§1309.__Maine cattle health assurance program

The commissioner shall develop a Maine cattle health assurance program to ensure the highest quality of products by encouraging all livestock producers in this State to use best management practices.__The department shall develop a farm assessment plan that provides for on-site evaluations of farms to assess and suggest ways to improve the health of herds, protect the health and safety of herds from disease and protect farms from environmental liability.

The commissioner in consultation with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, state and federal veterinarians and livestock producers in this State shall adopt rules for the administration of this section.__Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

§1310.__Cattle Health Assurance Program Fund

The Treasurer of State shall establish a separate account known as the Cattle Health Assurance Program Fund.__This fund does not lapse but must be carried forward.__Funds from this account may be used to pay for administrative costs associated with section 1309.

Sec. 3. 7 MRSA c. 202 is amended by repealing the chapter headnote and enacting in its place the following:

CHAPTER 202

CERVIDS

Sec. 4. 7 MRSA §1331, as amended by PL 2001, c. 572, §§10 and 11, is repealed.

Sec. 5. 7 MRSA §1332, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 765, §2, is amended to read:

§1332. Animal Industry Fund

The Treasurer of State shall establish a separate account known as the Animal Industry Fund. This fund does not lapse but must be carried forward. Except as provided in section 1346, license fees collected under section 1331, subsection 2 1333, subsection 3 and license and tagging fees collected under section 1342, subsections 3 and 4 must be deposited in the account.

Funds from this account may be used to pay for administrative