Section 4.1-19-03 - Purposes - DutiesThe agriculture commissioner shall:
1. Promote improved poultry breeding practices and cooperate with the board of animal health in controlling and eradicating contagious or infectious diseases of poultry.2. Act as the official state agency for North Dakota in cooperation with the veterinary services, animal plant health inspection service, and United States department of agriculture, for the purpose of furthering the objectives and supervising the state's participation in the national poultry improvement plan.3. Act as the state agency to cooperate with the United States department of agriculture to provide federal-state grading service for poultry and poultry products offered for sale at the retail level, to supervise the federal-state poultry grading service, and to enforce regulations at the retail level as to identification by grade of all poultry sold.4. Promote the welfare and improvement of the poultry industry and the marketing of poultry and poultry products within the state.5. Adopt rules under chapter 28-32 as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.Added by S.L. 2017, ch. 61 (SB 2026),§ 3, eff. 7/1/2017.