Title 15, TITLE 15. AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

Sec. 1. The director or the director's designee shall, at least one (1) time each year, inspect and test all equipment used to test: (1) the moisture; and (2) the foreign material and dockage; content of grain purchased, sold, or exchanged in Indiana. [Pre-2008 Recodification Cit…

Sec. 2. Each piece of equipment that is tested under this chapter and found to be accurate according to rules or standards prescribed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the department must bear a seal issued by …

Sec. 3. (a) The director or the director's designee shall charge each inspection site a two hundred dollar ($200) fee for each moisture testing device inspected at the inspection site under this chapter. (b) All fees collected under this section must be deposited in the grain buy…

Sec. 4. Money is appropriated to the department to carry out this chapter. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 4-4-27-4.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.2.

Sec. 5. The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to administer this chapter. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 4-4-27-5.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.2.

Sec. 6. The department may: (1) employ persons; (2) make expenditures; (3) require reports and records; (4) make investigations; and (5) take other action; that the department considers necessary or suitable for the proper administration of this chapter. [Pre-2008 Recodification …

Sec. 7. A copy of this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter must be posted in a conspicuous manner at every commercial grain buying site. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 4-4-27-7.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.2.

Sec. 8. A person who recklessly uses equipment: (1) to ascertain the moisture and the foreign material and dockage content of grain in the process of commercial buying or selling of grain; and (2) that does not bear the seal required by section 2 of this chapter; commits a Class …

Sec. 1. The state fair fund is established. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-7-1.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4.

Sec. 2. The commission shall administer the fund. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-7-2.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4.

Sec. 3. (a) The fund consists of the following: (1) Revenue from the property tax imposed under IC 15-13-9 (repealed) before January 1, 2009. (2) Appropriations made by the general assembly. (3) Interest accruing from investment of money in the fund. (4) Certain proceeds from the…

Sec. 4. (a) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds may be invested. (b) Interest that accrues from investments of the fund shall be deposited in the fund. [Pre-200…

Sec. 5. Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-7-5.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4.

Sec. 6. The fund may be used to: (1) pay the expenses, including administrative expenses, of the commission; and (2) make lease payments under IC 15-13-10-11. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-7-6.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4.

Sec. 7. The money in the fund is subject to allotment under IC 4-13-2-18. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-7-7.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4.

Sec. 8. (a) The commission may deposit revenues not set forth in section 3 of this chapter in funds: (1) other than the fund; and (2) created under the commission's accounting system. (b) Funds created under the commission's accounting system are subject to audit by the state boa…

Sec. 9. The commission may use money in funds created under section 8 of this chapter for activities of the commission authorized under this article. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-7-9.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4.

Sec. 1. All: (1) agricultural or horticultural societies; or (2) county fairs having a state charter; owning at least fifty (50) acres of real estate in fee simple may issue first mortgage bonds in a maximum amount of seventy-five percent (75%) of the value of the real estate uni…

Sec. 2. (a) Bonds issued under section 1 of this chapter: (1) are free from state tax; and (2) may not be issued for a period longer than the life of the charter of the society or fair. (b) The bonds may be sold at a price less than the par value if the action is endorsed by a fu…

Sec. 3. If bonds have been issued under section 1 of this chapter and there is a surplus in the treasury of the society or fair, funds not needed for improvements on the grounds must be used to retire the bonds. Bonds must be retired in the order of their seniority, and a clause …

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "detrimental plant" includes the following: (1) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense). (2) Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense). (3) Columbus grass (Sorghum almum). (4) Bur cucumber (Sicyos angulatus). (5) Shattercane (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench spp. dru…

Sec. 10. When the annual township budget is prepared, a sufficient amount shall be appropriated to enable the township officials to comply with this chapter. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-4-7.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7.

Sec. 11. The director of the department of natural resources or the dean of agriculture of Purdue University may totally or partially exempt land that is subject to a program of the department or station from this chapter or any other statute concerning the destruction of detrime…

Sec. 12. (a) The Purdue University cooperative extension service shall provide technical assistance to township trustees for the control of detrimental plants. (b) All law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction in a township shall assist the township trustee in carrying out the…

Sec. 13. A township trustee who fails to perform the duties required of the trustee by this chapter commits a Class C infraction. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-4-6.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7.

Sec. 14. (a) A person who: (1) knowingly allows detrimental plants to grow and mature on land owned or possessed by the person; (2) knowing of the existence of detrimental plants on land owned or possessed by the person, fails to cut them down or eradicate the plants by chemicals…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "person" means: (1) an individual; (2) an incorporated or unincorporated organization or association; (3) a trustee or legal representative; (4) the state or an agency of the state; (5) a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13) or an ag…

Sec. 3. A person owning or possessing real estate in Indiana shall destroy detrimental plants by: (1) cutting or mowing and, if necessary, by plowing, cultivating, or smothering; or (2) using chemicals in the bud stage of growth or earlier, to prevent detrimental plants from matu…

Sec. 4. (a) If a township trustee: (1) has reason to believe that detrimental plants may be on real estate; and (2) gives the owner or person in possession of the real estate forty-eight (48) hours notice under subsection (e); the township trustee may enter the real estate to inv…

Sec. 5. (a) The township trustee may pay the following costs incurred in cutting or destroying detrimental plants under this chapter: (1) Chemicals. (2) Work. (3) Labor, at a rate per hour to be fixed by the township trustee commensurate with local hourly wages. (b) If the truste…

Sec. 6. (a) The township trustee shall prepare a statement that contains the following: (1) A certification of the following costs: (A) The cost or expense of the work. (B) The cost of the chemicals. (C) Twenty dollars ($20) per day for each day that the trustee or the trustee's …

disposition of funds Sec. 7. (a) If the owner or person in possession of the property does not pay the amount set forth in the certified statement under section 6(a) of this chapter within ten (10) days after receiving the notice under section 6(b) of this chapter, the township t…

property Sec. 8. (a) This subsection applies to real estate owned by the state. The auditor of state shall issue a warrant to pay the amount set forth in the certified statement under section 6(a) of this chapter for real estate owned by the state and shall charge the appropriate…

costs; disposition of amounts collected Sec. 9. Except as provided in sections 5 through 8 of this chapter, the county auditor, upon receiving and filing a certified statement under section 7(a) of this chapter, shall: (1) immediately place the amounts on the certified statement …

Sec. 1. (a) If the board requires a testing program in which cattle within a certified county are tested for bovine brucellosis to conform with rules governing the recertification of a county, the county council shall appropriate a sufficient amount of money to conduct the testin…

Sec. 10. Each herd in which brucellosis infection is revealed shall be placed under quarantine by the board until: (1) all cattle that react positively to a bovine brucellosis test have been sold for slaughter; and (2) the remainder of the herd tests negative for brucellosis unde…

Sec. 11. All necessary expenses for carrying out the program under this chapter shall be paid equally by the state and the county. However, any federal funds that are available for the program shall be used, and the expenses paid by the state and county shall be reduced pro rata.…

Sec. 12. All cattle that: (1) react positively to a brucellosis test; or (2) are officially vaccinated; shall be permanently identified as prescribed by the board. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-8-22.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 13. Persons required by the board shall send complete reports of: (1) tests for brucellosis; and (2) calfhood vaccination; to the state veterinarian and as otherwise required by the board not more than seven (7) days after the completion of testing or vaccination. [Pre-2008 …

Sec. 2. (a) After a county council makes an appropriation to conduct a testing program under this chapter, the board of county commissioners of the county shall enter into a contract with the board concerning the work to be done in the county and the expenses paid by the county. …

Sec. 3. (a) A sufficient number of veterinarians shall be employed to meet the requirements of this chapter. The veterinarians must: (1) satisfy the requirements for an applicant to practice veterinary medicine set forth under IC 25-38.1; (2) be licensed to practice in Indiana; a…

Sec. 4. Upon receipt of a budgetary request under this chapter, the county council shall appropriate a sufficient amount of money to conduct the testing program. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-8-5.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 5. After the county council makes an appropriation under section 4 of this chapter, the board of county commissioners shall contract with the board to cover the expenditures involved in the testing program, including funds to assist the board in the employment of inspectors …

Sec. 6. If: (1) a county council appropriates money for a testing program; and (2) the testing program begins in the year of the appropriation; the county council shall annually appropriate money to continue the program until the incidence of brucellosis in cattle has been reduce…

Sec. 7. Any unused part of an appropriation under this chapter is available for use in the following year. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-8-8.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 8. The county council of a county that is certified as a modified-certified brucellosis area shall continue to appropriate sufficient funds to maintain the county upon a certified basis as required by state and federal laws. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-8-9.] As…

Sec. 9. After a program for the control and eradication of brucellosis has begun in a county, each cattle owner in the county shall: (1) comply with all existing rules and federal regulations to maintain the county's certification; (2) upon notice by a representative of a local, …