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MI Comp L § 286.214 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)|Section 286.214 - Revocation, Suspension or Withholding of License or Certificate; Hearing, Order of Revocation; Penalty for Wrongful Use of License on Certificate, Withholding.

286.214 Revocation, suspension or withholding of license or certificate; hearing, order of revocation; penalty for wrongful use of license on certificate, withholding. Sec. 14.  If it is found that any license or certificate issued or approved by the commissioner of agriculture is being used in connection with nursery stock or other plants which have not been inspected, or which are infested with insect pests or infected with plant diseases, or which are being sold and delivered without treatment being given or other precautionary measures prescribed by the commissioner of agriculture being observed by the owner, or is being used by persons other than the one to whom it was issued with the knowledge of the owner without permission of the commissioner of agriculture, the commissioner of agriculture may require the owner of such license or certificate to appear before him, on a date specified, for a hearing to show cause why his license or certificate should not be revoked. If after such hearing, the commissioner of agriculture finds that such license or certificate has been wrongfully used in 1 or more of the ways specified in this section, or if the owner of such license or certificate fails to appear at such hearing he may issue an order revoking such license or certificate and the owner's license and the use of such certificate or license after it has been revoked, shall be unlawful and shall subject the owner thereof to the penalty prescribed in section 26 of this act. The commissioner of agriculture may withhold a license or certificate of inspection from any person applying for the same if such person fails to comply with the requirements of the commissioner of agriculture with reference to freeing his nursery and premises of injurious insect pests and plant diseases and may refuse to certify a nursery if the same is in such condition that it can not be adequately inspected. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 286.214
MI Comp L § 286.215 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)|Section 286.215 - Tags on Stock; Inspection of Imported Stock on Request; Expense.

286.215 Tags on stock; inspection of imported stock on request; expense. Sec. 15.  It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation to bring or cause to be brought into this state, or to transport or ship within this state, any nursery stock unless there is plainly and legibly marked thereon or affixed thereto, or on, or to the car or other vehicle carrying, or on the bundle, package, or other container of the same, in a conspicuous place, a statement or a tag or other device showing the names and addresses of the consignor or shipper, and the consignee or person to whom shipped, the general nature of the contents, as well as labels upon each variety as to name and grade as approved by the American Association of Nurserymen and such stock shall be in a live and vigorous condition and of the grade specified, together with a certificate of inspection of the proper official of the state, territory, district, or country from which it was brought or shipped: Provided, however, That if persons to whom stock has been shipped believe said stock to be infected with a contagious disease or infested with a dangerous insect or that said stock does not meet the approved grades, he may call upon the commissioner of agriculture to inspect said stock, and the expenses incurred in making such inspection are paid by such person. Such stock may be shipped to the commissioner of agriculture with all transportation charges prepaid, for inspection without any additional expense to the owner other than transportation, drayage and other storage charges when such charges are necessarily incurred. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- Am. 1935, Act 232, Eff. Sept. 21, 1935 ;-- Am. 1937, Act 71, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 286.215 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955
MI Comp L § 286.216 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)|Section 286.216 - Tags on Stock; Certificate of Inspection; Unlawful Transportation; Report to Commissioner.

286.216 Tags on stock; certificate of inspection; unlawful transportation; report to commissioner. Sec. 16.  Every person, firm, partnership, association or corporation who sells or gives away nursery stock in this state is hereby required to attach to the outside of each package, box, bale or carload shipped or otherwise delivered, a tag or poster on which shall appear an exact copy of his valid certificate. It shall be unlawful for any carrier, or driver, or owner of a truck or other vehicle to accept for shipment, or transportation, or to transport any nursery stock from place to place within this state unless such nursery stock has attached thereto a valid official certificate of inspection showing that such stock has been inspected and found apparently free from injurious pests and plant diseases, or that the shipment has been authorized by the commissioner of agriculture: Provided, That nursery stock consigned to the commissioner of agriculture may be offered and accepted for shipment, and shipped without such certificate. In case any nursery stock is shipped or transported by any carrier in this state or into this state from another state, country or province without a valid certificate plainly affixed as aforesaid, the fact shall be promptly reported to the commissioner of agriculture by the person, firm, partnership, association or corporation carrying the same, together with the names of the consignor and the consignee and the nature of the shipment, and such carrier shall return it to the consignor, hold it for instructions from the commissioner of agriculture, or send it to the commissioner of agriculture, with the transportation charges prepaid, for inspection. Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation receiving nursery stock transported from any point within the state, or any other state, country or province, without a valid certificate affixed as aforesaid, shall at once notify the commissioner of agriculture of the fact, and shall not allow such nursery stock to leave his possession until it has been inspected or released by the commissioner of agriculture, and the expenses incurred in making such inspection are paid by such person, firm, partnership, association or corporation. Such stock may be shipped to the commissioner of agriculture, with all transportation charges prepaid, for inspection without any additional expense to the owner other than transportation, drayage and storage charges when such charges are necessarily incurred. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 286.216 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955
MI Comp L § 286.216a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)|Section 286.216a - Definitions; Sale, Distribution, or Use of Purple Loosestrife.

286.216a Definitions; sale, distribution, or use of purple loosestrife. Sec. 16a.  (1) As used in this section:  (a) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or any other legal entity.  (b) "Purple loosestrife" means a nonnative member of the genus Lythrum, or hybrid of that genus.  (2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in this state, a person shall not sell, offer to sell, or distribute seed from purple loosestrife.  (3) In this state, a person shall not sell at retail or offer to sell at retail any nonnative cultivars of the genus Lythrum, or hybrids of that genus, except for the cultivars of Lythrum virgatum commercially known as rose queen, the rocket, morden pink, morden gleam, morden rose, dropmore purple, or columbia pink.  (4) As of January 1, 1997, retail sales of purple loosestrife are not allowed in this state except for cultivars developed and recognized to be sterile and approved by the director of the department of agriculture.  (5) Notwithstanding subsection (2), (3), or (4), the department of agriculture may issue a permit authorizing a person to conduct research using purple loosestrife. History: Add. 1995, Act 182, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
MI Comp L § 286.218 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)|Section 286.218 - Nuisances; Public Places Kept Free From Injurious Insect Pests and Plant Diseases; Insects, Fungi, Bacteria, Nematodes, Viruses or Living Plant Parasitic Organisms; Permits.

286.218 Nuisances; public places kept free from injurious insect pests and plant diseases; insects, fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses or living plant parasitic organisms; permits. Sec. 18.  (a) All injurious insect pests and plant diseases which are liable to spread to other plants, plant products or places to the injury thereof, or to the injury of man and animals, and all trees, shrubs, vines, fruit plants, cuttings, scions, grafts, plants and plant parts, plant products and places within this state, infested with such injurious insect pests and plant diseases, and all species and varieties of trees, shrubs, vines, and other plants not essential to the welfare of the people of the state which may serve as favorable host plants, and promote the prevalence and abundance of insect pests and plant diseases, or any stage thereof, destructively injurious to other plants essential to the welfare of the people of the state, are hereby declared to be a nuisance; and all persons owning or controlling lands or places in this state, and all public authorities having jurisdiction over streets, highways, parks, and other public places shall keep the same free from all injurious insect pests and plant diseases and all species and varieties of plants declared by the provisions of this section to be a nuisance.  (b) 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 stage of their development, or living fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses or other living plant parasitic organisms without first obtaining a permit from the commissioner of agriculture. Such permit shall be issued only after the commissioner of agriculture has determined that the insects 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 border of the state: Provided, That the commissioner of agriculture may at his discretion exempt the sale and transportation of specific insects, 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. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 286.218 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955
MI Comp L § 286.219 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)|Section 286.219 - Barberry, Mahonia or Mahoberberis Bushes Subject to Black Stem Rust of Small Grains; Destruction; Rules.

286.219 Barberry, mahonia or mahoberberis bushes subject to black stem rust of small grains; destruction; rules. Sec. 19.  It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation to keep upon their premises or upon any premises under their control or charge any barberry, mahonia or mahoberberis bushes, which are subject to the attack of black stem rust of small grains. If the commissioner of agriculture or his assistants, shall find upon any premises any mahonia, mahoberberis or barberry varieties of species subject to the black stem rust of small grains, they are hereby authorized to destroy the same without indemnity to the property owner. The commissioner of agriculture is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations relative to the sale, distribution, transportation or planting of barberry, mahonia and mahoberberis plants or parts thereof and seeds and the movement, planting or growing of black stem rust susceptible species and varieties of barberry, mahonia or mahoberberis shall be deemed a violation of this act. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- Am. 1933, Act 246, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1933 ;-- CL 1948, 286.219 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 Admin Rule: R 285.617.1 of the Michigan Administrative Code.
MI Comp L § 286.219a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)|Section 286.219a - Chokecherry Harmful to Peach or Cherry Trees Prohibited; Destruction; Rules.

286.219a Chokecherry harmful to peach or cherry trees prohibited; destruction; rules. Sec. 19a.  (1) A person, firm, association, corporation, or partnership shall not keep upon premises owned or under the control of the person, firm, association, corporation, or partnership a chokecherry, prunus virginiana, which, in the judgment of the director, would be harmful to peach or cherry trees in the area.  (2) For the purposes of this act, a chokecherry within a distance that the director shall establish shall be considered primary host for "X" disease, yellow red virosis, whether or not the chokecherry shows visible symptoms of the disease. The director or the director's assistant may destroy the chokecherry without indemnity to the property owner. The director shall promulgate rules concerning the sale, distribution, transportation, or planting of chokecherry seeds and plants or the parts of the plants. The movement, planting, or growing of chokecherry which is in violation of the rules constitutes a violation of this act.  (3) The director shall promulgate rules that will allow the owner of peach or cherry trees to enter on the property of another, upon the permission of that property owner, to destroy a chokecherry that the director or the director's assistant believes should be destroyed. The owner of the property upon which the chokecherry is located shall be held harmless for an accident that may occur while a person is working on the property in accordance with this act. History: Add. 1978, Act 123, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1978
MI Comp L § 286.221 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)|Section 286.221 - Inspection of Public Grounds; Application, Payment of Expense.

286.221 Inspection of public grounds; application, payment of expense. Sec. 21.  Any municipality, park board, or other board or person in control of public grounds may apply to the commissioner of agriculture for an inspection of the same with reference to the presence of insect pests or plant diseases; and upon receipt of such application, or as soon thereafter as may be conveniently practicable, the commissioner of agriculture shall comply with such request, and send to such applicant a statement as to the facts disclosed, with any recommendations which the commissioner of agriculture may deem pertinent. The expense of the special inspection shall be paid by the applicant. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 286.221
MI Comp L § 286.222 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)|Section 286.222 - Inspection of Plants and Plant Products Before Interstate Shipment; Request; Expenses; Certificate.

286.222 Inspection of plants and plant products before interstate shipment; request; expenses; certificate.Sec. 22.  A person that wishes to ship plants or plant products into another state or country may request that the director inspect the plants or plant products for insect pests or diseases or other factors likely to prevent the acceptance of the plants or plant products in that state or country. The request shall include an agreement to pay in full the expenses of the inspection. Upon receipt of a request and agreement under this section, or as soon thereafter as may be conveniently practicable, the director shall comply with the request and, upon the receipt of the expenses of the inspection, shall issue to the applicant a certificate to the facts disclosed. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 286.222 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 106, Imd. Eff. Apr. 24, 2012
MI Comp L § 286.223 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)|Section 286.223 - Quarantine; Enforcement, Hearing, Notice.

286.223 Quarantine; enforcement, hearing, notice. Sec. 23.  The commissioner of agriculture when he shall find that there exists in any other state, territory, or district, or part thereof any dangerous plant disease or insect infestation with reference to which the secretary of agriculture of the United States has not determined that a quarantine is necessary and duly established such quarantine, he is hereby authorized to promulgate, and to enforce by appropriate rules and regulations, a quarantine prohibiting or restricting the transportation into or through the state, or any portion thereof, from such other state, territory, or district, of any class of nursery stock, plant, fruit, seed, or other article of any character whatsoever, capable of carrying such plant disease or insect infestation. The commissioner of agriculture is hereby authorized to make rules and regulations for the seizure, inspection, disinfection, destruction, or other disposition of any nursery stock, plant, fruit, seed, or other article of any character whatsoever, capable of carrying any dangerous plant disease or insect infestation, a quarantine with respect to which shall have been established by the secretary of agriculture of the United States, and which have been transported to, into or through this state in violation of such quarantine. The notice of any hearing and the promulgation of any quarantine provided for in this section shall be by publication in 1 or more newspapers in circulation in the area affected: Provided, That any person within the state holding a license under the provisions of this act shall be mailed notice of such hearing or promulgation by the commissioner of agriculture. The commissioner of agriculture is hereby authorized and empowered to seize and hold for use as evidence any article or thing found in the possession of or used, held for shipment, shipped, offered for sale or sold by any person in violation of any of the provisions of this act. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 332, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 286.223 Admin Rule: R 285.606.1 and R 285.620.1 of the Michigan Administrative Code.
MI Comp L § 286.223a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)|Section 286.223a - Rules.

286.223a Rules. Sec. 23a.  The director may promulgate rules to implement this act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. History: Add. 1984, Act 88, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1984
MI Comp L § 286.223b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)|Section 286.223b - Rescission of R 285.607, R 285.611, R 285.613, and R 285.618.

286.223b Rescission of R 285.607, R 285.611, R 285.613, and R 285.618.Sec. 23b.  R 285.607, R 285.611, R 285.613, and R 285.618 of the Michigan administrative code are rescinded. History: Add. 2012, Act 97, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 2012
MI Comp L § 286.224 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)|Section 286.224 - Violation of Act; Penalty, Quarantine, Misdemeanor.

286.224 Violation of act; penalty, quarantine, misdemeanor. Sec. 24.  Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act or of any quarantine, or rules or regulations supplemental thereto, issued by the commissioner of agriculture in pursuance of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the penalties prescribed in section 26 of this act. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 286.224 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955
MI Comp L § 286.225 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)|Section 286.225 - Review of Rule or Order; Appeal to Circuit Court.

286.225 Review of rule or order; appeal to circuit court. Sec. 25.  Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation affected by any rule, regulation or order made or served pursuant to this act may have a review of the same by the commissioner of agriculture and from his decision may appeal to the circuit court for the purpose of having such rule, regulation or order modified or suspended. Application for such review may be made to the commissioner of agriculture in writing within 10 days after the receipt of notice of such rule, regulation or order; and such review shall be allowed and considered by the commissioner of agriculture at such time and place and under rules and regulations as the commissioner of agriculture may prescribe. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 286.225 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955
MI Comp L § 286.226 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)|Section 286.226 - Violation of Act; Penalty.

286.226 Violation of act; penalty. Sec. 26.  Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this act with reference to the sale, shipment, transportation, receipt or delivery of nursery stock without inspection or certificate, or with reference to treatment of nursery stock, plants, plant products, or other property, or who shall forge, counterfeit, deface, alter, destroy or wrongfully use a certificate provided for in this act, or who shall use a certificate belonging to another person without the consent of the commissioner of agriculture; or who shall use a certificate after it has been revoked or has expired; or who fails to secure a license as provided for in section 9 of this act; or who shall violate any quarantine, or rule, regulation or order of the commissioner of agriculture provided for in this act; or who shall maintain a nuisance after receiving notice from the commissioner of agriculture to abate the same, or shall fail or neglect to use such measures of arrest and control of injurious insect pests and plant diseases as are required of him by the commissioner of agriculture; or who shall offer any hindrance or resistance to the carrying out of this act, or shall violate any other provision thereof, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00 for each and every offense, or if the fine is not paid, a prison sentence in the county jail may be authorized at the discretion of the court. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- Am. 1933, Act 246, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1933 ;-- Am. 1935, Act 232, Eff. Sept. 21, 1935 ;-- CL 1948, 286.226 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955