Authority is hereby delegated to the Louisiana Board of Animal Health to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture, APHIS Veterinary Services, in a tuberculosis control and eradication program for livestock; and the Louisiana Board of Animal Health is authorized to expend funds for the operation of the state-federal cooperative tuberculosis control and eradication program for livestock, including indemnity payments when funds permit, for animals slaughtered under the program. State indemnity shall not exceed that paid by the United States Department of Agriculture, APHIS Veterinary Services.
La. R.S. § 3:2262