Section 11-0525. Control of rabies in wildlife

1. Whenever the disease rabies occurs in any area of the state and the
  infection  of  wild  foxes or other wildlife populations is certified to
  exist therein by the joint determination of the Departments  of  Health,
  Agriculture    and   Markets   and   Environmental   Conservation,   and
  certification is made to the Commissioner of Environmental  Conservation
  by  the  Commissioners of Health and of Agriculture and Markets that the
  health and welfare of the human population or the health and welfare  of
  domestic  livestock are in danger therefrom, the department is thereupon
  authorized and directed to undertake through  the  use  of  professional
  trappers or by other means such fox control or wildlife control measures
  in  the  certified  area  as  in  its judgment will eliminate, reduce or
  confine the disease.
    2. Such control measures shall be continued until the Commissioners of
  Health, Agriculture and Markets  and  Environmental  Conservation  shall
  jointly determine that control measures should be terminated.
    3.  Necessary  expenses  for  such  control  work shall be financed by
  moneys made available by appropriation or otherwise  to  the  department
  out  of moneys in the state treasury, in the general fund, to the credit
  of the state purpose fund not otherwise appropriated.