[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR50.8]

[Page 148]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 50_ANIMALS DESTROYED BECAUSE OF TUBERCULOSIS--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart A_General Indemnity
 
Sec. 50.8  Payment of expenses for transporting and disposing of infected, exposed, and suspect animals.

    The Department may pay, when approved in advance in writing by the 
Veterinarian in Charge, one half the expenses of transporting infected, 
exposed, or suspect livestock to slaughter or to the point where 
disposal will take place, and one half the expenses of destroying, 
burying, incinerating, rendering, or otherwise disposing of infected, 
exposed, or suspect livestock; Provided that, the Department may pay 
more than one-half of the expenses when the Administrator determines 
that doing so will contribute to the tuberculosis eradication program. 
For reimbursement to be made, the owner of the animals must present the 
Veterinarian in Charge with a copy of either a receipt for expenses paid 
or a bill for services rendered. Any bill for services rendered by the 
owner must not be greater than the normal fee for similar services 
provided by a commercial hauler or renderer.

[62 FR 49592, Sept. 23, 1997; as amended at 63 FR 34264, June 24, 1998; 
67 FR 7591, Feb. 20, 2002]