{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-257.020","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 257.020","heading":"Duties of Board of Agriculture.","body":"The board shall:\n(1) Enforce the provisions of this chapter;\n(2) Adopt and enforce measures as it deems necessary to protect and promote the\nlivestock, poultry, fish, and animal industries. Measures falling within the scope of\nKRS 257.196 shall be adopted and enforced in conformity with that section;\n(3) Prevent, control, and eradicate any communicable disease of livestock, poultry, and\nfish;\n(4) Investigate the prevalence of communicable diseases in livestock, poultry, and fish\nupon receipt of reports of those diseases;\n(5) Issue information as it deems necessary for public distribution;\n(6) Give information and instruction to farmers and breeders and feeders of livestock,\npoultry, and fish in the nature, cause, prevention, and control of communicable\ndiseases; and\n(7) Regulate the importation, sale, use, and distribution of products or material used in\nthe diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of animal diseases.","path":["KRS Chapter 257"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=12341","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:06Z","sha256":"120fa0f7eb4942d76fddce3a509e422ca5b6f17a0cc297e44f226ce80f67e6f6","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-257.010","next":"us-ky/krs-257.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}