Document Citation: 16 P.S. § 5138

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PENNSYLVANIA STATUTES
TITLE 16. COUNTIES
CHAPTER 2. SECOND CLASS COUNTY CODE
ARTICLE XXI. SPECIAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COUNTY
(E) ANIMAL AND PLANT HUSBANDRY


Date:
08/31/2009

Document:
§ 5138. Suppression of animal and plant diseases


The board of commissioners is hereby authorized to make appropriations from county funds for the purpose of controlling and suppressing dangerous infectious disease of livestock and poultry and dangerous plant diseases and insect pests and diseases to honeybees, in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture of Pennsylvania.

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the section, the board of county commissioners may enter into agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture concerning terms, rules, regulations and practices for conducting the work.