Title 15, TITLE 15. AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "distribute" means to: (1) offer for sale; (2) sell; (3) barter; or (4) supply; ammonia or ammonia solutions to a person for agricultural purposes as a fertilizer. The term does not include a shipment made to a point or points outside Indiana. [Pr…

Sec. 4.5. As used in this chapter, "facility for the storage of ammonia or ammonia solutions" means a facility in which ammonia or ammonia solutions are: (1) stored by a person that manufactures or distributes ammonia or ammonia solutions; (2) stored in stationary containers; or …

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "person" means: (1) an individual; (2) a firm; (3) a partnership; (4) an association; (5) a corporation; (6) a company; (7) a joint stock association; (8) a body politic; (9) an organized group of persons whether incorporated or not incorporated; …

Sec. 6. The state chemist or the state chemist's agent shall administer this chapter. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-2-2.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7.

Sec. 7. (a) The rules adopted under this chapter must be uniform in force and effect throughout Indiana. (b) This chapter does not impair the power of a municipality or other political subdivision of this state to regulate the use of land by zoning regulations or building codes. …

Sec. 9. (a) The state chemist or the state chemist's agent shall inspect: (1) facilities for the distribution of ammonia or ammonia solutions; (2) facilities for the storage of ammonia or ammonia solutions; and (3) operating procedures used at the inspected facilities; at reasona…

Sec. 1. The following are the purposes of this article: (1) To promote, encourage, and advance the prevention, detection, control, and eradication of diseases and pests affecting: (A) the health of animals within Indiana; and (B) trade in animals and animal products in and from I…

Sec. 2. This article shall be liberally construed to effect and promote the purposes of this article. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-1-6.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 1. The following apply to this chapter: (1) IC 15-17-2 (definitions). (2) IC 15-17-16 (licensing). (3) IC 15-17-17 (hearings). (4) IC 15-17-19 (enforcement). [2008 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.9.

Sec. 10. If the board finds unsanitary conditions existing in violation of sanitary statutes or rules of the state or a violation of this chapter: (1) on a dairy farm; (2) in a milk plant, receiving station, transfer station, or milk tank truck cleaning facility; or (3) by a milk…

Sec. 12. (a) A bottle, container, or package enclosing milk, Grade A dry milk and whey products, or milk products must be labeled in accordance with the rules of the board. (b) A milk product may not bear a Grade A label unless the milk product is produced in accordance with the …

exceeding standards Sec. 13. (a) Samples of raw and processed milk and milk products must be collected as required under this section and rules adopted by the board as follows: (1) A bulk milk hauler/sampler shall collect a representative sample of the milk from each farm tank be…

Sec. 14. (a) Raw milk for processing and milk and milk products must conform to all the standards in the rules adopted by the board. (b) The board shall adopt a rule and may adopt emergency rules under IC 4-22-2-37.1 to establish standards for Grade A milk and milk products. The …

Sec. 15. (a) A person may not manufacture, sell, exchange, or have in the person's possession with intent to sell or exchange any milk or milk product that: (1) does not conform to at least the minimum standards established and approved by the board; or (2) is packaged in a conta…

Sec. 16. (a) Milk must be screened for drug residue violations as follows: (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), milk shall be screened for drug residues as required by this chapter and rules adopted by the board. The board may adopt rules governing testing for drug residues…

dairy cattle Sec. 18. (a) Milk for pasteurization must be from herds that are located in a modified accredited tuberculosis free area as determined by the United States Department of Agriculture. Herds located in an area that fails to maintain accredited status must be accredited…

Sec. 19. Raw milk from dairy farms that do not have a valid permit from the board to sell Grade A raw milk for pasteurization must be cooled to sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit and be maintained at that temperature at the point of origin unless the milk is delivered to a receiving s…

Sec. 2. (a) A person may not produce, provide, sell, offer, display for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell milk or a milk product that is adulterated or misbranded. (b) Adulterated or misbranded milk or a milk product may be impounded by the board and disposed of in …

Sec. 21. (a) A person may not offer, display for sale, sell, deliver, or have possession of with intent to sell or deliver milk or milk products for human consumption unless every particle of the final mixture of the milk or milk products used in processing or manufacture has bee…

Sec. 22. (a) Except as permitted in this section, a milk producer or distributor may not transfer milk or milk products from one (1) container or tank truck to another on the street, in a vehicle, store, or in any place except a milk plant, receiving station, transfer station, or…

Sec. 23. (a) A person may not place or cause to be placed in a milk can or receptacle any sweepings, refuse, dirt, litter, garbage, filth, or any other animal or vegetable substance liable to decay and tending to produce or promote an unsanitary condition. (b) A person may not al…

Sec. 24. Milk and milk products from outside Indiana and not subject to the board's inspection may be sold in Indiana if the following conditions are met: (1) The milk and milk products are produced and pasteurized under rules that are substantially equivalent to this chapter. (2…

Sec. 25. (a) A person who is affected with a disease in a communicable form or who is a carrier of a disease may not work at a dairy farm or milk plant in any capacity that brings the person into contact with the production, handling, storage, or transportation of milk, milk prod…

Sec. 26. When reasonable cause exists to suspect the possibility of transmission of infection from a person concerned with the handling of milk or milk products, the board may require any or all of the following measures: (1) The immediate exclusion of the person from milk handli…

Sec. 27. Properly prepared plans for each milkhouse, milking barn, stable, parlor, transfer station, milk plant, milk tank truck cleaning facility, and receiving station regulated under this chapter that is constructed, reconstructed, or extensively altered must be submitted to t…

Sec. 28. (a) The board shall employ personnel necessary to adequately and efficiently enforce this chapter and the rules adopted under IC 4-22-2. (b) The board may negotiate agreements with state and local governmental agencies necessary in the opinion of the board to provide for…

Sec. 29. The board shall enforce this chapter in accordance with the rules adopted under section 14 of this chapter and IC 15-17-3-21. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-23-15.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.9.

Sec. 3. (a) A person that operates a milk plant, operates a receiving station or transfer station, acts as a milk distributor, acts as a bulk milk hauler/sampler, operates a milk tank truck, operates a dairy farm, operates a milk tank truck cleaning facility, operates a business …

Sec. 30. A person who is licensed under this chapter or who is engaged in: (1) the production, transportation, processing, or packaging of raw or pasteurized milk and milk products; (2) the business of selling or distributing products described in subdivision (1) for human consum…

Sec. 31. (a) The dairy drug residue abatement fund is established to implement education and other programs designed to prevent drug residue violations. Money in the fund is appropriated for these purposes. (b) The fund consists of civil penalties collected under section 17 of th…

Sec. 32. The board shall enforce this chapter and for that purpose may enter upon and inspect premises on which containers are stored, suspected of being stored, or trafficked in or on premises where raw or pasteurized milk or milk products are produced, purchased, received, tran…

Sec. 33. (a) A person who recklessly violates or fails to comply with this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor. (b) Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate offense. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-23-16.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.9.

Sec. 4. (a) The board may suspend a permit issued under section 3 of this chapter whenever: (1) there is reason to believe that a public health hazard exists; (2) the permit holder has violated any of the requirements of this chapter; or (3) the permit holder has interfered with …

Sec. 6. The board may refuse to issue or reissue, may suspend for a definite time, or may revoke permits issued under this chapter for repeated violations of this chapter or a rule adopted by the board. The refusal to issue or revocation of a permit under this section must be con…

Sec. 7. A permit issued under this chapter expires as follows: (1) A bulk milk hauler/sampler permit expires two (2) years after the most recent inspection. (2) A dairy farm permit expires upon an action listed in subdivisions (4) through (6). (3) A permit, other than a bulk milk…

Sec. 8. The board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement sections 3 through 7 of this chapter. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-23-2(j).] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.9. IC 15-18-1-9 Duty of board to inspect; inspection report; access to facility required; prohibite…

Sec. 1. Subject to section 4(b) of this chapter, this chapter applies to a fair association described in section 2 of this chapter and organized after March 5, 1889. [2008 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.10.

Sec. 2. (a) A group of at least five (5) persons may form an incorporated company for the purpose of forming a fair association to improve the breeding and speed of stock and to promote agriculture. (b) To form a fair association described in subsection (a), a group must adopt wr…

Sec. 3. Every fair association shall file its articles of association in the recorder's office of the county where the association is formed. The recorder shall record the articles of association in the miscellaneous record. The record or a certified copy of the record is conclus…

associations Sec. 4. (a) A fair association is a corporation from the date the articles of incorporation are filed in the appropriate recorder's office. The fair association has all the rights, powers, and privileges given to a corporation under common law, including the right to…

Sec. 5. A fair association may provide in its bylaws for the admission and expulsion of members and for the election of officers as may be necessary to accomplish the goals of the corporation. A fair association may adopt bylaws for the governance of the officers and members of t…

As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.303. Repealed by P.L.63-2012, SEC.18.

Sec. 1. This chapter does not limit the power of an agency of the state or a political subdivision to adopt a rule or an ordinance that does not conflict with this chapter. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-5-12-6.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.11.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "owner" means the owner of a dog. The term includes a person who possesses, keeps, or harbors a dog. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-5-12-2.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.11.

Sec. 3. (a) If a dog, without provocation, bites a person: (1) who is acting peaceably; and (2) who is in a location where the person may be required to be in order to discharge a duty imposed upon the person by: (A) the laws of Indiana; (B) the laws of the United States; or (C) …

Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the owner of a dog commits a Class C misdemeanor if: (1) the owner recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally fails to take reasonable steps to restrain the dog; (2) the dog enters property other than the property of the dog's owner;…

Sec. 5. (a) The following definitions apply throughout this section: (1) "Coydog" means: (A) an animal that is the offspring of a coyote and another animal; or (B) an animal that is the offspring of: (i) an animal that is the offspring of a coyote and another animal; and (ii) ano…

Sec. 6. An owner of a dog is exempt under section 4 of this chapter if the dog commits an act described in section 4 of this chapter during the period that the dog is owned by: (1) the United States; (2) an agency of the United States; or (3) a governmental entity (as defined in …

Sec. 7. If a law enforcement officer or any other person having authority to impound animals has probable cause to believe that there has been a violation of section 4 of this chapter, IC 35-46-3-6 applies. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-5-12-5.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SE…

Sec. 1. (a) This article does not apply to: (1) an animal shelter; (2) a humane society; (3) an animal rescue operation; (4) a hobby breeder; (5) a person who breeds at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the person's dogs as sport dogs for hunting purposes; or (6) a person who b…