Sec 3-1337. Service charge and inspection fee; self-inspection; civil penalties

A. Livestock officers and inspectors shall collect from the person in charge of cattle inspected a service charge of three dollars plus an inspection fee of twenty-five cents per head for making inspections for the transfer of ownership, sale, slaughter or transportation of cattle.

B. Livestock officers and inspectors shall collect from the person in charge of sheep inspected a service charge of three dollars plus an inspection fee of five cents per head for making inspections for the transfer of ownership, sale, slaughter or transportation of sheep.

C. Livestock officers and inspectors shall collect from the person in charge of dairy cattle inspected a service charge of three dollars plus an inspection fee of twenty-five cents per head for making inspections for the transfer of ownership, sale, slaughter or transportation of dairy cattle.

D. The division may approve self-inspection by movers of beef cattle, feedlots and dairies pursuant to section 3-1203, subsection D. Movement shall be documented on forms provided by the department. Movers of beef cattle, feedlots and dairies that utilize self-inspection shall pay an outgoing inspection fee of twenty cents per head.

E. Service charges and inspection fees collected by the livestock officers and inspectors and feedlots and dairies utilizing self-inspection shall be remitted to the division. Service charges and inspection fees incurred by feedlots and dairies shall be remitted to the department within ten days after the end of the month in which the livestock were inspected.