§ 2-40-1006 - Requirements for railroads. - Arkansas Statutes

2-40-1006. Requirements for railroads.

(a) (1) It shall be unlawful for any railroad company carrying cattle from other states or territories below the quarantine line established by the United States Department of Agriculture, or from below the district cattle quarantine line in this state, to unload cattle at any point in Arkansas above the district cattle quarantine line, except at such points as may be designated by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission and under such restrictions as are prescribed by the United States Department of Agriculture.

(2) Pursuant to 2-40-1003(d), cattle may be transported over the district cattle quarantine line and unloaded when accompanied by a certificate of inspection by a federal or state veterinary inspector.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any railway company to throw out from any car, which since last cleansing has contained cattle from below the district cattle quarantine line of this state or from below the quarantine line established by the United States Department of Agriculture in other states or territories, the excreta, litter, or other refuse, at any point in Arkansas north of the quarantine line, except under such restrictions as are prescribed by the United States Department of Agriculture.

(c) Railroad companies in Arkansas shall fence all their rights-of-way above the district cattle quarantine line established by 2-40-1003(d).