Section 81-6-313 - Powers and duties of department - rules(1) The department may: (a) create, maintain, and promote a statewide livestock crimestoppers program in order to assist law enforcement agencies in detecting and combating livestock-related crimes;(b) advise and assist in the creation and maintenance of local programs;(c) encourage the channeling of information from the programs to law enforcement agencies;(d) foster the detection of livestock-related crimes by the public;(e) encourage the public, through a reward program or otherwise, to provide information that assists in the prosecution of livestock-related crimes;(f) promote the state and local programs through the media;(g) accept gifts, grants, or donations for the furtherance of the program and spend these in compliance with the conditions of the gifts, grants, or donations; and(h) adopt rules necessary to administer the provisions of this part.(2) The department shall recommend to the board of livestock: (a) the names of individuals to be rewarded for providing information used in detecting and combating livestock-related crimes;(b) the amount of any reward recommended; and(c) means for promoting the program.Amended by Laws 2023, Ch. 99,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2023.En. Secs. 6, 7, Ch. 571, L. 1983.