expenses not otherwise provided for, not heretofore provided for in this act, shall be paid out of the Idaho sheep and goat health account. The legis…

25-137. Punishment for disregard of quarantine rules — Taking evidence. Any person, company, corporation or association or any agent, servant or employee of such, who shall violate or disregard any quarantine provision of this chapter or rules promulgated thereunder or any other …

25-138. Filing and enforcing of liens. All liens provided for in this chapter shall be filed, enforced and foreclosed as if it were an income tax lien as provided by chapter 30, title 63, Idaho Code, and said statutes are hereby declared to apply to and include any liens provided…

25-139. Attachment of property. Whenever it shall be necessary in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter for the board or any of its inspectors to take charge of any sheep, corral, building or other place, demand therefor shall be made upon the owner or person in charg…

25-140. Breaking of quarantine. Breaking quarantine shall mean the taking of any sheep or allowing any sheep quarantined by the board or inspector to go within or without any building, corral, premises or range quarantined by the board or inspector, or the taking of any clean she…

25-141A. Scrapie eradication area. (1) The state of Idaho is engaged in the eradication of scrapie from sheep and goats within this state and in cooperation with the United States department of agriculture in the eradication of scrapie from sheep and goats outside of this state. …

25-141B. Extent of eradication area — Supervision and quarantine of premises. The board is hereby authorized to quarantine any portion of this state when the fact is determined that sheep or goats are affected with scrapie or any other contagious, infectious or communicable disea…

25-141C. Sheep — Goats — Scrapie — Or other diseases — Herd depopulation. In order to prevent the introduction or dissemination of scrapie or other contagious, infectious or communicable diseases into or among the sheep or goat population of Idaho, the board is granted authority …

25-141D. Creation of sheep and goat disease indemnity fund. There is hereby created within the department of agriculture a board account to be known as the sheep and goat disease indemnity fund. Funds may be received into this account from any source including, but not limited to…

25-141E. Indemnity payments restricted. Indemnity shall only be paid to an owner of sheep or goats for any animals or herds diagnosed to be infected with or exposed to scrapie or any other contagious, infectious or communicable disease, as determined by the board, for sheep or go…

25-143. Transportation of sheep from quarantined area. It shall be unlawful for any transportation company or operator of any motor truck to receive for transportation or transport from the quarantined area of this state into or through an unquarantined area of this state or rece…

25-144. Movement of sheep from quarantined into unquarantined area prohibited. It shall be unlawful to move sheep from a quarantined area of the state in any manner whatsoever into an unquarantined area of this state or for connecting carriers to receive sheep of the quarantined …

25-145. Quarantine of diseased animals. The representatives of the board or any inspector or agent of the bureau of animal industry of the United States department of agriculture shall have authority to quarantine, where found, or in any convenient place nearby, any animals affec…

25-146. Inspection and treatment of diseased sheep. The representative of the board or any inspector or agent of the United States bureau of animal industry shall have authority to enter upon any grounds or premises where sheep are kept and to inspect, diagnose and treat sheep fo…

25-147. Diseases — Notice to state board — Evidence of infection — Rules. Whenever any sheep becomes affected or infected with any contagious, infectious or communicable disease or whenever symptoms of any contagious, infectious or communicable disease shall have developed in any…

25-148. Importation of sheep — Notice of intention. When an owner or person in charge of sheep desires to bring such sheep into this state from an adjoining state or territory, he shall notify the board or its agent, in writing, or by telephone or by facsimile, of such intention …

25-149. Keeping of diseased sheep — Liability of owners. Any person, firm or corporation owning or keeping sheep known by him to be diseased or exposed to any contagious, infectious or communicable disease shall immediately report said disease to the board and comply with the rul…

25-150. Regulation of public sale yards and public auction sales. For the purpose of preventing the spread of contagious, infectious or communicable diseases among sheep the board is hereby empowered to make reasonable rules and regulations with regard to the handling of sheep in…

25-152. Severability. The provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable and if any provision of this chapter or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is declared invalid for any reason, such declaration shall not affect the validity of t…

25-153. Short title. Sections 25-153 through 25-160, Idaho Code, shall be known and may be cited as the "Sheep, Lamb and Wool Promotion, Research and Education Act."

25-154. Promotion, research and education policy. It is to the best interests of all the people of the state of Idaho that the abundant and natural resources of Idaho be protected, fully developed and uniformly distributed. It is in the public interest and within the exercise of …

25-155. Duties and powers of the board pertaining to promotion, research and education policy. (1) The board may contract with the Idaho wool growers association, inc., or a similar agency for the administration of the Idaho sheep and goat health board’s business pertaining to th…

25-156. report. On or before January 15 of each year, the board, or entity the board has contracted with pursuant to the provisions of section 25-155, Idaho Code, shall file with the senate agricultural affairs committee, the house agricultural affairs committee, the legislative …

25-158. State not liable for acts or omissions of board or of its employees. The state of Idaho is not liable for the acts or omissions of the board or any member thereof or any officer, agent or employee thereof.

25-159. Assessment. In addition to the assessment described in section 25-131, Idaho Code, there is hereby levied upon all wool grown annually in the state of Idaho an assessment of up to four cents (4¢) per pound of wool marketed. The assessment shall be collected in the amount …

25-160. Referendum for wool growers. Prior to the provisions of this act becoming effective, a referendum shall be held to determine if producers favor the provisions of this act. The question shall be submitted by secret ballot upon which the words "Do you favor a promotion, res…