44-7-403 - Animal diagnostic laboratory Fees. - Tennessee Statutes

44-7-403. Animal diagnostic laboratory Fees.

(a)  The commissioner is authorized to charge fees for services provided by the animal diagnostic laboratory pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner; however, no fee will be charged for tests performed on livestock except for serologic testing for equine infectious anemia. For purposes of this part, “livestock” means all equine as well as animals that are being raised primarily for use as food or fiber for human utilization or consumption including, but not limited to, cattle, sheep, swine, goats and poultry.

(b)  A grading fee of six cents (6¢) per head shall be charged by the commissioner for feeder pigs and market hogs graded by employees or agents of the department. A minimum charge of thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($37.50) per day of sale shall be charged. The livestock market where the animal was graded and sold will be responsible for payment of the fees to the department.

(c)  A grading fee of twenty-five cents (25¢) per head will be charged by the commissioner for feeder calves graded by employees or agents of the department. A minimum charge of fifty dollars ($50.00) per day of sale shall be charged. The livestock market where the animal was graded and sold will be responsible for payment of the fees to the department.

[Acts 1983, ch. 153, § 1; T.C.A., § 44-13-103; Acts 1996, ch. 792, § 1; 2002, ch. 640, § 17.]