1. (1) The department may:

   1. (a) create, maintain, and promote a statewide livestock crimestoppers program in order to assist law enforcement agencies in detecting and combating livestock-related crimes;
   2. (b) advise and assist in the creation and maintenance of local programs;
   3. (c) encourage the channeling of information from the programs to law enforcement agencies;
   4. (d) foster the detection of livestock-related crimes by the public;
   5. (e) encourage the public, through a reward program or otherwise, to provide information that assists in the prosecution of livestock-related crimes;
   6. (f) promote the state and local programs through the media;
   7. (g) accept gifts, grants, or donations for the furtherance of the program and spend these in compliance with the conditions of the gifts, grants, or donations; and
   8. (h) adopt rules necessary to administer the provisions of this part.

2. (2) The department shall recommend to the board of livestock:

   1. (a) the names of individuals to be rewarded for providing information used in detecting and combating livestock-related crimes;
   2. (b) the amount of any reward recommended; and
   3. (c) means for promoting the program.

History: En. Secs. 6, 7, Ch. 571, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 99, L. 2023.