Sec. 22.
(1) If an animal is imported into this state without the required official tests or documents, the director may do any or all of the following:
(a) Quarantine the animal.
(b) Require that the required tests or documents be performed or obtained at the owner's expense.
(c) Require the animal be returned to the state of origin within 10 days after such notification.
(d) Order the slaughter, destruction, or other disposition of the livestock, if it is determined by the director that the control or eradication of a disease or condition of the livestock is warranted. Livestock determined to be imported without meeting import requirements are not eligible for indemnity.
(e) Allow a direct movement of the animal or animals to slaughter by permit.
(f) Allow legal importation into another state.
(2) If the official test result or proof of shipment of the animal back to the state of origin has not been received within 15 days after notification, the director may order that the required tests be performed by a department veterinarian, at the owner's or importer's expense.
History: 1988, Act 466, Eff. Mar. 28, 1989 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 41, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1994 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 369, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1996 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 458, Imd. Eff. June 21, 2002
Last modified: October 10, 2016