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AR Code § 2-16-511 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 5 - Johnson Grass Control and Eradication|§ 2-16-511. Abolition of district

 (a) Any district established under the provisions of this subchapter may be abolished upon a majority vote of the landowners of the district at a special election called for that purpose.  (b) The question of abolishing a district shall be submitted to the landowners of the district in the same manner as is provided in § 2-16-502.
AR Code § 2-16-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act|§ 2-16-601. Title

 This subchapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act”.
AR Code § 2-16-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act|§ 2-16-602. Declaration of policy — Purpose — Construction

 (a) The General Assembly has found and determined and does hereby declare that the boll weevil is a public nuisance, a pest, and a menace to the cotton industry. Due to the interstate nature of the boll weevil infestation, it is necessary to secure the cooperation of cotton growers and other state and federal governments to carry out a program of boll weevil suppression or eradication.  (b) The purpose of this subchapter is to secure the suppression or eradication of the boll weevil and to provide for certification of a cotton growers' organization to cooperate with state and federal agencies in the administration of any available cost-sharing programs for the suppression or eradication of the boll weevil.  (c) This subchapter should be liberally construed to achieve the purposes provided in this section.
AR Code § 2-16-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act|§ 2-16-603. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1)  (A) “Assessment” means the amount charged to each cotton grower to finance, in whole or part, a program to suppress or eradicate the boll weevil in this state.  (B) The grower's charge will be calculated on a per-acre basis;    (2) “Boll weevil” means Anthonomus grandis Boheman in any state of development;  (3) “Certificate” means a document issued or authorized by the State Plant Board indicating that a regulated article is not contaminated with boll weevils;  (4) “Cotton” means any cotton plant or cotton plant product upon which the boll weevil is dependent for completion of any portion of its life cycle;  (5) “Cotton grower” means any person, other than a cash rent landlord, who is engaged in or has an economic risk in the business of producing, or causing cotton to be produced, for market;  (6) “Host” means any plant or plant product upon which the boll weevil is dependent for completion of any portion of its life cycle;  (7) “Infested” means actually infested with a boll weevil or so exposed to infestation that it would be reasonable to believe that an infestation exists;  (8) “Permit” means a document issued or authorized by the board to provide for the movement of regulated articles to restricted designations for limited handling, utilization, or processing;  (9) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association, or other business entity;  (10) “Regulated article” means any article of any character carrying or capable of carrying the boll weevil, including, but not limited to, cotton plants, seed cotton, cottonseed, other hosts, gin trash, gin equipment, mechanical cotton pickers, and other equipment associated with cotton production, harvesting, or processing; and  (11) “State Plant Board” means the agricultural plant regulatory agency of the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 2-16-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act|§ 2-16-604. Criminal penalties

 (a) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this subchapter or the rules promulgated hereunder, or who shall alter, forge, or counterfeit, or use without authority any certificate or permit or other document provided for in this subchapter or in the rules promulgated hereunder, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.  (b) Any person who shall, except in compliance with the rules of the State Plant Board, move any regulated article into this state from any other state which the board found in the rules is infested by the boll weevil shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
AR Code § 2-16-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act|§ 2-16-605. Rules

 (a)  (1) The State Plant Board may promulgate rules restricting the pasturage of livestock, entry by persons, and location of honeybee colonies, or other activities affecting the boll weevil eradication program in any premises in an eradication zone which have been or are to be treated with pesticides or otherwise treated to cause the eradication of the boll weevil, or in any other area that may be affected by such treatments.  (2) The board may also adopt such other rules as it deems necessary to further effectuate the purposes of this subchapter.    (b) All rules promulgated under this subchapter shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development or appropriate subcommittees of the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development.
AR Code § 2-16-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act|§ 2-16-606. Cooperative programs authorized

 The State Plant Board is hereby authorized to carry out programs to suppress or eradicate the boll weevil in this state. The board is authorized to cooperate with any agency of the federal government, any state, any other agency in this state, or any person engaged in growing, processing, marketing, or handling cotton, or any group of such persons in this state, in programs to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter and may enter into written agreements to effectuate such purposes. Such agreements may provide for cost sharing and for division of duties and responsibilities under this subchapter and may include other provisions generally to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter.
AR Code § 2-16-607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act|§ 2-16-607. Entry of premises — Suppression or eradication activities — Inspections

 (a) The State Plant Board, or its authorized representatives, shall have authority to enter cotton fields, cotton processing facilities, and other premises in order to carry out suppression or eradication activities, including, but not limited to, treatment with pesticides, monitoring, and destruction of growing cotton or other host plants, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.  (b) The board shall have authority to make inspection of any fields or premises in this state and any property located therein or thereon for the purpose of determining whether such property is infested with the boll weevil. Such inspection and other activities may be conducted in a reasonable manner without a warrant at any reasonable daylight hour falling between sunrise and sunset.  (c) Any judge of this state will, within his or her jurisdiction, and upon proper cause shown, issue a warrant giving the board the right of entry to any premises for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section or other activities authorized by this subchapter.
AR Code § 2-16-608 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act|§ 2-16-608. Reports

 Every person growing cotton in this state shall furnish to the State Plant Board, or its designated representative, on forms supplied by the board or its cooperators, such information as the board may require concerning the size and location of all commercial cotton fields and of noncommercial patches of cotton grown as ornamentals or for other purposes.
AR Code § 2-16-609 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act|§ 2-16-609. Quarantine

 (a) The State Plant Board is authorized to promulgate rules quarantining this state, or any portion thereof, and governing the storage or other handling in the quarantined areas of regulated articles and the movement of regulated articles into or from such areas. The board shall determine when such action is necessary, or appears reasonably necessary, to prevent or retard the spread of the boll weevil.  (b) The board is also authorized to promulgate rules governing the movement of regulated articles from other states or portions thereof into this state when such state is known to be infested with the boll weevil. The promulgation of these rules shall conform in all aspects to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., as amended, and sound principles of quarantines.
AR Code § 2-16-610 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act|§ 2-16-610. Designation of eradication zones — Prohibition of planting of cotton — Participation in suppression eradication program — Penalties

 (a) The State Plant Board may designate by rule one (1) or more areas of this state as eradication zones where boll weevil eradication programs will be undertaken.  (b)  (1) The board may promulgate reasonable rules regarding areas where cotton cannot be planted within an eradication zone when there is reason to believe it will jeopardize the success of the program or present a hazard to public health or safety.  (2) The board may issue rules prohibiting the planting of noncommercial cotton in such eradication zones, and requiring that all growers of commercial cotton in the eradication zones participate in a program of boll weevil eradication including cost sharing as prescribed in the rules.    (c) Notice of the prohibition and requirement shall be given by publication for one (1) day each week for three (3) successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the affected area.  (d)  (1) The board may set by rule a reasonable schedule of penalty fees to be assessed when growers in designated eradication zones do not meet the requirements of rules issued by the board with respect to reporting of acreage and participation in cost sharing as prescribed by rule.  (2) The penalty fees shall not exceed a charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per acre per year. Any such penalty is in addition to any assessments otherwise due, which assessments shall also remain payable.    (e)  (1) When a grower fails to meet the requirements of rules promulgated by the board, the board in eradication zones may destroy cotton not in compliance with such rules.  (2) Cost incurred by the board shall be assessed against the grower.
AR Code § 2-16-611 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act|§ 2-16-611. Destruction or treatment of volunteer or other noncommercial cotton in eradication zones — Liability

 (a) The State Plant Board shall have authority to destroy, or, at its discretion, cause to be treated with pesticides, volunteer or other noncommercial cotton and to establish procedures for the purchase and destruction of commercial cotton in eradication zones when the board deems such action necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter.  (b)  (1) No payment shall be made by the board to the owner or lessee for the destruction or injury of any cotton which was planted in an eradication zone after publication of notice as provided in this subchapter, or was otherwise handled in violation of this subchapter, or the rules adopted pursuant thereto.  (2) However, the board shall pay for losses resulting from the destruction of cotton which was planted in such zones before promulgation of such notice.
AR Code § 2-16-613 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act|§ 2-16-613. Certification of cotton growers' organization — Revocation

 (a)  (1) Upon determination by the State Plant Board that the organization meets the requirements of § 2-16-612, the board shall certify the organization as the official cotton growers' organization.  (2) Such certification shall be for the purposes of this subchapter only and shall not affect other organizations or associations of cotton growers established for other purposes.    (b) The board shall certify only one (1) such organization and may revoke the certification of the organization if at any time the organization shall fail to meet the requirements of this subchapter.  (c) The debts of this organization, should there be any, shall not become the liability of the board.
AR Code § 2-16-615 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act|§ 2-16-615. Conduct of referendum

 The arrangements for and management of any referendum held under this subchapter shall be under the direction of the certified organization. The organization shall bear all expenses incurred in conducting the referendum, to include furnishing the ballots and arranging for the necessary poll holders.
AR Code § 2-16-616 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act|§ 2-16-616. Subsequent referenda

 (a) In the event any referendum conducted under this subchapter fails to receive the required number of affirmative votes, the certified organization may call other referenda, with the consent of the State Plant Board.  (b)  (1) After the passage of any referendum, the eligible voters shall be allowed by subsequent referenda to be held upon recommendation of the certified cotton growers' organization to vote on whether to eliminate or modify the program.  (2) Upon petition by one-third (1/3) of the cotton growers within a designated region established under § 2-16-614, the certified cotton growers' organization shall be required to conduct a subsequent referendum on whether to eliminate or modify the program, provided that the certified cotton growers' organization is required to hold no more than one (1) petitioned referendum for each designated region during any given calendar year.  (3) Passage of the question called in the subsequent referendum requires that a two-thirds (2/3) majority of those voting approve the subsequent referendum.  (4) All the requirements for an initial referendum must be met in subsequent referenda.    (c) If an approved eradication program is discontinued for any reason, or the certified cotton growers' organization is abolished or loses its certification for any reason, assessments approved, levied, or otherwise collectible under this subchapter on the date of the event remain valid as necessary to pay the financial obligations of the certified cotton growers' organization.
AR Code § 2-16-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 7 - Arkansas Fire Ant Advisory Board|§ 2-16-701. Creation

 (a) The Arkansas Fire Ant Advisory Board is hereby created to accept all gifts, grants, and other moneys from any source for the purpose of financing new and ongoing fire ant research and educational programs and providing counsel in planning and executing such research and educational programs.  (b) These moneys will route through the University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, or the University of Arkansas Agricultural Development Council at Fayetteville for use by the board and fire ant researchers in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Arkansas at Monticello or other researchers in cooperative efforts with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
AR Code § 2-16-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 7 - Arkansas Fire Ant Advisory Board|§ 2-16-702. Members

 (a) The Arkansas Fire Ant Advisory Board shall be composed of the Vice President for Agriculture of the University of Arkansas, the head of the Department of Entomology at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville or his or her representative, the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture or his or her representative, and the following to be appointed from an ant-infested area by the Chair of the Arkansas Fire Ant Advisory Board:  (1) A representative of an Arkansas environmental interest group;  (2) A county extension agent or a member of the general public;  (3) A representative of the farm or ranch industry;  (4) A representative of the horticultural or nursery industry; and  (5) A representative of the Arkansas Pest Control Association.    (b)  (1) Members of the board appointed by the chair shall be appointed for four-year terms.  (2) Persons appointed to fill vacancies shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.    (c) Members of the board shall serve without compensation. Board members may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 2-16-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 7 - Arkansas Fire Ant Advisory Board|§ 2-16-703. Chair — Meetings

 (a) The Vice President for Agriculture of the University of Arkansas system shall serve as chair of the Arkansas Fire Ant Advisory Board.  (b) The board shall meet at the call of the chair and no less frequently than annually.  (c) The chair shall provide necessary meeting space and administrative services for the board.
AR Code § 2-16-704 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 7 - Arkansas Fire Ant Advisory Board|§ 2-16-704. Rules

 The Arkansas Fire Ant Advisory Board may promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of this subchapter.
AR Code § 2-16-705 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 7 - Arkansas Fire Ant Advisory Board|§ 2-16-705. Annual report

 No later than January 1 of each year, the Arkansas Fire Ant Advisory Board shall report to the directors of the University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station and the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service regarding all moneys received and expended by it during the preceding fiscal year.
AR Code § 2-16-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 8 - Thistle Control and Eradication|§ 2-16-801. Annual assessment

 (a) As a part of its assessment of activities and accomplishments, each conservation district in this state shall annually assess the thistle problem within the district and report to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission no later than September 30 each year regarding the extent of the thistle problem within the district and methods proposed to be used to eradicate and control the thistles.  (b) The commission may provide financial assistance to the conservation districts from any funds available for that purpose.
AR Code § 2-16-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 8 - Thistle Control and Eradication|§ 2-16-802. Interagency cooperation

 A coordinated, concerted effort by the various agencies affected by the thistle problem is necessary to realize a proper remedy and therefore it is requested that the State Plant Board, Arkansas Forestry Commission, Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, the several conservation districts, and all other interested agencies cooperate with each other and coordinate their efforts toward the eradication of thistles in this state.
AR Code § 2-16-902 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 9 - Pest Control Compact|§ 2-16-902. Cooperation with insurance fund

 Consistent with law and within available appropriations, the departments, agencies and officers of this state may cooperate with the Insurance Fund established by the Pest Control Compact.
AR Code § 2-16-903 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 9 - Pest Control Compact|§ 2-16-903. Filing of bylaws and amendments

 Under Article IV (h) of the Compact, copies of bylaws and amendments thereto shall be filed with the Director of the State Plant Board.
AR Code § 2-16-904 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 9 - Pest Control Compact|§ 2-16-904. Compact administrator

 The Compact administrator for this state shall be the Director of the State Plant Board.
AR Code § 2-16-905 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 9 - Pest Control Compact|§ 2-16-905. Request or application for assistance

 Within the meaning of Article VI (b) or VIII (a), a request or application for assistance from the Insurance Fund may be made by the Governor or the Director of the State Plant Board, whenever in his or her judgment the conditions qualifying this state for such assistance exist and it would be in the best interest of this state to make such request.
AR Code § 2-16-906 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 9 - Pest Control Compact|§ 2-16-906. Notices

 In addition to the state Compact administrator, notices under Article VI (d) should be sent to the Assistant Director of the State Plant Board and the person designated as the State Plant Regulatory Official.
AR Code § 2-16-907 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 9 - Pest Control Compact|§ 2-16-907. Credit for expenditures

 The department, agency, or officer expending or becoming liable for an expenditure on account of a control or eradication program undertaken or intensified under the Compact shall have credited to his of her account, in the state treasury the amount or amounts of any payments made to this state to defray the cost of such program, or any part thereof, or as reimbursement thereof.
AR Code § 2-16-908 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 9 - Pest Control Compact|§ 2-16-908. Definition

 As used in this Compact, with reference to this state, the term “executive head” shall mean the Governor.