54-703 Prevention of diseases; enforcement of sections; inspections; rules and regulations. - Nebraska Statutes

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54-703. Prevention of diseases; enforcement of sections; inspections; rules and regulations.(1) The Department of Agriculture and all inspectors and persons appointed and authorized to assist in the work of the department shall enforce sections 54-701 to 54-753.05, 54-797 to 54-7,103, and 54-7,105 to 54-7,108 as designated.(2) The department and any officer, agent, employee, or appointee of the department shall have the right to enter upon the premises of any person who has, or is suspected of having, any animal thereon, including any premises where the carcass or carcasses of dead livestock may be found or where a facility for the disposal or storage of dead livestock is located, for the purpose of making any and all inspections, examinations, tests, and treatments of such animal, to inspect livestock carcass disposal practices, and to declare, carry out, and enforce any and all quarantines.(3) The department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Health and Human Services, may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations reflecting best management practices for the burial of carcasses of dead livestock.(4) The Department of Agriculture shall further adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to promptly and efficiently enforce and effectuate the general purpose and provisions of such sections. SourceLaws 1927, c. 12, art. I, § 3, p. 81; C.S.1929, § 54-903; R.S.1943, § 54-703; Laws 1993, LB 267, § 4; Laws 2001, LB 438, § 4; Laws 2006, LB 856, § 18; Laws 2007, LB296, § 224.

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54-703. Prevention of diseases; enforcement of sections; inspections; rules and regulations.(1) The Department of Agriculture and all inspectors and persons appointed and authorized to assist in the work of the department shall enforce sections 54-701 to 54-753.05, 54-797 to 54-7,103, and 54-7,105 to 54-7,108 as designated.(2) The department and any officer, agent, employee, or appointee of the department shall have the right to enter upon the premises of any person who has, or is suspected of having, any animal thereon, including any premises where the carcass or carcasses of dead livestock may be found or where a facility for the disposal or storage of dead livestock is located, for the purpose of making any and all inspections, examinations, tests, and treatments of such animal, to inspect livestock carcass disposal practices, and to declare, carry out, and enforce any and all quarantines.(3) The department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Health and Human Services, may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations reflecting best management practices for the burial of carcasses of dead livestock.(4) The Department of Agriculture shall further adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to promptly and efficiently enforce and effectuate the general purpose and provisions of such sections. SourceLaws 1927, c. 12, art. I, § 3, p. 81; C.S.1929, § 54-903; R.S.1943, § 54-703; Laws 1993, LB 267, § 4; Laws 2001, LB 438, § 4; Laws 2006, LB 856, § 18; Laws 2007, LB296, § 224.

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54-703. Prevention of diseases; enforcement of sections; inspections; rules and regulations.(1) The Department of Agriculture and all inspectors and persons appointed and authorized to assist in the work of the department shall enforce sections 54-701 to 54-753.05, 54-797 to 54-7,103, and 54-7,105 to 54-7,108 as designated.(2) The department and any officer, agent, employee, or appointee of the department shall have the right to enter upon the premises of any person who has, or is suspected of having, any animal thereon, including any premises where the carcass or carcasses of dead livestock may be found or where a facility for the disposal or storage of dead livestock is located, for the purpose of making any and all inspections, examinations, tests, and treatments of such animal, to inspect livestock carcass disposal practices, and to declare, carry out, and enforce any and all quarantines.(3) The department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Health and Human Services, may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations reflecting best management practices for the burial of carcasses of dead livestock.(4) The Department of Agriculture shall further adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to promptly and efficiently enforce and effectuate the general purpose and provisions of such sections. SourceLaws 1927, c. 12, art. I, § 3, p. 81; C.S.1929, § 54-903; R.S.1943, § 54-703; Laws 1993, LB 267, § 4; Laws 2001, LB 438, § 4; Laws 2006, LB 856, § 18; Laws 2007, LB296, § 224.