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Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXI. Agriculture and Animals § 257.192.Kentucky Livestock Care Standards Commission; members

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

The Kentucky Livestock Care Standards Commission is hereby created to make recommendations to the board to establish, maintain, or revise standards governing the care and well-being of on-farm livestock and poultry. The commission shall be attached to the Department of Agriculture for administrative purposes and shall consist of sixteen (16) members as follows:

(1) The state veterinarian, who shall be a nonvoting member;

(2) The co-chairs of the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture, who shall be nonvoting, ex officio members; and

(3) Thirteen (13) voting members as follows:

(a) The Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee, who shall serve as chair;

(b) The dean of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture or the dean's designee;

(c) The chair of the Animal Control Advisory Board or the chair's designee;

(d) The director of the University of Kentucky Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center or the director of the Murray State University Breathitt Veterinary Center. Each director shall serve one (1) year terms on a rotating basis;

(e) Four (4) members appointed by the Governor as follows:

1. One (1) person selected from a list of three (3) submitted by the Kentucky Farm Bureau;

2. One (1) person selected from a list of three (3) submitted by the Kentucky County Judge/Executive Association;

3. One (1) veterinarian selected from a list of three (3) submitted by the Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association. The veterinarian's practice shall include working on one (1) or more of the species named in paragraph (f) of this subsection; and

4. One (1) citizen at large with an interest in food safety; and

(f) Five (5) members actively engaged in farming and appointed by the Governor with assistance by the department. The department shall contact commodity organizations named in this paragraph, collect a list of potential representatives from the organizations, and deliver the list to the Governor. The Governor shall appoint:

1. One (1) active producer from the list submitted by Kentucky commodity organizations representing bovine species;

2. One (1) active producer from the list submitted by Kentucky commodity organizations representing ovine and caprine species;

3. One (1) active producer from the list submitted by Kentucky commodity organizations representing porcine species;

4. One (1) active producer from the list submitted by Kentucky commodity organizations representing equine species; and

5. One (1) active producer from the list submitted by Kentucky commodity organizations representing poultry species.

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