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AR Code § 2-16-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 3 - Emergency Plant Act of 1921|§ 2-16-307. Infested zones — Emergency proclamation

 (a) Upon satisfactory information acquired in any manner or upon information furnished by the State Plant Board, signed by the secretary and at least three (3) members thereof, showing that a dangerous insect pest or plant disease exists in the state or is in dangerous proximity thereto, the Governor shall issue a proclamation specifying the insect pest or plant disease. The proclamation shall declare such a pest or disease to be a dangerous insect pest or plant disease which threatens an agricultural industry. It shall specify the plants, plant products, articles, substances, and places capable of harboring or spreading the dangerous insect pest or plant disease and shall declare the zones or areas in which the danger exists.  (b) Until such time as the Governor shall ascertain from the board, as provided above, and shall by proclamation declare that the emergency has ceased to exist, it shall be unlawful for any person to grow or maintain within those zones or areas any plants, plant products, articles, substances, or places infected or infested with a dangerous plant disease or insect pest or likely to become so infested or infected.  (c) Plants, plant products, articles, substances, or places may be grown or maintained in the manner and method and under the conditions which shall be prescribed by rules made and promulgated by the board as provided in this subchapter.
AR Code § 2-16-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 3 - Emergency Plant Act of 1921|§ 2-16-308. Infested zones — Regulation by State Plant Board — Destruction of plants, etc

 (a) It shall be the duty of the State Plant Board, and the board is authorized and directed, when public safety will permit, to make and promulgate rules which shall permit and govern the growing and maintenance in any zones or areas mentioned in § 2-16-307 of any plants, plant products, articles, substances, or places referred to in § 2-16-307.  (b) Whenever it shall be ascertained and determined by the board that any plants, plant products, articles, substances, or places are infested or infected or are so situated as to be subject to infestation or infection by a dangerous insect pest or plant disease, and thereby capable of spreading the infestation or infection, the board shall require the treatment, cutting, or destruction of the plants, plant products, articles, substances, or places.  (c) If the owner, custodian, or occupant of the plants, plant products, articles, substances, or places referred to in this section cannot be found or shall, upon reasonable notice, fail or refuse to comply with the requirements of this subchapter, the requirements shall be carried out by the board and the expense thereof charged against the owner, custodian, or occupant.
AR Code § 2-16-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 3 - Emergency Plant Act of 1921|§ 2-16-309. Claims committee

 (a) Whenever property shall be damaged, destroyed, or rendered unproductive in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter, the Governor shall appoint a committee on claims for each county affected.  (b) The committee shall consist of two (2) representatives of the county affected, and three (3) members of the State Plant Board, as follows:  (1) The practical cotton grower;  (2) The nurseryman; and  (3) The practical horticulturist.    (c) The members of the committee shall serve as long as the Governor shall deem their services to be necessary.  (d)  (1) The committee shall elect a chairperson.  (2) A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but there shall be present at every meeting at least one (1) of the members appointed by the Governor to represent the county concerned and not less than two (2) members of the board composing the committee.    (e) The members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.  (f) The committee shall engage such clerical and other help as may be necessary.  (g) The committee shall investigate and cause a survey to be made to determine the claims of all persons whose property has been destroyed, damaged, or rendered unproductive in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter.  (h) The committee shall submit each claim approved by it to the secretary of the board, who shall then issue for each claim a voucher for a warrant drawing on the State Treasury out of funds made available for the purpose, to the amount of the claims approved by the committee.
AR Code § 2-16-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 3 - Emergency Plant Act of 1921|§ 2-16-310. Annual report

 The State Plant Board shall make an annual report to the Governor, in which report it shall give an account of the disposition of the appropriations which may be made for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 2-16-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 4 - Pesticide Control|§ 2-16-401. Title

 This subchapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Pesticide Control Act”.
AR Code § 2-16-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 4 - Pesticide Control|§ 2-16-402. Purpose

 (a) The purpose of this subchapter is to regulate in the public interest the labeling, distribution, storage, transportation, and disposal of pesticides as defined in this subchapter.  (b) Pesticides are valuable to our state's agricultural production and to the protection of man and the environment from insects, rodents, weeds, and other forms of life which may be pests; but it is essential to the public health and welfare that they be regulated to prevent adverse effects on human life and the environment.  (c) New pesticides are continually being discovered, synthesized, or developed which are valuable for the control of pests and for use as defoliants, desiccants, plant regulators, spray adjuvants, and related purposes. However, such pesticides may be ineffective, may cause injury to man, or may cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.  (d) Therefore, it is deemed necessary to provide for regulation of pesticides.
AR Code § 2-16-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 4 - Pesticide Control|§ 2-16-404. Penalties

 (a) Any person who violates any provision of this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and for the second and any additional offense a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000).  (b) Any offense committed more than three (3) years after a previous conviction shall be considered as a first offense.
AR Code § 2-16-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 4 - Pesticide Control|§ 2-16-405. Administration

 (a) This subchapter shall be administered by the State Plant Board.  (b) The administrative functions vested in the board by this subchapter shall be considered to be delegated to the employees of the Department of Agriculture or the department's authorized representatives on behalf of the board.
AR Code § 2-16-409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 4 - Pesticide Control|§ 2-16-409. Experimental-use permits

 (a) Provided the State Plant Board is authorized by the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency to issue experimental-use permits, the board may:  (1) Issue an experimental-use permit to any person applying for an experimental-use permit if it determines that the applicant needs that permit in order to accumulate information necessary to register a pesticide under § 2-16-407;  (2) Refuse to issue an experimental-use permit if it determines that the pesticide applications to be made under the proposed terms and conditions may cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment;  (3) Prescribe terms, conditions, and a period of time for the experimental-use permit which shall be under the supervision of the board; and  (4) Revoke any experimental-use permit at any time if it finds that the permit's terms or conditions are being violated or that its terms and conditions are inadequate to avoid unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.    (b) Regulations adopted under this subchapter as to experimental-use permits as authorized by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq., shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and regulations promulgated thereunder.
AR Code § 2-16-413 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 4 - Pesticide Control|§ 2-16-413. Issuance of stop-sale, etc., order

 (a) When the State Plant Board has reasonable cause to believe a pesticide or device is being distributed, stored, transported, or used in violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter, or of any of the rules prescribed under the authority of this subchapter, it may issue and serve a written stop-sale, use, or removal order upon the owner or custodian of the pesticide or device.  (b) If the owner or custodian is not available for service of the order upon him or her, the board may attach the order or other suitable marking to the pesticide or device and notify the owner or custodian and the registrant.  (c) The pesticide or device shall not be sold, used, or removed until the provisions of this subchapter have been complied with and until the pesticide or device has been released in writing under conditions specified by the board or the violation has been otherwise disposed of as provided in this subchapter by a court of competent jurisdiction.
AR Code § 2-16-414 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 4 - Pesticide Control|§ 2-16-414. Hearing on stop-sale, etc., order

 (a)  (1) After service of a stop-sale, use, or removal order is made upon any person, either that person, the registrant, or the State Plant Board may file an action in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which a violation of this subchapter or rules adopted hereunder is alleged to have occurred for an adjudication of the alleged violation.  (2) The court in the action may issue temporary or permanent injunctions, mandatory or restraining orders, and such intermediate orders as it deems necessary or advisable.  (3) The court may order condemnation of any pesticide or device which does not meet the requirements of this subchapter or rules adopted hereunder.    (b)  (1) If the pesticide or device is condemned, it shall, after entry of decree, be disposed of by destruction or sale as the court directs.  (2) If the pesticide or device is sold, the proceeds, less costs including legal costs, shall be paid to the State Treasury as provided in § 2-16-419.  (3) The pesticide or device shall not be sold contrary to the provisions of this subchapter or rules adopted hereunder.  (4) Upon payment of costs and execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond conditioned that the pesticide or device shall not be disposed of unlawfully, the court may direct that the pesticide or device be delivered to its owner for relabeling, reprocessing, removing from the state, or otherwise bringing the product into compliance.    (c) When a decree of condemnation is entered against the pesticide or device, court costs, fees, storage, and other proper expenses shall be awarded against the person, if any, appearing as claimant of the pesticide.  (d) No state court shall allow the recovery of damages from administrative action taken or for stop-sale, use, or removal if the court finds that there was probable cause for such action.
AR Code § 2-16-415 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 4 - Pesticide Control|§ 2-16-415. Subpoenas

 The State Plant Board may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses or production of books, documents, and records in the state in any hearing affecting the authority or privilege granted by a registration issued under the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 2-16-416 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 4 - Pesticide Control|§ 2-16-416. Intergovernmental cooperation

 The State Plant Board may cooperate, receive grants-in-aid, and enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with any agency of the federal government or this state or its subdivisions or with any agency of another state, in order to:   (1) Secure uniformity of rules;  (2) Enter into cooperative agreements with the United States Environmental Protection Agency to register pesticides under the authority of this subchapter and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.; and  (3) Cooperate in the enforcement of the federal pesticide control laws through the use of state or federal personnel and facilities and implement cooperative enforcement programs, including, but not limited to, the registration and inspection of establishments.
AR Code § 2-16-417 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 4 - Pesticide Control|§ 2-16-417. Publication of information

 The State Plant Board may publish, in such form as it may deem proper, results of analyses based on official samples as compared with the analyses guaranteed and information concerning the distribution of pesticides.
AR Code § 2-16-418 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 4 - Pesticide Control|§ 2-16-418. Protection of trade secrets and other information

 (a) In submitting data required by this subchapter, the applicant may:  (1) Clearly mark any portions thereof which in his or her opinion are trade secrets or commercial or financial information; and  (2) Submit such marked material separately from other material required to be submitted under this subchapter.    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the State Plant Board shall not make public any information which, in its judgment, contains or relates to trade secrets or commercial or financial information obtained from a person and is privileged or confidential, except that, when necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter, information relating to formulas of products acquired by authorization of this subchapter may be revealed to any state or federal agency consulted or in findings of fact issued by the board.  (c)  (1) If the board proposes to release for inspection information which the applicant or registrant believes to be protected from disclosure under subsection (b) of this section, it shall notify the applicant or registrant, in writing, by certified mail.  (2) The board shall not, after mailing the notice as provided in this subsection, make available for inspection the data until thirty (30) days after receipt of the notice by the applicant or registrant.  (3) During this period, the applicant or registrant may institute an action in an appropriate court for a declaratory judgment as to whether the information is subject to protection under subsection (b) of this section.
AR Code § 2-16-419 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 4 - Pesticide Control|§ 2-16-419. Disposition of funds

 All moneys received by the State Plant Board under the provisions of this subchapter and the rules adopted hereunder shall be deposited into the State Plant Board Fund of the State Treasury and be used for carrying out the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 2-16-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 5 - Johnson Grass Control and Eradication|§ 2-16-501. Title

 This subchapter shall be known as the “Johnson Grass Control and Eradication Act”.
AR Code § 2-16-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 5 - Johnson Grass Control and Eradication|§ 2-16-502. Applicability

 The provisions of this subchapter shall be applicable to and shall be enforced only in those areas of this state established as Johnson grass control and eradication districts in the manner authorized herein. For the purposes of this subchapter, a district may consist of one (1) or more contiguous townships in one (1) or more contiguous counties, but in no event shall a single district lie in more than three (3) counties.
AR Code § 2-16-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 5 - Johnson Grass Control and Eradication|§ 2-16-503. Penalty

 (a) Any landowner or any person having control of any land in a Johnson grass control and eradication district who fails or refuses to control or eradicate Johnson grass on his or her lands shall be guilty of a violation.  (b)  (1) Upon conviction, an offender shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each violation.  (2) Each day a violation shall exist or continue shall constitute a separate offense.
AR Code § 2-16-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 5 - Johnson Grass Control and Eradication|§ 2-16-504. Petition to establish district

 (a)  (1) Upon the petition of fifty (50) landowners filed with the county court or courts in which a proposed district lies, the county court or courts shall declare that a threat to the agricultural economy of the proposed district exists by reason of the uncontrolled growth of Johnson grass.  (2) The county court or courts shall cause the question of whether the district shall be established and this subchapter shall be enforced in the district to be submitted to the landowners of the proposed district.    (b)  (1) Immediately upon the submission of the petition to the county court or courts, the court or courts shall issue a proclamation calling the election in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq. and notify the county board or boards of election commissioners in writing. The election shall be held on a date in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq. but in no event more than ninety (90) days following publication of the proclamation.  (2) This special election shall be held for the purpose of submitting to the landowners of the proposed district the question of whether the district shall be established and the provisions of this subchapter shall be enforced in the district.
AR Code § 2-16-506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 5 - Johnson Grass Control and Eradication|§ 2-16-506. Powers and duties of district supervisors

 (a) The district Johnson grass control and eradication supervisor of each district shall have and exercise the following powers and duties, among others, regarding the Johnson grass eradication program:  (1) To supervise the eradication of Johnson grass;  (2) To inspect property in the district to determine whether this subchapter is being complied with by those owning or having control of such lands;  (3) To inform himself or herself of the nature of Johnson grass and to follow the recommendations of the Director of the State Plant Board and the College of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas as to the best methods of controlling, eradicating, and preventing the dissemination of Johnson grass; and  (4) Through the director, to enter into agreements with the state and federal agencies for the cooperative control of Johnson grass.    (b) The supervisor shall periodically inspect all lands in the district. Annually and at such other times as may be required by the district board the supervisor shall make a complete report to the district board and the director of the progress being made in the district in the control and eradication of Johnson grass.
AR Code § 2-16-507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 5 - Johnson Grass Control and Eradication|§ 2-16-507. State assistance

 The Director of the State Plant Board is authorized to cooperate with and assist the district Johnson grass control board and the supervisor in the control and eradication of Johnson grass in the district when requested to do so by the board or the supervisor.
AR Code § 2-16-508 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 5 - Johnson Grass Control and Eradication|§ 2-16-508. Civil remedies

 (a) Notwithstanding the criminal penalty for the violation of this subchapter, the existence or growth of Johnson grass in a Johnson grass control and eradication district is declared to be a public and common nuisance, and it is the duty of the prosecuting attorney in whose district the offense occurs to bring an action to enjoin the nuisance.  (b) Any landowner whose land is adjacent to or within one hundred feet (100') of land on which the Johnson grass nuisance is permitted or maintained may bring a civil action for injunction against any person permitting or maintaining the nuisance and shall, in addition to injunctive relief, be entitled to recover double the actual damages sustained as a result of the nuisance as well as a reasonable attorney's fee and cost of bringing the action.
AR Code § 2-16-509 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 5 - Johnson Grass Control and Eradication|§ 2-16-509. Duties of landowners

 It shall be the duty of the State of Arkansas or any department thereof, any public utility, railroad, levee and drainage district, county, or any municipality, and every other person, firm, corporation, or association owning or having control over any lands in a Johnson grass control and eradication district to:   (1) Control and eradicate Johnson grass on all lands, rights-of-way, and easements owned, occupied, or controlled by them;  (2) Employ methods approved by the Director of the State Plant Board for control and eradication of Johnson grass as the district board shall direct; and  (3) Comply with all orders and rules of the district board and the director.
AR Code § 2-16-510 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 5 - Johnson Grass Control and Eradication|§ 2-16-510. Acceptance of gifts, etc

 The district Johnson grass control board is authorized to accept gifts, grants, and donations for use in carrying out the purpose of controlling and eradicating Johnson grass in the district.