Title XXI, Agriculture and Animals

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Board" means the state Board of Agriculture; (2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture; (3) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture; (4) "Structure" means a building erected as a shelter …

The efforts of the department shall be directed to the promotion of the interests of agriculture and horticulture.

The department shall consist of: (1) The Office of the Commissioner; (2) The Office of Agricultural Marketing, which shall include the following: (a) The Promotion and Development Division; (b) The Farm Safety and Rural Health Division; (c) The Livestock Division; (d) The Plant D…

department through Agricultural Development Board or Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation -- Participation -- Exceptions. (1) Employees of the department who are not employed within the Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy established in KRS 246.030 shall not be prohibited…

(1) The Commissioner shall be the head of the department. He shall keep his office at the seat of government and devote his entire time to the duties of his office. (2) The Commissioner may employ necessary personnel to assist in carrying out his duties.

devises -- Authorized actions -- Agreement with federal government or state or local public agency. (1) The Department of Agriculture may accept federal aid, nonfederal funds and grants, gifts, donations, or devises. (2) For use in connection with any program of the department an…

(1) The department may promulgate administrative regulations establishing license fees, testing fees, and any other fees necessary to operate and maintain a metrology lab within the department. Fees shall be established at a level that shall not exceed the actual cost of operatin…

(1) The State Department of Agriculture shall identify lands of statewide agricultural importance through the use of the United States Department of Agriculture's land evaluation and site assessment program and the state's geographic information system. The department shall provi…

(1) The Commissioner shall promote and encourage, as far as practicable, the organization of agricultural organizations and associations. He shall ascertain in detail the quality and quantity of land under cultivation; the kinds, amounts and value of the annual field crops; the a…

All officers of the state and counties shall furnish the Commissioner with such information within their power as he may require in regard to the matters connected with the department. The Commissioner shall also put himself in communication with the different agricultural associ…

(1) The board shall consist of eighteen (18) members as follows: (a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee, who shall be a voting member and serve as chairman; (b) The dean of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment or the dean's designee…

The board shall meet at least four (4) times per year to consider the general agricultural, horticultural, and forestry interests of the state, and to take the necessary steps for carrying out the purpose of the board. The Commissioner may, and at the request of eight (8) of its …

Except as provided in KRS 18A.200, members of the board shall receive fifty dollars ($50) per day and actual traveling expenses while attending meetings of the board, but the total number of days the board may be in session shall not exceed thirty-six (36) per year.

The board shall act as an advisory board to the Commissioner.

premises -- Destruction or slaughter of diseased livestock. (1) The department or its agents or employees shall have free access within reasonable hours to any farm, orchard, garden, elevator, warehouse, building, cellar, freight or express office or car, freight yard, vehicle, v…

(1) No person shall in any way hinder, refuse, or defeat entrance or inspection by an agent or employee of the department who is performing the duties of his or her office for the purpose of combating the European corn borer under subsection (1) of KRS 246.210. (2) No person shal…

(1) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a trust and agency account to be known as the Friends of Kentucky Agriculture fund. The fund shall consist of the special license plate EF fees associated with the issuance of the Friends of Kentucky Agriculture license plate purs…

(1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a separate trust and agency account to be known as the "Agriculture Promotion Fund" to be administered by the Department of Agriculture for the purposes provided in this section. Any moneys accruing to this fund in any fiscal …

(1) The agricultural program trust fund is hereby created as a separate revolving fund to be administered by the Department of Agriculture. (2) The fund shall consist of moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to KRS 186.050 and any other proceeds from grants, contributors, appropr…

regulations. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture; (b) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture; (c) "Registered cattle" means cattle with approved registration papers from an appropri…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Department" means the department of agriculture; (b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture; (c) "Show, exhibition and sale" shall not include those held as a part of or in connection with any …

Rehabilitation Corporation. The Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby designated as the state official of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to make application to and receive from the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, or any other proper federal official, pursuant and sub…

Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act. The Commissioner of Agriculture, with the advice of the state Board of Agriculture, is authorized to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States pursuant to Section 2(f) of the aforesaid act of the Congress of the U…

Corporation assets. Funds and the proceeds of the trust assets returned to the Commissioner of Agriculture pursuant to KRS 246.270 which are not retransferred to the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States pursuant to KRS 246.275, shall be paid into the State Treasury and c…

Rehabilitation Corporation. (1) The Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Kentucky is authorized and empowered to: (a) Collect, compromise, adjust or cancel claims and obligations arising out of or administered under KRS 246.270 to 246.290 or under any mortgage, lease, cont…

The United States and the Secretary of Agriculture thereof, shall be held free from liability by virtue of the transfer of the assets to the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Kentucky pursuant to KRS 246.270 to 246.290.

importation of diseased animal. (1) The Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, shall promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to health requirements, eradication of diseases, importation, and unique individual identif…

section -- Applicability of KRS Chapter 512. (1) No person shall tamper with any livestock. (2) No person shall sabotage any livestock exhibited at an exhibition. (3) This section shall not apply to: (a) Any action taken or activity performed or administered by a licensed veterin…

The General Assembly declares: (1) Alternative fuels are vitally important to the Commonwealth because the alternative fuel may: (a) Reduce pollution; (b) Improve energy security; and (c) Support the Commonwealth's economy; (2) Alternative fuels derived from resources within the …

-- Membership -- Duties -- Incentive program -- Agricultural economic development fund -- Procedures -- Applications. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Agribusiness" has the same meaning as in KRS 154.32-010; (b) "Alternative fuels" has the same meaning as in KRS 154.20-400, and …

As used in KRS 246.660, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Harvest" means to take any part of the ginseng plant while the plant is living; and (2) "Ginseng" means any part of the American ginseng plant known as Panax quinquefolius.

(1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a separate trust and agency account to be known as the Kentucky ginseng fund to be administered by the Department of Agriculture. (2) Moneys in this fund shall be used to help administer the ginseng program as provided by KRS …

(1) (a) The department shall administer a program for ginseng in Kentucky which provides a framework, including a limited harvesting season, in which ginseng shall be eligible for exportation in compliance with federal requirements. (b) Information relating to the purchase or sal…

(1) (a) The department shall create and administer the Renewable Chemical Production Program by promulgating administrative regulations under KRS Chapter 13A and authorizing tax credits for that production. (b) The department may consult with the chemical engineering departments …

(1) Any person who violates subsection (2) of KRS 246.210, subsection (2) of KRS 246.220, or subsection (1) of KRS 246.420 shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200) for the first offense; he shall be fined not less than five hundred…