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NE Code § 2-1079.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-1079.02 - Genetically engineered plant organism, defined.

2-1079.02.  Genetically engineered plant organism, defined.Genetically engineered plant organism shall mean an organism altered or produced through genetic modification from a donor, vector, or recipient organism using recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid techniques.Source  Laws 1993, LB 406, § 9.
NE Code § 2-1079.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-1079.03 - Grow, defined.

2-1079.03.  Grow, defined.Grow shall mean to produce a plant or plant product, by propagation or cultivation, including, but not limited to, division, transplant, seed, or cutting, generally over a period of one year or greater. Grow does not include transferring nursery stock from one container to another or potting bare-root nursery stock, if the stock will be distributed within twelve months.Source Laws 2013, LB68, § 4.
NE Code § 2-1080.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-1080.01 - Harmonization plan, defined.

2-1080.01.  Harmonization plan, defined.Harmonization plan shall mean any agreement between states, or a state or states and the federal government, designed to limit the spread of a plant pest into or out of a designated area.Source Laws 2013, LB68, § 5.
NE Code § 2-1081 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-1081 - Nuisance plant, defined.

2-1081.  Nuisance plant, defined.Nuisance plant shall mean any plant not economically essential to the welfare of the people of Nebraska, as determined by the department, and which may serve as a favorable host of plant pests or may be detrimental to the agricultural interests of the State of Nebraska.Source  Laws 1988, LB 874, § 10.
NE Code § 2-1082 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-1082 - Nursery, defined.

2-1082.  Nursery, defined.Nursery shall mean any property where nursery stock is grown, propagated, collected, or distributed and shall include, but not be limited to, private property or any property owned, leased, or managed by any agency of the United States, the State of Nebraska or its political subdivisions, or any other state or its political subdivisions where nursery stock is fumigated, treated, packed, or stored by any person.Source  Laws 1988, LB 874, § 11.
NE Code § 2-1083 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-1083 - Nursery stock, defined.

2-1083.  Nursery stock, defined.Nursery stock shall mean all botanically classified hardy perennial or biennial plants, trees, shrubs, and vines, either domesticated or wild, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, bulbs, rhizomes, or roots thereof, and such plants and plant parts for, or capable of, propagation, excluding plants grown for indoor use, annual plants, florist stock, cut flowers, sod, turf, onions, potatoes, or seeds of any such plant.Source   Laws 1988, LB 874, § 12;  Laws 2013, LB68, § 6.
NE Code § 2-1083.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-1083.01 - Nursery stock distributor, defined.

2-1083.01.  Nursery stock distributor, defined.Nursery stock distributor shall mean any person involved in:(1) The acquisition and further distribution of nursery stock;(2) The utilization of nursery stock for landscaping or purchase of nursery stock for other persons;(3) The distribution of nursery stock with a mechanical digger, commonly known as a tree spade, or by other means;(4) The solicitation of or taking orders for sales of nursery stock in the state; or(5) The growing and distribution of nursery stock or active involvement in the management or supervision of a nursery.Source Laws 2013, LB68, § 7.
NE Code § 2-1084 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-1084 - Person, defined.

2-1084.  Person, defined.Person shall mean any body politic or corporate, society, community, the public generally, any individual, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, or association, or any agent of any such entity.Source   Laws 1988, LB 874, § 13;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 62.
NE Code § 2-1084.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-1084.01 - Place of origin, defined.

2-1084.01.  Place of origin, defined.Place of origin shall mean the county and state where nursery stock was most recently grown for a period of not less than one cycle of active growth.Source  Laws 1993, LB 406, § 10.
NE Code § 2-1085 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-1085 - Plant, defined.

2-1085.  Plant, defined.Plant shall mean any plant, plant product, plant part, or reproductive or propagative part of a plant, plant product, or plant part including, but not limited to, trees, shrubs, vines, forage and cereal plants, fruit, seeds, grain, wood, or lumber. This shall include all growing media, packing material, or containers associated with the plants, plant parts, or plant products named in this section.Source  Laws 1988, LB 874, § 14.
NE Code § 2-1086 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-1086 - Plant pest, defined.

2-1086.  Plant pest, defined.Plant pest shall mean any insect, arthropod, nematode, mollusk, fungus, bacteria, virus, mycoplasma, parasitic plant, physiological disorder, or other infectious agent which can directly or indirectly injure or cause damage or a pathological condition to plants.Source  Laws 1988, LB 874, § 15.
NE Code § 2-1087 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-1087 - Property, defined.

2-1087.  Property, defined.Property shall mean any real estate or personal property, including any vessel, automobile, aircraft, rail car, other vehicle, machinery, building, dock, nursery, orchard, or other place where plants are grown or maintained or the contents of such place.Source  Laws 1988, LB 874, § 16.
NE Code § 2-1088 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-1088 - Rules and regulations, defined.

2-1088.  Rules and regulations, defined.Rules and regulations shall mean rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department pursuant to the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act.Source  Laws 1988, LB 874, § 17.
NE Code § 2-1089 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-1089 - Wild plants, defined.

2-1089.  Wild plants, defined.Wild plants shall mean nursery stock from any place other than a nursery.Source  Laws 1988, LB 874, § 18.
NE Code § 2-1090 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-1090 - State Entomologist; position created; duties.

2-1090.  State Entomologist; position created; duties.There is hereby created in the department and under the direction of the Director of Agriculture the position of State Entomologist. Such person shall be a graduate of a recognized university with a major, or its equivalent, in entomology, plant pathology, or an equivalent biological science and have not less than two years of experience in such field and administrative work. It shall be the duty of the State Entomologist through the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act to protect the interest of Nebraska as stated in section 2-1073, to regulate the distribution of plants, and to assist exporters of plants in meeting the requirements imposed by other states or countries.Source  Laws 1988, LB 874, § 19.
NE Code § 2-10,102 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-10,102 - Collectors; nursery stock distributor's license required; inspection.

2-10,102.  Collectors; nursery stock distributor's license required; inspection.Collectors shall be required to obtain a nursery stock distributor's license and shall be required to apply for an additional inspection for the certification of the collected nursery stock as provided in section 2-1095. All collected nursery stock shall be labeled as such.Source   Laws 1988, LB 874, § 31;  Laws 2013, LB68, § 12.
NE Code § 2-10,103 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-10,103 - Nursery stock distributor; duties.

2-10,103.  Nursery stock distributor; duties.A nursery stock distributor shall:(1) Comply with the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act and the rules and regulations:(a) In the care of nursery stock;(b) In the distribution of nursery stock including nursery stock that has been withdrawn from distribution;(c) Regarding treatment or destruction of nursery stock as required by a withdrawal-from-distribution order;(d) In maintaining the nursery stock in a manner accessible to the department; and(e) In the payment of license fees;(2) Comply with any order of the director issued pursuant to the act;(3) Not distribute nursery stock obtained from an unlicensed nursery stock distributor;(4) Not allow the license to be used by any person other than the person to whom it was issued; and(5) Not interfere with the department in the performance of its duties.Source   Laws 1988, LB 874, § 32;   Laws 1993, LB 406, § 22;  Laws 2013, LB68, § 13.
NE Code § 2-10,103.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-10,103.02 - Administrative fine; collection; use.

2-10,103.02.  Administrative fine; collection; use.(1) The director may issue an order imposing an administrative fine on any person who has violated any provision, requirement, condition, limitation, or duty imposed by the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act or rules and regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to the act in an amount which shall not exceed one thousand dollars for each violation. A violation means each action which violates any separate or distinct provision, requirement, condition, limitation, or duty imposed by the act or such rules and regulations. In determining whether to impose an administrative fine and, if a fine is imposed, the amount of the fine, the director shall take into consideration (a) the seriousness of the violation, (b) the extent to which the person derived financial gain as a result of his or her failure to comply, (c) the extent of intent, willfulness, or negligence by the person in the violation, (d) the likelihood of the violation reoccurring, (e) the history of the person's failure to comply, (f) the person's attempts to prevent or limit his or her failure to comply, (g) the person's willingness to correct violations, (h) the nature of the person's disclosure of violations, (i) the person's cooperation with investigations of his or her failure to comply, and (j) any factors which may be established by the rules and regulations.(2) The department shall remit administrative fines collected under the act to the State Treasurer on a monthly basis for distribution in accordance with Article VII, section 5, of the Constitution of Nebraska.(3) Any administrative fine imposed under the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act and unpaid shall constitute a debt to the State of Nebraska which may be collected by lien foreclosure or sued for and recovered in any proper form of action in the name of the State of Nebraska in the district court of the county in which the violator resides or owns property. The lien shall attach to the real estate of the violator when notice of such lien is filed and indexed against the real estate in the office of the register of deeds or county clerk in the county where the real estate is located.Source   Laws 1993, LB 406, § 24;  Laws 2013, LB68, § 15.
NE Code § 2-10,103.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-10,103.03 - Cease and desist order; hearing.

2-10,103.03.  Cease and desist order; hearing.Whenever the director has reason to believe that any person has violated any provision of the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act or any rule or regulation, an order may be entered requiring the person to appear before the director to show cause why an order should not be entered requiring such person to cease and desist from the violation charged. Such order shall set forth notice of such hearing. Hearings shall be conducted as provided in section 2-10,103.04. After such hearing, if the director finds such person to be in violation, he or she shall enter an order requiring the person to cease and desist from the specific act, practice, or omission which violated the act.Source  Laws 1993, LB 406, § 25.
NE Code § 2-10,104 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-10,104 - Foreign distributor; reciprocity; department; reciprocal agreements.

2-10,104.  Foreign distributor; reciprocity; department; reciprocal agreements.(1) Any person residing outside the state and desiring to solicit orders or distribute nursery stock in Nebraska may do so if:(a) Such person is duly licensed under the nursery laws of the state where the nursery stock originates and the laws of that state are essentially equivalent to the laws of Nebraska as determined by the department; and(b) Such person complies with the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act and the rules and regulations on all nursery stock distributed in Nebraska.(2) The department may cooperate with and enter into reciprocal agreements with other states regarding licensing and movement of nursery stock. Reciprocal agreements with other states shall not prevent the department from prohibiting the distribution in Nebraska of nursery stock which fails to meet the minimum criteria for nursery stock of Nebraska-licensed nursery stock distributors.Source   Laws 1988, LB 874, § 33;  Laws 2013, LB68, § 17.
NE Code § 2-10,105 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-10,105 - Optional inspections; nursery stock distributor's license; optional issuance.

2-10,105.  Optional inspections; nursery stock distributor's license; optional issuance.(1) Optional inspections of plants may be conducted by the department upon request by any persons desiring such inspection. A fee as set forth in subsection (2) of section 2-1095 shall be charged for such an inspection.(2) Any person who desires a nursery stock distributor's license for any greenhouse plants grown for indoor use, annual plants, florist stock, cut flowers, sod, turf, onions, or potatoes, or seeds of any such plant, may apply for such license to the department. The inspection of such plants shall conform to the same requirements that apply to the inspection of nursery stock as set forth in section 2-1095. For persons who grow or distribute both nursery stock and greenhouse plants grown for indoor use, annual plants, florist stock, cut flowers, sod, turf, onions, or potatoes, or seeds of any such plant, one license shall be issued if the annual inspection of such plants is conducted concurrently with the nursery stock inspection and the other requirements of the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act are met. If a reinspection trip is required, the applicant shall be assessed a reinspection fee as outlined in subsection (2) of section 2-1095.Source   Laws 1988, LB 874, § 34;   Laws 1993, LB 406, § 27;  Laws 2013, LB68, § 18.
NE Code § 2-10,106 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-10,106 - Importation and distribution; labeling requirements; exception; department; powers.

2-10,106.  Importation and distribution; labeling requirements; exception; department; powers.(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, including any carrier transporting nursery stock, to bring into or cause to be brought into Nebraska any nursery stock unless such shipment is plainly and legibly marked with a label showing the name and address of the consignor and consignee, the nature and quantity of the contents, the place of origin, and the license or its equivalent issued by the recognized authorizing agency stating that the nursery from which the nursery stock originates has been inspected.(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute in Nebraska nursery stock for the purpose of resale in Nebraska without meeting the labeling criteria stated in this section.(3) The requirements of this section shall not apply to nursery stock distributed to the final consumer at a distribution location where a valid nursery stock distributor's license has been conspicuously posted.(4) The department may cause to be held for inspection any plants, regardless of proper labeling according to the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act, if there is reason to believe they are infested or infected with plant pests. Such plants shall be held only for a period of time reasonable for proper inspection and any treatment deemed necessary by the department. The department shall not be held responsible for costs incurred by treatment or delay.(5) In carrying out this section, the department may intercept or detain any person or property including vehicles or vessels reasonably believed to be carrying any plants or any other articles capable of carrying plant pests. The department may hold for treatment, destroy, or otherwise dispose of any plants, if found infested or infected with plant pests, at the owner's cost.Source   Laws 1988, LB 874, § 35;  Laws 2013, LB68, § 19.
NE Code § 2-10,107 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-10,107 - Nuisance plants; department; powers.

2-10,107.  Nuisance plants; department; powers.Any person owning or controlling property shall keep such property free from all species of plants declared by the department to be nuisance plants. If the department determines that any species or variety of plant is a nuisance plant and that such plant should be eradicated in order to safeguard the agricultural interests of the state, the department shall give public notice of proposed eradication by publication in one or more newspapers of general circulation throughout the area over which such nuisance plant exists, designating the species or variety in question, the proposed eradication area, and the reasons for the eradication. Such notice shall designate a place and time for a public hearing at which all interested parties may be heard. After such hearing has been held, the department may cause to be served by first-class mail individual notices upon the owner of record of such land at that person's last-known address stating (1) that the species or variety of plant is a nuisance plant and (2) that the department is authorized to destroy or order the destruction of such plant. It shall be the duty of every person affected by the notice to use measures of arrest and control required of such person by the instructions of the department.Source  Laws 1988, LB 874, § 36.
NE Code § 2-10,108 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-10,108 - Plant pests; department; powers.

2-10,108.  Plant pests; department; powers.(1) Whenever the department finds that there exists, in any other state, territory, country, or part thereof, any plant pests detrimental to the agricultural interests of the state and that the control, eradication, retarding, or prevention of such pests is necessary to protect the plant industry of the state, the department may impose and enforce a quarantine prohibiting the transportation into, within, or through Nebraska of such pests. Quarantine enforcement shall apply to any plants or any other property capable of carrying such plant pests regardless of whether the plants are distributed by a person holding a valid license or its equivalent issued by an authorizing agency within the state of origin recognized by the department. Nursery stock and all other plants shall be subject to any quarantine measures deemed necessary by the department.(2) When it has been determined that an area of the state is infected or infested with plant pests which may be detrimental to the agricultural interests of the state, such area may be quarantined by the department. Under such quarantine the department may restrict or prevent the movement or transportation of any plants or any other property capable of carrying such plant pests originating in or having been maintained in any area infested or infected with such plant pests. Public notice of any quarantine shall be given by the department by publication in one or more newspapers in circulation within the area of the state affected by such order.(3) Any plants or other property moved or transported in violation of a quarantine imposed pursuant to this section may be seized, treated, destroyed, or returned to the state of origin without compensation by the department.Source  Laws 1988, LB 874, § 37.
NE Code § 2-10,109 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-10,109 - Withdrawal-from-distribution order; issuance.

2-10,109.  Withdrawal-from-distribution order; issuance.If the department finds that plants are distributed in violation of the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act, the department may issue a written or printed withdrawal-from-distribution order to the person in charge of such plants for the protection of the public health, safety, or welfare and may enforce such order. Such an order shall specify the nature of each violation and the precise action required to bring the plants into compliance with the applicable provisions of the act. Such an order shall advise the person that he or she may request an immediate hearing before the department on the specified violation.The department may issue a withdrawal-from-distribution order on plants that are perishable, even if the result of such order will bring about the involuntary disposal of such items, when, in the opinion of the person issuing such order, no alternative course of action would sufficiently protect the public health, safety, or welfare under the circumstances.Source  Laws 1988, LB 874, § 38.
NE Code § 2-10,110 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-10,110 - Implementation or enforcement agreements authorized.

2-10,110.  Implementation or enforcement agreements authorized.The department may receive grants-in-aid or receive and disperse pass-through funds or otherwise cooperate and enter into agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture or any other person in the department's implementation or enforcement of the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act or federal programs related to plant protection or plant pests in the state.Source   Laws 1988, LB 874, § 39;  Laws 2017, LB274, § 3.
NE Code § 2-10,111 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-10,111 - Costs; liability.

2-10,111.  Costs; liability.(1) All costs associated with treating, seizing, or destroying any plant or issuing and enforcing any withdrawal-from-distribution order for any plant, which plant is in violation of the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act or the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to the act, shall be the responsibility of the person in possession of the plant. The department shall be reimbursed by the person in possession of the plant for the actual cost incurred by the department in enforcing the act or such rules and regulations.(2) All costs related to enforcement of the act and such rules and regulations shall be the responsibility of the person violating the act. The department shall be reimbursed by persons violating the act or such rules and regulations for the actual cost incurred by the department in enforcing the act.(3) The department shall not be liable for any costs incurred by any person due to any departmental actions relating to the enforcement of the act or such rules and regulations.Source   Laws 1988, LB 874, § 40;  Laws 2013, LB68, § 20.
NE Code § 2-10,112 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-10,112 - Excess fees; disposition.

2-10,112.  Excess fees; disposition.If the department determines that any fee has been erroneously collected or computed, the department shall credit the excess amount collected or paid to any fees then due and owing from the person under the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act. Any remaining balance may be refunded to the person by whom it was paid.Source  Laws 1988, LB 874, § 41.