(1) As provided under RCW
16.36.090, the director may order the slaughter or destruction of any cattle affected with or exposed to brucellosis.
(2) Under RCW
16.36.096, subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, owners, individuals, partnerships, corporations or other legal entities whose animals have been slaughtered or destroyed by order of the director may be eligible for indemnification in an amount not to exceed seventy-five percent of the appraised or salvage value of the animal ordered slaughtered or destroyed.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters
16.36 and
34.05 RCW. WSR 08-01-094, § 16-86-092, filed 12/17/07, effective 1/17/08. Statutory Authority: RCW
16.36.040. WSR 99-09-025, § 16-86-092, filed 4/15/99, effective 5/16/99. Statutory Authority: RCW
16.36.096. WSR 86-08-055 (Order 1879), § 16-86-092, filed 3/28/86. Statutory Authority: Chapters
16.36 and
16.40 RCW. WSR 79-11-096 (Order 1660), § 16-86-092, filed 10/26/79.]