Richie Farmer, Commissioner
Kentucky Proud
1) Effective Immediately – Applications Received to import horses to Kentucky for completion of the CEM Quarantine will be assessed the $100 Application Fee.
(Applications that have already been submitted and KY’s Approval to Import issued to the USDA’s Animal Import Center will be waived)

2) Effective with horses arriving in KY after February 28th to complete CEM testing and treatments the appropriate fees for receiving the animals will be assessed.
(There are no horses currently approved to arrive after Saturday, February 28th. If you have horses already approved and they are delayed to arrive after 2/28 – the appropriate fee will be assessed)

 

3) Effective immediately – horses arriving at Nights and on Weekends will be charged at the recently adopted overtime rates described below.

 

A description of the fee structure and overtime rates included in the regulations follows. For more complete information you can visit the appropriate regulation
Mares: See Section 5 - http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/302/020/110.htm
Stallions: See Section 3 - http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/302/020/110.htm

 

APPLICATION CHARGE:
User fees shall be assessed for an equine import.
(1)(a) An import broker making application to import a stallion into Kentucky for completion of a CEM quarantine shall be assessed and pay a fee for the processing, implementation, and monitoring of the quarantine.
(b) If multiple destinations are declared for animals to be quarantined, each listed destination shall constitute a separate application.

 

MARE CHARGE:
Upon receipt of the mare(s) at the quarantine facility, the broker shall be assessed a fee of $120 per individual mare for the receipt, inspection, quarantine, and monitoring to establish the animal’s disease status during the quarantine period.

 

STALLION CHARGES:
Upon receipt of a stallion at the quarantine facility the broker shall be assessed a fee of $260 per individual stallion for the receipt, inspection, quarantine, test breeding, and monitoring of the stallion and test mares to establish the animal's disease status during the quarantine period.


OVERTIME RATES:
An import broker shall pay a fee for each shipment of mares which arrives at a Kentucky quarantine destination on weekends, state-recognized holidays, and between the hours of 5:01 p.m. and 6:59 a.m.
(a) For weekends and between the hours of 5:01 p.m. and 6:59 a.m., the assessed fee shall be sixty (60) dollars per hour with a minimum of two (2) hours time charged.
(b) For state-recognized holidays, the assessed fee shall be $120 per hour with a minimum of two (2) hours charged. The holiday fee shall apply to all mares received during the holiday period which runs from the close of business on the last scheduled work day preceding the holiday, through the start of business on the next scheduled work day following the holiday.

 

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