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NY Agric & Mkts L § 163-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Trees and Plants; Insect Pests; Sale of Fruit-Bearing Trees 163-B - Registration to Sell.

§ 163-b. Registration  to  sell.   1. The commissioner after a nursery   has been found to be apparently free from injurious  insects  and  plant   diseases  shall  register  each  nursery  grower  desiring  to  sell, or   selling, or handling for sale, or otherwise disposing of  nursery  stock   in this state in accordance with the intent disclosed in the application   and  shall  issue  a  certificate,  upon  a form to be prescribed by the   commissioner, declaring that such nursery grower is duly registered  and   authorized  to  do  business  in  this  state. If such nursery grower is   maintaining or operating premises in connection with his or her business   in more than one place within the state then he or she shall  obtain  an   additional registration for each place of business, provided there shall   be no additional fee for such additional registrations.2.  The  commissioner  shall  register each nursery dealer desiring to   sell or selling, or handling for sale, or otherwise disposing of nursery   stock in this state in accordance with the intent disclosed  in  his  or   her application and shall issue a certificate, upon a form prescribed by   the  commissioner, declaring that such nursery dealer is duly registered   and authorized to do business in this state. If such nursery  dealer  is   maintaining or operating premises in connection with his or her business   in  more  than  one  place  within  the  state, he or she shall obtain a   separate registration, upon proper application, for each location.3. Such certificates shall be conspicuously posted at  each  place  of   business, maintained by such nursery grower or nursery dealer.4.  Each  person  doing a mail order business in nursery stock from an   address in this state is required to register as  a  nursery  grower  or   nursery dealer whether or not the nursery stock sold or offered for sale   is within the state.5.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to affix a reproduction or facsimile of a   nursery dealer's registration on plant materials  which  have  not  been   inspected by the commissioner.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 163-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Trees and Plants; Insect Pests; Sale of Fruit-Bearing Trees 163-C - Revocation of Certificates.

§ 163-c. Revocation of certificates.  1. The commissioner shall at any   time  have  the  power  to  withhold,  suspend  or revoke any license or   certificate for sufficient cause, including the dissemination  of  false   or  misleading  advertising,  or the engaging in fraudulent or deceptive   business practices, all of which are hereby declared to be unlawful,  or   any  violation  of  this  chapter  or  non-conformity  with any rules or   regulation promulgated thereunder.   Before withholding,  suspending  or   revoking any license or certificate, the commissioner shall give written   notice  to  the  applicant for or holder of such license or certificate,   stating that he contemplates the withholding, suspending or  revocation,   of  same  and  giving  his reasons therefor. Said notice shall appoint a   time of  hearing  before  said  commissioner  and  shall  be  mailed  by   registered  mail  or  certified mail to the party holding the license or   certificate. On the day of hearing,  the  respondent  may  present  such   evidence  to the commissioner as he deems fit, and after hearing all the   testimony, the commissioner shall decide the question in such manner  as   to him appears just and proper. The respondent, if he feels aggrieved at   the  decision  of the commissioner, may appeal to the commissioner for a   review of said decision within ten days, and in case of his  failure  to   request such review the decision shall become final unless within thirty   days  after  its  issuance  the  respondent  shall  institute  a special   proceeding for the review thereof, as provided in article  seventy-eight   of the civil practice law and rules.2.  The  word  "fraudulent"  as  used herein shall include any device,   scheme or artifice to  defraud  and  any  deception,  misrepresentation,   concealment, suppression, false premise, false promise or unconscionable   contractual provision.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 164 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Trees and Plants; Insect Pests; Sale of Fruit-Bearing Trees 164 - Control and Eradication of Injurious Insects, Noxious Weeds, and Plant Diseases.

§ 164. Control  and  eradication  of injurious insects, noxious weeds,   and plant diseases.  1. The commissioner shall take such  action  as  he   may  deem  necessary  to  control  or  eradicate  any injurious insects,   noxious weeds, or plant diseases existing within the state.2. All trees, shrubs, plants and vines or  other  material,  including   soil  infected  or infested with injurious insects or plant diseases, or   which have been exposed to injurious insects or plant diseases, or which   are hosts of such insects or plant diseases or other material  including   soil,  and noxious weeds are hereby declared public nuisances and may be   destroyed or ordered destroyed by the commissioner.3. The commissioner may order the owner or person  in  charge  of  any   infected  or  infested trees, shrubs, plants and vines or other material   including soil or host plants, and noxious weeds or the owner or  person   in  charge of the farm or premises upon which they have been grown or on   which they exist or in which they have been stored, or of  the  vehicles   or  cars  in  which  they  have  been conveyed, to take such measures to   eradicate or control the said infestation, infection, or  noxious  weeds   as  the  commissioner  may  deem necessary or proper. Such orders may be   communicated by personal service,  service  through  the  mails,  or  by   newspaper  publication,  as the commissioner deems expedient. Such owner   or  person  in  charge  shall  promptly  carry  out  the  order  of  the   commissioner  within the period of time designated in the order. If such   owner or person in charge shall refuse or neglect to carry out any  such   order,  the  commissioner may apply such eradication or control measures   at the expense of the owner. Upon the completion of such eradication  or   control  measures  the  owner  shall,  upon  demand of the commissioner,   forthwith pay the cost thereof into the state  treasury,  and  upon  his   neglect  or refusal so to do, the amount thereof shall be recovered in a   civil action to be brought and prosecuted by the attorney-general in the   name of the people of the state.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 164-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Trees and Plants; Insect Pests; Sale of Fruit-Bearing Trees 164-A - Shipment of Live Pests.

§ 164-a. Shipment of live pests.  No person, shall sell, barter, offer   for sale, or move, transport, deliver, ship, or offer for shipment, into   or  within  this  state  any  living  insects  in  any  state  of  their   development,  or  noxious  weeds,  living  fungi,  bacteria,  nematodes,   viruses   or  other  living  plant  parasitic  organisms  without  first   obtaining a permit from the commissioner. Such permit  shall  be  issued   only  after  the  commissioner  has determined that the insects, noxious   weeds or living bacteria,  fungi,  nematodes,  viruses  or  other  plant   parasitic  organisms  in  question  are not injurious to plants or plant   products, if not already present in the state, or have not been found to   be seriously injurious  to  warrant  their  being  refused  entrance  or   movement,  if  known to be already established within the borders of the   state; provided, that the commissioner may at his discretion exempt  the   sale  and  transportation  of  specific  insects,  noxious weeds, fungi,   bacteria, and other plant parasitic organisms  from  the  provisions  of   this  section  if such sale and transportation is not considered harmful   to the health and welfare of the people of the state, or for  scientific   purposes under specified safeguards determined by the commissioner.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 165 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Trees and Plants; Insect Pests; Sale of Fruit-Bearing Trees 165 - Damages for Property Destroyed.

§ 165. Damages  for  property destroyed.   No damages shall be awarded   for the destruction of infested or infected trees,  shrubs,  plants  and   vines,  host  plants  or  other  material  under  the provisions of this   article except as follows: any person  deeming  himself  aggrieved  may,   within   six  months  after  the  destruction  occurs,  present  to  the   commissioner a verified claim setting forth the grounds of his grievance   and the amount of his damages, which claim shall be  determined  by  the   commissioner  after  giving due consideration to any benefits which have   accrued or may accrue to the claimant by reason of such destruction,  as   an  offset  to  the  amount  of  the  claim.  The  determination  of the   commissioner  may  be  reviewed  in  the  manner  provided  by   article   seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 166 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Trees and Plants; Insect Pests; Sale of Fruit-Bearing Trees 166 - Examination and Certification of Nurseries and Nursery Stock.

§ 166. Examination  and  certification of nurseries and nursery stock.   1. The commissioner shall, as often as he or she deems necessary and  no   less  than  once  every two years, inspect all nurseries or places where   nursery stock is grown for sale. If upon examination it  is  found  that   such  nursery  stock is apparently free from injurious insects and plant   diseases, the commissioner shall issue to the owner of the nursery stock   a certificate to the effect that the stock  so  examined  is  apparently   free  from  all  injurious  insects and plant diseases. Such certificate   shall be valid for the period of time designated by the commissioner  at   the  time  of  issuance,  unless  sooner revoked by the commissioner for   cause. If injurious insects or plant diseases  are  found  therein,  the   owner  or  person in charge thereof shall promptly take such measures to   eradicate  the  same  as  the  commissioner  shall  prescribe,  and   no   certificate   of   freedom   from  disease  shall  be  given  until  the   commissioner has satisfied himself or herself, by subsequent inspection,   that all such injurious insects or diseases have been eradicated.2. Owners of nurseries or places where nursery stock is grown for sale   who do not hold unexpired and unrevoked certificates of  inspection  and   freedom  from  disease,  as  defined in subdivision one of this section,   shall not sell or otherwise dispose of such nursery stock.3. Dealers in nursery stock who buy nursery stock from nursery growers   to whom certificates of inspection and freedom from  disease  have  been   issued as provided by subdivision one of this section, may be granted by   the  commissioner  certificates of inspection and freedom from injurious   insects and plant diseases in respect to the stock  so  purchased,  upon   complying  with  the regulations adopted by the commissioner in relation   thereto.4. All nursery stock consigned for shipment from any point within this   state or shipped by common carrier or other means from any point  within   this  state, shall bear or carry on the container thereof a printed copy   of the certificate  issued  as  provided  in  subdivision  one  of  this   section.  No  nursery  stock  shall  be  sold  or  shipped  under such a   certificate which has not been produced in the  nursery  in  respect  to   which  such  certificate was issued, unless and until such nursery stock   shall have been found by the commissioner, by examination or  otherwise,   to be apparently free from injurious insects and plant diseases.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 168 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Trees and Plants; Insect Pests; Sale of Fruit-Bearing Trees 168 - Sale of Fruit-Bearing Trees and Grapevines; Labels; Damages.

§ 168. Sale  of  fruit-bearing  trees and grapevines; labels; damages.   The vendor shall attach to  every  bundle  of  fruit-bearing  trees  and   grapevines  sold  or shipped within this state a tag or label specifying   the name of the variety of trees or  vines  contained  therein.  If  the   bundle  shall  contain trees or vines of different varieties, such label   or tag shall be attached to each tree or vine or group  thereof  of  the   same  variety.  The purchaser of any fruit-bearing tree or grapevine not   true to name as specified on such tag or label, shall have a  remedy  at   law in a civil action to recover the damages sustained.  Such action may   be brought at any time prior to the third bearing year.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 169 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Trees and Plants; Insect Pests; Sale of Fruit-Bearing Trees 169 - Delegation of Powers and Immunities in Regard to Dutch Elm Disease in Municipalities.

§ 169. Delegation  of  powers  and  immunities  in regard to dutch elm   disease in municipalities.   The powers and  immunities  prescribed  and   granted  in  sections one hundred sixty-four, one hundred sixty-five and   one hundred sixty-seven of this article may, within the  limits  of  any   municipality,  be  exercised and enjoyed by the appropriate officers and   employees of such municipality with respect and in regard to  the  dutch   elm  disease,  if  with  the  approval of the commissioner and under the   direction of the commissioner or his representative  and  if  the  local   legislative  body  of  any  such  municipality by local law or ordinance   elects to exercise and enjoy such powers and immunities.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 169-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Trees and Plants; Insect Pests; Sale of Fruit-Bearing Trees 169-A - Spraying Fruit Trees or Crops With Poison.

§ 169-a. Spraying  fruit  trees  or crops with poison.  Any person who   sprays with or applies in any way poison or any poisonous  substance  to   fruit  trees  or  any  alfalfa and clovers grown as field crops while in   blossom, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a  fine  of  not  less   than  ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense except as   hereinafter provided.The commissioner of agriculture and markets may, after public hearing,   permit the use of specific materials for fruit blossom  thinning  sprays   during  the  current  year.  The  provisions  of  this section shall not   prevent the New York State College of Agriculture and  the  Agricultural   Experiment   Station  at  Geneva  from  conducting  experiments  in  the   application of poisons and spraying mixtures to  fruit  trees  while  in   blossom.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 169-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Trees and Plants; Insect Pests; Sale of Fruit-Bearing Trees 169-B - Fees.

§ 169-b. Fees.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law to the   contrary, the commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to  deposit   all  money  received  from  fees  collected  pursuant to this article in   designated accounts within the miscellaneous special revenue fund.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 169-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Trees and Plants; Insect Pests; Sale of Fruit-Bearing Trees 169-D - Apiary Industry Advisory Committee.

* §  169-d.  Apiary  industry  advisory  committee. 1. There is hereby   established within the department an apiary industry advisory  committee   which  shall  consist of no more than fifteen members to be appointed by   the commissioner on the basis of their experience and expertise  in  the   apiary industry. Of the members so appointed, at least two members shall   represent  each  of the three sectors of the apiary industry, commercial   beekeepers, part-time beekeepers and hobbyist beekeepers; at  least  one   member  shall  represent  the horticulture or vegetable industry and one   member shall be an  officer  or  employee  of  the  Cornell  cooperative   extension  service. Members shall be appointed for a term of three years   and may serve until their successors are chosen provided, however,  that   of the members first appointed, five shall serve for a term of one year,   five  shall  serve  for  a term of two years, and five shall serve for a   term of three years. Members shall serve without salary.  A  chairperson   shall be elected by a majority vote of members of the committee.2.  The  duties  and  responsibilities of the apiary industry advisory   committee shall include providing advice, comments  and  recommendations   to  the  commissioner  in regard to state government plans, policies and   programs affecting the apiary industry and such  other  matters  as  the   commissioner may request in relation to this article.3.  The  advisory committee shall meet at least once annually at times   and places set by the commissioner.4.  The  commissioner  may  ask  other  individuals  to   attend   the   committee's meetings or work with it on an occasional or regular basis.* NB Repealed December 23, 2021
NY Agric & Mkts L § 170 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14-A - Sale and Distribution of Lye and Other Caustic Substances 170 - Short Title.

§ 170. Short title.  This article shall be known as the caustic poison   law.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 172 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14-A - Sale and Distribution of Lye and Other Caustic Substances 172 - Provisions Governing Sale and Distribution.

§ 172. Provisions  governing  sale and distribution.   No person shall   hereafter sell, barter, or exchange, or receive, hold, pack, display, or   offer for sale, barter, or exchange, any dangerous caustic or  corrosive   substance  in  a  misbranded parcel, package, or container, said parcel,   package, or container being designed for household use;  provided,  that   household  products  for  cleaning and washing purposes, subject to this   act and labeled in accordance therewith, may be sold, offered for  sale,   held  for  sale  and  distributed  by  any  dealer, wholesale or retail;   provided, further, that no person shall be  liable  to  prosecution  and   conviction under this article when he establishes a guaranty bearing the   signature  and  address  of  a vendor residing in the United States from   whom he purchased the dangerous caustic or corrosive substance,  to  the   effect  that such substance is not misbranded within the meaning of this   article. No person shall give any  such  guaranty  when  such  dangerous   caustic  or corrosive substance is in fact misbranded within the meaning   of this article.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 172-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14-A - Sale and Distribution of Lye and Other Caustic Substances 172-A - Injunction Proceedings; When Authorized.

§ 172-a. Injunction  proceedings;  when  authorized.    Any  dangerous   caustic or corrosive substance  in  a  misbranded  parcel,  package,  or   container  suitable  for household use, that is being sold, bartered, or   exchanged, or held, displayed, or offered for sale, barter, or exchange,   shall be liable to be proceeded against by action for injunction in  the   supreme  court  in  the judicial district within which the same is found   and seized pursuant to judgment rendered therein and if  such  substance   is  condemned  as  misbranded, by said court, it shall be disposed of by   destruction or sale, as the court may direct; and if sold, the proceeds,   less the actual costs and charges, shall be paid over to the state board   of pharmacy to be by it turned over to the comptroller  at  the  end  of   each  fiscal  year; but such substance shall not be sold contrary to the   laws of the state; provided, however, that upon the payment of the costs   of such proceedings and  the  execution  and  delivery  of  a  good  and   sufficient bond to the effect that such substance will not be unlawfully   sold  or  otherwise disposed of, the court may by order direct that such   substance be delivered to the owner thereof.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 172-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14-A - Sale and Distribution of Lye and Other Caustic Substances 172-B - Enforcement of Article.

§ 172-b. Enforcement  of article.  The state department of agriculture   and markets shall enforce the provisions of  this  article,  and  it  is   hereby  authorized and empowered to approve and register such brands and   labels intended for use under the provisions of this article as  may  be   submitted  to  it for that purpose and as may in its judgment conform to   the requirements  of  this  article;  provided,  however,  that  in  any   prosecution under this article the fact that any brand or label involved   in  said  prosecution has not been submitted to such board for approval,   or if submitted, has not been approved by it, shall be immaterial.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 172-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14-A - Sale and Distribution of Lye and Other Caustic Substances 172-C - Penalties for Violations.

§ 172-c. Penalties   for   violations.     Any  person  violating  the   provisions of this article shall be guilty of a  misdemeanor  and,  upon   conviction  thereof,  be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred   dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days,  or  by  both   such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 172-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14-A - Sale and Distribution of Lye and Other Caustic Substances 172-D - Prosecutions for Penalties.

§ 172-d. Prosecutions   for  penalties.     The  state  department  of   agriculture and markets and each district  attorney  to  whom  there  is   presented,  or  who  in  any  way procures, satisfactory evidence of any   violation of the provisions of  this  article  shall  cause  appropriate   proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the proper courts, without   delay,  for  the  enforcement  of  the penalties as in such cases herein   provided.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 172-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 14-A - Sale and Distribution of Lye and Other Caustic Substances 172-E - Construction of Article.

§ 172-e. Construction of article.  This article is not to be construed   as applying to any substance, subject to this article, sold at wholesale   or  retail  for use by a retail druggist in filling, or in dispensing in   pursuance of, a prescription by a physician, dentist or veterinarian; or   for  use  by  or  under  the  direction  of  a  physician,  dentist   or   veterinarian; or for use by a chemist in the practice or teaching of his   profession;  or for any industrial or professional use or for use in any   of the arts and sciences.