WAC 16-89-013   Indemnification.  (1) As provided for under RCW 16.36.096, subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, owners, individuals, partnerships, corporations or other legal entities whose animals have been slaughtered or destroyed by order of the director may be eligible for indemnification in an amount not to exceed seventy-five percent of the appraised or salvage value of the animal ordered slaughtered or destroyed.

     (2) Indemnity payments will be paid only to an owner of sheep or goats that were born in the state of Washington or were imported into the state in compliance with existing Washington state statutes and rules. Payment of indemnity does not apply to animals belonging to the federal government or any of its agencies, this state or any of its agencies, or any municipal corporation. Indemnity may not be paid on animals eligible for federal indemnity payments.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 16.36.040 and chapter 34.05 RCW. 08-13-100, amended and recodified as § 16-89-013, filed 6/18/08, effective 7/19/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 16.36.040. 02-24-042, § 16-89-100, filed 12/3/02, effective 1/3/03; 99-09-026, § 16-89-100, filed 4/15/99, effective 5/16/99.]