RCW 16.57.460
Livestock inspection program report. (Expires July 1, 2024.)
(1) The department shall submit a livestock inspection program report pursuant to RCW 43.01.036 by September 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, to the appropriate committees of the legislature having oversight over agriculture and fiscal matters. The report must also be submitted to the livestock identification advisory committee created in RCW 16.57.015. The report must include amounts collected, a report on program expenditures, and any recommendations for making the program more efficient, improving the program, or modifying livestock inspection fees to cover the costs of the program. The report must also address the financial status of the program, including whether there is a need to review fees so that the program continues to be supported by fees.
(2) This section expires July 1, 2024.
[ 2022 c 158 § 2; 2019 c 92 § 13.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 16 - Animals and Livestock
Chapter 16.57 - Identification of Livestock.
16.57.015 - Livestock identification advisory committee—Rule review—Fee setting.
16.57.020 - Livestock brands—Director is the recorder—Recording fee.
16.57.023 - Permanent renewal of brands—Heritage brands—Fees.
16.57.030 - Tattoo brands and marks not recordable.
16.57.040 - Production record brands.
16.57.050 - Use of unrecorded brand prohibited—Exception.
16.57.060 - Brands similar to governmental brands not to be recorded.
16.57.070 - Conflicting claims to brand.
16.57.080 - Renewal of recorded brands—Schedule—Fee—Failure to pay.
16.57.100 - Right to use brand—Brand as evidence of title.
16.57.105 - Preemptory right to use brand.
16.57.110 - Size and characteristics of brand.
16.57.120 - Removal or alteration of brand—Penalty.
16.57.130 - Similar brands not to be recorded.
16.57.140 - Certified copy of record of brand—Fee.
16.57.150 - Brand book—Contents—Costs.
16.57.153 - Administration of brands—Rules.
16.57.165 - Agreements with others to perform livestock inspection.
16.57.170 - Inspection of livestock, hides, records.
16.57.200 - Duty of owner or agent—Livestock inspection.
16.57.210 - Arrest without warrant.
16.57.220 - Livestock inspection—Fee schedule—Certificates.
16.57.223 - Payment of inspection fee—Due at inspection—Lien—Late fee.
16.57.230 - Charges for livestock inspection—Actual inspection required.
16.57.240 - Certificates of permit, inspection, self-inspection.
16.57.245 - Authority to stop vehicles carrying cattle or horses.
16.57.260 - Removal of cattle or horses from state—Inspection certificate required.
16.57.267 - Failure to present animal for inspection.
16.57.270 - Unlawful to refuse assistance in establishing identity and ownership of livestock.
16.57.275 - Transporting cattle carcass or primal part—Certificate of permit required.
16.57.277 - Custom slaughter beef tags—Fee—Rules.
16.57.280 - Possession of cattle or horse marked with another's brand—Penalty.
16.57.300 - Proceeds from sale of impounded cattle and horses—Paid to director.
16.57.310 - Notice of sale—Claim on proceeds.
16.57.330 - Disposition of proceeds of sale—No claim made—No proof of ownership provided.
16.57.340 - Reciprocal agreements—When livestock from another state an estray, sale.
16.57.350 - Rules—Enforcement of chapter.
16.57.353 - Rules—Compliance with federal requirements.
16.57.360 - Civil infractions—Time and mileage fee.
16.57.370 - Disposition of fees.
16.57.400 - Horse and cattle identification—Inspection when consigned for sale.
16.57.405 - Microchip in a horse—Removal with intent to defraud—Gross misdemeanor.
16.57.407 - Microchip in a horse—Authority to investigate removal.
16.57.420 - Ratite identification.
16.57.430 - Replacement copies of brand inspection documents—Rules—Fees.
16.57.440 - Unlawful transport or delivery of cattle or horses.