§ 16-41-34-4 — Extermination and destruction

(a) The:
(1) executive of a county, with the consent of the fiscal body of
the county; and
(2) legislative body of a town or city;
whenever the executive or legislative body determines by resolution
that it is necessary for the preservation of the public health or to
prevent the spread of contagious or infectious disease communicable
to humans, or when the executive or legislative body determines that
it is necessary to prevent great damage to crops, grain, food, or other
property, may appropriate money for the purchase of and may purchase
poison, traps, and other materials for the purpose of eliminating and
destroying rats in the county, town, or city.
(b) The county, town, or city may employ inspectors who shall
prosecute the work of extermination and destruction under the direction
of the executive or legislative body or the local health officer or board
of health on both private and public property in the county, town, or
city.
(c) The inspectors may when necessary to carry out this article do
the following:
(1) Dig into the ground.
(2) Remove parts of floors, walls, or other parts of buildings or
structures.
(3) Remove from one (1) place to another on the premises any
other property when reasonably necessary to do so.
(d) The inspectors, after taking the necessary steps for the discovery
and destruction of rats on any premises, shall restore the premises, as
far as may be reasonably practicable, to the condition in which the
premises were found.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-27-3.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.