Relating to the control of bovine tuberculosis; defining bovine tuberculosis management zone; providing for the buyout of certain cattle by the board of animal health; requiring the board to conduct a risk assessment for cattle continuing to be located within the bovine tuberculosis management zone; providing fencing cost sharing assistance to certain cattle producers; granting the board of animal health the authority to control tuberculosis and the movement of cattle, bison and farmed cervidae within and between tuberculosis zones in the state; providing for the designation of zones; specifying the authority of the board to control cattle, bison and farmed cervidae within modified accredited zones; modifying restrictions and penalties for wildlife feeding within a certain area of the infected cattle herd; requiring the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) in coordination with the board of animal health to remove upon request deceased deer and elk with the modified accredited bovine tuberculosis zone; providing for the collection of a bovine tuberculosis control assessment for each head of cattle for deposit in the special revenue fund and appropriated to the board of animal health; appropriating money to the board of animal health for monitoring, testing, eradication, education and outreach of bovine tuberculosis, herd buyouts, for cattle herd buyout payments and fencing cost sharing and for a grant to North Central research center at Grand Rapids to study best management practices for control of bovine tuberculosis in pasture
(Ch. 274, 2008)