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Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry
Act 189 of 1931 THE INSECT PEST AND PLANT DISEASE ACT (286.201 - 286.228)
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 the licensure and inspection of certain persons and activities under certain circumstances; to impose certain powers and duties on the director of agriculture; to create certain restricted funds for certain department activities and to allow allocation of those funds throughout the department; 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 ;-- Am. 2007, Act 84, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2007
- Section 286.201 Insect pest and plant disease act; short title.
- Section 286.202 Definitions.
- Section 286.203 Inspection of nursery and other premises; right of access.
- Section 286.204 Inspection of stock before sale; application; assumed name.
- Section 286.205 Nursery stock from foreign country; inspection.
- Section 286.206 Inspections of nurseries; fee; certificate of inspection; validity; prohibitions; basis for charging inspection fee; review and adjustment of fees schedule.
- Section 286.207 Withholding certificate; precautions; fraud, investigation, revocation of license.
- Section 286.208 Sale of dead or weakened nursery stock; penalty.
- Section 286.209 License required for sale of nursery stock; exception; application; fees; agriculture licensing and inspection fees fund; horticulture fund; creation and administration; advisory committee; section inapplicable to certain persons; issuance of initial or renewal license; failure to issue or deny license within time period; report; “completed application” defined.
- Section 286.210 Licenses to sell nursery stock; buyers and dealers; certificate to deal in inspected stock, number of licenses.
- Section 286.211 Nonresident nurseryman, dealer, or grower; license required; fee; waiver; reciprocal agreements; violation as grounds for denial of right to ship nursery stock.
- Section 286.212 Licenses to sell nursery stocks; agent's permit, fee; list of agents, transfer of permits.
- Section 286.213 Revocation, suspension or withholding of license or certificate; hearing; appeal.
- Section 286.214 Revocation, suspension or withholding of license or certificate; hearing, order of revocation; penalty for wrongful use of license on certificate, withholding.
- Section 286.215 Tags on stock; inspection of imported stock on request; expense.
- Section 286.216 Tags on stock; certificate of inspection; unlawful transportation; report to commissioner.
- Section 286.216a Definitions; sale, distribution, or use of purple loosestrife.
- Section 286.217 Sale of nursery stock; inspection; transportation of nursery stock, wild trees, herbaceous perennials, and shrubs; uninspected stock; shipping documents.
- Section 286.218 Nuisances; public places kept free from injurious insect pests and plant diseases; insects, fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses or living plant parasitic organisms; permits.
- Section 286.219 Barberry, mahonia or mahoberberis bushes subject to black stem rust of small grains; destruction; rules.
- Section 286.219a Chokecherry harmful to peach or cherry trees prohibited; destruction; rules.
- Section 286.220 Insect pests and plant diseases; eradication of nuisances; notice; abatement; inspection; payment of expenses.
- Section 286.221 Inspection of public grounds; application, payment of expense.
- Section 286.222 Inspection of plants and plant products before interstate shipment; request; expenses; certificate.
- Section 286.223 Quarantine; enforcement, hearing, notice.
- Section 286.223a Rules.
- Section 286.223b Rescission of R 285.607, R 285.611, R 285.613, and R 285.618.
- Section 286.224 Violation of act; penalty, quarantine, misdemeanor.
- Section 286.225 Review of rule or order; appeal to circuit court.
- Section 286.226 Violation of act; penalty.
- Section 286.228 Violation of certain laws, rules, or orders; civil infraction; fines; limitation; misdemeanor; felony; liability; "person" defined; applicability.
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