Whenever the commissioner reasonably suspects that livestock are in or from an area of concentration or point of distribution where there is a potential for the spread of disease or that the livestock may have been exposed to or are suffering from an infectious or contagious disease, the commissioner may, as a sanitary measure, conduct surveillance or otherwise inspect the suspected livestock.

Source: L. 2005: Entire article R&RE, p. 451, § 1, effective December 1. L. 2023: Entire section amended, (HB 23-1264), ch. 222, p. 1149, § 1, effective May 18.

Editor's note: The former § 35-50-107 was relocated to § 35-53-133 in 2005.