Title 4, Title 4: Utah Agricultural Code

4-21-103. Utah Beef Council created -- Composition -- Nomination and selection of appointed members -- Terms of appointed members -- Qualifications for nomination. (1) There is created an independent state agency known as the Utah Beef Council. (2) The Utah Beef Council consists …

4-21-104. Council -- Organization -- Quorum to transact business -- Removal for cause -- Vacancies -- Ineligibility to serve -- Compensation. (1) The council members shall elect a chair, vice chair, and secretary annually from the voting members of the council. At least two of th…

4-21-105. Council powers, duties, and functions -- Reporting requirements. (1) The council has the following powers, duties, and functions: hire and fix the salary of an administrator and staff, who may not be members of the council, to administer the policies adopted and perform…

4-21-106. Exemption from certain operational requirements. (1) The council is exempt from:; Title 51, Chapter 5, Funds Consolidation Act; Title 63A, Utah Government Operations Code, but the council shall adopt procedures to ensure that the council makes purchases: Title 63G, Chap…

4-21-107. Council may require crime insurance -- Payment of premium. (1) The council may require the administrator or a council employee to obtain crime insurance in relation to the administrator's or employee's duties. (2) The council shall set the amount of crime insurance requ…

4-21-201. Beef promotion fee -- Deposit of revenue. (1) The department shall collect a fee established as required by Subsectionon all fee brand inspected cattle upon change of ownership or slaughter in an amount not more than $1 or less than 25 cents. (2) The fee is collected by…

4-21-202. Refund of fees allowed -- Claim for refund to be filed with department -- Payment of refunds. (1) A person who objects to payment of the assessed fee may file a claim with the department within 60 days after the fee is collected. (2) A claim for refund is not allowed if…

4-21-203. Revenue from fees to be used to promote beef industry -- Payment of revenue monthly to Utah Beef Council -- Deduction of costs of administration and processing funds -- Annual audit of books, records, and accounts -- Financial statement of audit published. (1) All reven…

4-21-301. State disclaimer of liability. The state is not liable for the acts or omissions of the council, council officers, agents, or employees.

4-21-302. Council not eligible for coverage under Risk Management Fund. The council is not eligible to receive coverage under the Risk Management Fund created by Section.

4-21-303. Representation by the attorney general. (1) The attorney general is not the legal advisor for the council and has no obligation to defend the council or the council's members in an action or proceeding brought against the council. (2) The attorney general may choose, at…

4-22-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Utah Dairy Commission. (2) "Dealer" means any person who buys and processes raw milk or milk fat, or who acts as agent in the sale or purchase of raw milk or milk fat, or who acts as a broker or factor wit…

4-22-103. Utah Dairy Commission created. (1) There is created an independent state agency known as the Utah Dairy Commission. (2) Subject to Subsection, the Utah Dairy Commission consists of 11 members as follows: (5) nine voting members as follows: two from District 1, which con…

4-22-104. Commission -- Organization -- Quorum to transact business -- Vacancies -- Ineligibility to serve -- Compensation. (1) The members of the commission shall elect a chair, vice chair, and secretary from the commission. (2) Attendance of a simple majority of the commission …

4-22-105. Commission to conduct elections -- Nomination of candidates -- Expenses of election paid by commission. (1) The commissioner shall administer all commission elections. The commissioner shall mail a ballot to each producer within the district in which an election is to b…

4-22-106. Commission powers, duties, and functions. The commission has and shall exercise the following functions, powers, and duties: (1) to use one of the following means to administer the policies adopted, and perform the duties assigned, by the commission: employ and fix the …

4-22-107. Exemption from certain operational requirements. (1) The commission is exempt from:; Title 51, Chapter 5, Funds Consolidation Act; Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act; Title 63A, Utah Government Operations Code, but the commission shall adopt procedures to e…

4-22-108. Commission may require crime insurance -- Payment of premium. (1) The commission may require the administrator or a commission employee to obtain crime insurance in relation to the administrator's or employee's duties. (2) The commission shall set the amount of crime in…

4-22-201. Assessment imposed on sale of milk or cream produced, sold, or contracted for sale in state -- Time of assessment -- Collection by dealer or producer-handler -- Penalty for delinquent payment or collection -- Statement to be given to producer. (1) An assessment of 10 ce…

4-22-202. Revenue from assessment used to promote dairy industry -- Deposit of money -- Annual audit of books, records, and accounts -- Annual financial report to producers. (1) The revenue derived from the assessment imposed by Sectionshall be used exclusively for the: 4-22-201 …

4-22-203. Additional assessment for government liaison and industry relations programs -- Exemption from the assessment. (1) In addition to the assessment provided in Section, an assessment of three-fourths of one cent is imposed upon each 100 pounds of milk or cream produced and…

4-22-301. State disclaimer of liability. The state is not liable for the acts or omissions of the commission, commission officers, agents, or employees.

4-22-302. Commission not eligible for coverage under Risk Management Fund. The commission is not eligible to receive coverage under the Risk Management Fund created under Section.

4-22-303. Enforcement -- Inspection of books and records of dealer or producer-handler. The commission at reasonable times may enter upon the premises and inspect the records of any dealer or producer-handler for the purpose of enforcing this chapter.

4-23-102. Purpose declaration. The Legislature finds and declares that it is important to the economy of the state to maintain agricultural production at the highest possible level and at the same time, to promote, to protect, and preserve the wildlife resources of the state.

4-23-103. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Agricultural crops" means any product of cultivation; (2) "Board" means the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board; (3) "Bounty" means the monetary compensation paid to persons for the harvest of predatory or depreda…

4-23-104. Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board created -- Composition -- Appointment -- Terms -- Vacancies -- Compensation. (1) There is created an Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board composed of the commissioner and the director of the Division of Wild…

4-23-105. Board responsibilities -- Damage prevention policy -- Rules -- Methods to control predators and depredating birds and animals. (1) The board is responsible for the formulation of the agricultural and wildlife damage prevention policy of the state and may, consistent wit…

4-23-106. Department to issue licenses and permits -- Department to issue aircraft use permits -- Aerial hunting. (1) The department is responsible for the issuance of permits and licenses for the purposes of the federal Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956. (2) A private person may not…

4-23-107. Annual fees on sheep, goats, cattle, and turkeys -- Determination by board -- Collection methods. (1) To assist the department in meeting the annual expense of administering this chapter, the following annual predator control fees are imposed upon animals owned by perso…

4-23-108. Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Account. (1) There is created in the General Fund a restricted account known as the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Account. (2) Money received under Sectionshall be deposited by the commissioner into the Agricultu…

4-23-109. Proceeds of sheep fee -- Refund of sheep fees -- Annual audit of books, records, and accounts. (1) Subject to the other provisions of this Subsection, the commissioner may spend an amount each year from the proceeds collected from the fee imposed on sheep for the promot…

4-23-110. Applicability of chapter. This chapter, unless contrary to a federal statute, shall apply to all federal, state, and private lands.

4-23-111. Holding a raccoon or coyote in captivity prohibited -- Penalty. (1) No individual may hold in captivity a raccoon or coyote, except as provided by rules of the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board. (2) The Division of Wildlife Resources, with the cooperatio…

4-24-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Brand" means an identifiable mark applied to livestock, including a cutting and shaping of the ears or brisket area, that is intended to show ownership and the mark's location. (2) "Carcass" means any part of the body of an ani…

4-24-103. Department authorized to make and enforce rules. The department is authorized, subject to, to make and enforce rules as necessary to administer and enforce this chapter.

4-24-104. Livestock Brand Board created -- Composition -- Terms -- Removal -- Quorum for transaction of business -- Compensation -- Duties. (1) There is created the Livestock Brand Board consisting of seven members appointed by the governor as follows: one feeder operator recomme…

4-24-105. Commission to appoint supervisor for brand inspection -- Appointment subject to approval -- Salary. (1) The commissioner shall appoint a state supervisor for livestock brand inspection, subject to the approval of the Livestock Brand Board. (2) The salary or compensation…

4-24-201. Central Brand Registry -- Division of state into brand districts -- Identical or confusingly similar brands -- Publication of registered brands. (1) The department shall maintain a central Brand Registry that lists each brand recorded in this state. For each brand regis…

4-24-202. Recordation of brand. (1) A person shall submit an application for a recorded brand to the department upon forms prescribed and furnished by the department. The application shall contain the following information: the name of each applicant; a single designated address …

4-24-203. Fees for recordation, transfer, renewal, and certified copies of brands. (1) The department, with the approval of the Livestock Brand Board, shall charge and collect fees for the recordation, transfer, and renewal of a brand in each position, and may charge a fee for a …

4-24-204. Effect of recorded brand -- Transfer -- Reservation of certain brands. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, the owner of a recorded brand has a vested property right in the brand that is transferable by a duly acknowledged instrument, provided that a transferee has no …

4-24-205. Livestock on open range or outside enclosure to be branded -- Cattle upon transfer of ownership to be branded -- Exceptions. (1) Subject to Subsectionsand, livestock may not forage upon an open range in this state or outside an enclosure unless the livestock bears a bra…

4-24-301. State may be divided into brand inspection districts -- Description filed with county clerk and sheriff. (1) The commissioner, to facilitate and improve brand inspection, may divide the state into brand inspection districts. (2) District boundaries may be changed as con…

4-24-302. Certificate of brand inspection necessary to carry out change of ownership -- Exception. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, the ownership of cattle, horses, domesticated elk, or mules may not be transferred to any other person, through sale or otherwise, without a ce…

4-24-303. Livestock -- Verification of ownership through brand inspection -- Issuance of certificate of brand inspection -- Brand inspector may demand evidence of ownership -- Brand inspection of livestock seized by the federal government prohibited -- Exception. (1) A brand insp…