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249.070 Entomologist to inspect nurseries and order management of plant pests -Shipment of affected stock prohibited -- Exception.
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All nurseries in the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall be inspected by the state
entomologist, his deputy, or by a nursery inspector, once each year. The state
entomologist may collect specimens of plant material in order to make cultures and
positive identifications of plant pests. The state entomologist also may inspect
nursery stock which is stored in cellars, heeling in grounds, or warehouses, to
ascertain whether it is infested with insect pests or plant diseases. If, upon the
inspection of any nursery, it appears that the nursery and its premises are not
infected or infested with insect pests and plant diseases, the state entomologist shall
issue to the nursery a certificate of inspection. The certificate of inspection shall be
valid through June 30 of the following year. This certificate shall be prominently
displayed in the main office of the building.
If the nursery and its premises are infected or infested with insect pests and plant
diseases, the state entomologist shall notify the owners or managers of the nurseries,
and shall also notify, in writing, the owner of any affected nursery stock to take such
measures, on or before a certain day, for the management of plant pests as have
been shown to be effectual.
The owner or manager of the affected nursery shall, within the time specified, take
steps for the mitigation of plant pests.
No owner or manager of affected nursery stock shall sell or offer for sale, ship,
deliver, or remove from a nursery any nursery stock affected with plant pests, until
the stock has been officially inspected and a certificate covering it has been issued
by the state entomologist.
The provisions of this section do not apply to florists' greenhouse plants nor to
flowers or cuttings.
Effective: July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 142, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts
ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1925a-3, 1925a-4.
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