• § 4-4-60 - Extermination of Parasites and Development of Livestock Industry Under Supervision and Control of Commissioner; Employment of Inspectors and Veterinarians; Public Report
  The work of exterminating the cattle fever tick, screwworm, and other parasites and of developing the livestock industry in this state shall be under...
• § 4-4-61 - Duties of Livestock Inspectors and Supervising Veterinarians Generally
  It shall be the duty of all livestock inspectors and supervising veterinarians employed by the Commissioner to enforce the provisions of this part and...
• § 4-4-62 - Right of Entry of Inspectors
  The Commissioner or any duly authorized livestock inspector is authorized and empowered, in the discharge of the duties imposed upon him by this part,...
• § 4-4-63 - Appointment of Federal Livestock Inspectors As State Livestock Inspectors
  The Commissioner may appoint or commission federal veterinarians or livestock inspectors to work as state livestock inspectors, provided that they shall act without pay...
• § 4-4-64 - Establishment and Maintenance of Quarantine Lines for Protection of Livestock Generally
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "animal" means the domestic animals and livestock of this state, including poultry.(b) In addition to...
• § 4-4-65 - Maintenance of Quarantine Along State Borders to Prevent Introduction of Parasites or Diseases Into State
  The Commissioner shall provide and maintain an effective quarantine along the borders of Georgia by the use of patrols or in such other manner...
• § 4-4-66 - Movement of Cattle Infested With Parasites
  The movement of cattle infested with cattle fever tick, screwworm, or other parasites into, within, or through the state at any time or for...
• § 4-4-67 - Establishment of Quarantines in Areas in Which Livestock Affected With or Exposed to Contagious or Infectious Disease; Transportation of Livestock Within and From Quarantined Areas
  (a) The Commissioner or any duly authorized livestock inspector is authorized and required to quarantine any stall, lot, yard, pasture, field, farm, premises, packing...
• § 4-4-68 - Employment of Veterinary Surgeon or Expert
  (a) When the Commissioner receives a request to investigate, treat, or otherwise prevent the spread of an infectious or contagious disease affecting the livestock...
• § 4-4-69 - Regulation of Manufacture and Use of Disease Vectors
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "disease vector" means any agent or material which has the power to produce or spread...
• § 4-4-70 - Conduct of Programs to Eradicate Contagious or Infectious Diseases Generally
  Whenever it is determined by the Commissioner, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture, that a contagious or infectious disease should be...
• § 4-4-71 - Cooperation of Commissioner With Other Officials in Establishing Quarantine Lines
  The Commissioner shall cooperate with officials of other states and with the secretary of agriculture of the United States in establishing quarantine lines.
• § 4-4-72 - Indemnification of Owners of Livestock Destroyed in Eradication of Diseases
  (a) The Commissioner is authorized, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture, to indemnify the owner of livestock destroyed in eradicating any...
• § 4-4-73 - Transfer of State Funds to Eradication Programs for Purposes of Matching Federal Funds
  For the purpose of matching available federal funds where state funds are insufficient, the Governor may transfer money from any available funds in the...
• § 4-4-74 - Penalty for Violation of Quarantine
  Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation which violates any quarantine provision, rule, or regulation established by the Commissioner under the authority of law for...
• § 4-4-75 - Interfering With Commissioner or Livestock Inspectors
  Any person who shall forcibly resist, oppose, assault, prevent, impede, or interfere with the Commissioner or any duly authorized livestock inspector in the execution...
• § 4-4-76 - Importation of Diseased Livestock
  Any person who shall knowingly import within the limits of this state any livestock with contagious diseases, except distemper, shall be guilty of a

Last modified: October 14, 2016