54-726.04 Diseased swine; unlawful importation; penalties; costs; disposition. - Nebraska Statutes

54-726.04. Diseased swine; unlawful importation; penalties; costs; disposition.Any person who imports or aids or abets the importation of any swine into the State of Nebraska, knowing or having reason to believe such swine to be infected, affected, or suspected of being affected with any dangerous, infectious, contagious, or otherwise transmissible disease without first having obtained a permit from the Department of Agriculture, shall be deemed guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor, and all such swine shall be declared to be contraband to be forfeited to the State of Nebraska to be disposed of by the department without compensation or indemnity. The State of Nebraska shall be reimbursed by the owner of such swine for the cost of destruction, and action may be maintained by the department to recover such costs. All money collected shall be deposited into the state treasury for credit to the General Fund. SourceLaws 1952, Sixty-fourth Spec. Sess., c. 3, § 3, p. 58; Laws 1965, c. 8, § 14, p. 96; Laws 1977, LB 39, § 22; Laws 1994, LB 884, § 68.