§2173. Tick eradication in infested areas not under quarantine; compensation for animals killed or injured
When it is determined by the Louisiana Board of Animal Health that any parishes, or parts of parishes, not under federal or state quarantine, are partially or completely infested with cattle fever ticks, the Louisiana Board of Animal Health shall immediately take up the work of tick eradication, and continue until the cattle fever tick is completely eradicated, and notice in writing is given by the Louisiana Board of Animal Health through its executive officer to this effect. All cattle, horses, mules, jacks, and jennets killed or injured in the actual process of dipping done under the supervision of the Louisiana Board of Animal Health, or its quarantine inspector, shall, upon satisfactory proof, be compensated for to the owner thereof by the Louisiana Board of Animal Health upon the value fixed by a board of appraisers, which board shall be the same board provided for in R.S. 3:2181.
Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008.