§ 3.1-754. (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Additional compensation to owners of slaughtered animals; liab...
In addition to the amount received for the carcasses of animals slaughtered, further compensation may be paid to the owners by the Department out of funds appropriated for that purpose at a rate not exceeding that set forth by the United States Department of Agriculture, provided that the total amount received by the owner shall not exceed the appraised value of such animal or animals less the amount received for slaughter.
Whenever the owner selling an animal that has been condemned is unable to obtain compensation out of state and federal appropriations because of the failure of the purchaser to furnish the seller with such proof of slaughter as may be required, the purchaser shall, in addition to the agreed purchase price, be liable to the seller for the amounts he would otherwise receive out of state and federal appropriations.
The Commissioner may, in his discretion, at the request of the owner, order the slaughter of nonreactor animals if he finds that they have been exposed to brucellosis as members of an infected herd and that the entire herd should be depopulated to control the spread of the disease. In such case, the owner shall be entitled to receive, within the amount appropriated for such purposes, indemnity in an amount equal to the difference between the full appraised value of the animal and the total of the amounts received by the owner from the federal government as indemnity and from the sale of the animal as salvage.
The Commissioner may, in his discretion, order the slaughter of any animal, or of all or part of any herd, which he finds has been exposed to brucellosis by association with a positive reactor or by any other manner of exposure which he finds may make the animal or herd liable to contract or communicate the disease. In such case, the owner shall be entitled to receive, within the amount appropriated for such purpose, indemnity for each reactor animal and for each nonreactor animal as set forth in this section unless the Commissioner finds that such owner has failed to comply with any laws, rules or regulations relating to the control or eradication of brucellosis.
(Code 1950, § 3-590; 1954, c. 437; 1966, c. 702; 1968, c. 49; 1982, c. 284.)
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