2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Act 189 of 1931


THE INSECT PEST AND PLANT DISEASE ACT

Act 189 of 1931

AN ACT to regulate the sale and distribution of nursery stock, plants, and plant products; to prevent the introduction into and the dissemination within this state of insect pests and plant diseases; to provide for the destruction and control of insect pests and plant diseases; to provide for the destruction or treatment of certain plants or plant products; to provide for license and to provide for inspection; and imposing certain powers and duties on the director of agriculture; to provide for the promulgation of rules; to prescribe penalties and civil sanctions; and to provide remedies.


History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;--Am. 1955, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 ;--Am. 1961, Act 239, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961 ;--Am. 1978, Act 123, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1978 ;--Am. 1984, Act 88, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1984 ;--Am. 2005, Act 53, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2005




The People of the State of Michigan enact:

DocumentDescription
Section 286.201Insect pest and plant disease act; short title.
Section 286.202Definitions.
Section 286.203Inspection of nursery and other premises; right of access.
Section 286.204Inspection of stock before sale; application; assumed name.
Section 286.205Nursery stock from foreign country; inspection.
Section 286.206Annual inspections of nurseries, cellars, and warehouses; fee; certificate; term; unlawful sale, shipment or certificate; basis for charging inspection fee; review and adjustment of fees schedule.
Section 286.207Withholding certificate; precautions; fraud, investigation, revocation of license.
Section 286.208Sale of dead or weakened nursery stock; penalty.
Section 286.209License required for sale of nursery stock; application; payment, disposition, and use of fees; horticulture fund; creation and administration; advisory committee; section inapplicable to certain persons; receipt of completed application; issuance of certificate within certain period of time; report; "completed application" defined.
Section 286.210Licenses to sell nursery stock; buyers and dealers; certificate to deal in inspected stock, number of licenses.
Section 286.211Nonresident nurseryman, dealer, or grower; license required; fee; waiver; reciprocal agreements; violation as ground for denial of right to ship nursery stock.
Section 286.212Licenses to sell nursery stocks; agent's permit, fee; list of agents, transfer of permits.
Section 286.213Revocation, suspension or withholding of license or certificate; hearing; appeal.
Section 286.214Revocation, suspension or withholding of license or certificate; hearing, order of revocation; penalty for wrongful use of license on certificate, withholding.
Section 286.215Tags on stock; inspection of imported stock on request; expense.
Section 286.216Tags on stock; certificate of inspection; unlawful transportation; report to commissioner.
Section 286.216aDefinitions; sale, distribution, or use of purple loosestrife.
Section 286.217Sale of stock; inspection, transportation of nursery stock, native trees, perennials, shrubs; uninspected stock.
Section 286.218Nuisances; public places kept free from injurious insect pests and plant diseases; insects, fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses or living plant parasitic organisms; permits.
Section 286.219Barberry, mahonia or mahoberberis bushes subject to black stem rust of small grains; destruction; rules.
Section 286.219aChokecherry harmful to peach or cherry trees prohibited; destruction; rules.
Section 286.220Insect pests and plant diseases; eradication of nuisances; notice; abatement; inspection; payment of expenses.
Section 286.221Inspection of public grounds; application, payment of expense.
Section 286.222Inspection of plants and plant products before interstate shipment; expenses, certificate.
Section 286.223Quarantine; enforcement, hearing, notice.
Section 286.223aRules.
Section 286.224Violation of act; penalty, quarantine, misdemeanor.
Section 286.225Review of rule or order; appeal to circuit court.
Section 286.226Violation of act; penalty.
Section 286.228Violation of certain laws, rules, or orders; civil infraction; fines; limitation; misdemeanor; felony; liability; "person" defined; applicability.

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