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AR Code § 2-16-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-16-107. Rules

 The State Plant Board is hereby authorized to promulgate such rules as are necessary to administer the fees, rates, tolls, or charges for services established by §§ 2-16-407(f), 2-17-213, 2-17-238, 2-19-209(a), and 2-19-307(a) and is directed to prescribe and collect such fees, rates, tolls, or charges for the services delivered by the board in such manner as may be necessary to support the programs of the board as directed by the Governor and the General Assembly.
AR Code § 2-16-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-16-108. State Plant Board Operations and Facilities Construction Fund — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Board” means the State Plant Board; and  (2) “Fund” means the State Plant Board Operations and Facilities Construction Fund.    (b)  (1) There is created in accordance with §§ 19-4-801 — 19-4-803, 19-4-805, and 19-4-806 and the Revenue Classification Law, § 19-6-101 et seq., a cash fund entitled the State Plant Board Operations and Facilities Construction Fund, which shall be maintained in such depository bank or banks as may be designated from time to time by the board.  (2)  (A) The first two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) in each fiscal year of all fees, interest, penalities, and costs collected by the board that constitute the special revenues specified in § 19-6-301(51) and all income, interest, and earnings thereof are declared to be cash funds to be used solely for paying the cost of operations and maintenance of the board and the financing of the acquisition, construction, and maintenance of facilities for the board's operations, including any additions, extensions, and improvements thereto, the renovation thereof, and the equipping of such facilities.  (B) Such cash funds shall not be deemed to be a part of the State Treasury for any purpose, including, without limitation, the provisions of Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 29, Article 16, § 12, or Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 20, or any other constitutional or statutory provision.    (3) The fund shall be held and the amounts therein invested by the board in accordance with the laws of the state pertaining to cash funds. The board may also pledge and use moneys in the fund to provide for the repayment of obligations issued by the Arkansas Development Finance Authority under the State Agencies Facilities Acquisition Act of 1991, § 22-3-1401 et seq., to accomplish the purposes specified in subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section and to pay the costs and expenses related to the issuance of such obligations.    (c) The provisions of §§ 22-3-1402(c) [repealed] and 22-3-1406 [repealed] shall not be applicable in any respect to the acquisition, construction, extension, or renovation of or the equipping of facilities for the board and shall not under any circumstances constitute a limitation on or prohibition to the financing of the capital improvements by the authority.  (d) On July 30, 1999, all moneys then held in the Plant Board Fund created by § 19-6-408 that were derived from the special revenues described in subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall be transferred to the State Plant Board Operations and Facilities Construction Fund, except that the amount transferred shall not exceed the maximum amount provided in subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section.
AR Code § 2-16-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-16-109. Turf purchased with state moneys — Definition

 (a) As used in this section, “turf” means field-cultivated turf grass sod consisting of grass varieties tested by the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program.  (b) Turf shall be certified by the State Plant Board if the turf is:  (1) Purchased with state moneys, either directly or indirectly; or  (2) Used in a project conducted:  (A) By a state agency, department, board, or commission; or  (B) Under a contract with the State of Arkansas.      (c) Cool seasons variety blends of turf shall be grown from blue tag certified seed under the blue tag certification program of the Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies.
AR Code § 2-16-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 2 - Plant Act of 1917|§ 2-16-201. Title

 This subchapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Plant Act of 1917”.
AR Code § 2-16-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 2 - Plant Act of 1917|§ 2-16-202. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Insect pests and diseases” means insect pests and diseases injurious to plants and plant products of this state including any of the stages of development of such insects and diseases;  (2) “Persons” means individuals, associations, partnerships, and corporations;  (3) “Places” means vessels, cars, other vehicles, buildings, docks, nurseries, orchards, and other premises where plants and plant products are grown, kept, or handled; and  (4) “Plants and plant products” means trees, shrubs, vines, forage, and cereal plants, and all other plants; cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, and all other parts of plants; and fruit, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, wood, lumber, and all other plant products.
AR Code § 2-16-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 2 - Plant Act of 1917|§ 2-16-204. Actions of agents

 In construing and enforcing the provisions of this subchapter, the act, omission, or failure of any official agent or other person acting for or employed by any person, association, partnership, or corporation within the scope of his or her employment or office shall, in every case, also be deemed the act, omission, or failure of the person, association, partnership, or corporation as well as that of the person.
AR Code § 2-16-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 2 - Plant Act of 1917|§ 2-16-205. Effect of federal law

 This subchapter shall not be so construed or enforced as to conflict in any way with any act of the United States Congress regulating the movement of plants and plant products in interstate or foreign commerce.
AR Code § 2-16-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 2 - Plant Act of 1917|§ 2-16-207. Powers and duties of board

 (a)  (1) The State Plant Board shall keep itself informed as to the varieties of insect pests, diseases, and noxious weeds and the origin, locality, nature, and appearance thereof; the manner in which they are disseminated; and the approved methods of treatment and eradication.  (2) Every such insect pest, disease, and noxious weed, and every plant and plant product infested or infected is declared to be a public nuisance.    (b)  (1) The board in its rules made under this subchapter shall list the insect pests, diseases, and noxious weeds, of which it shall find that the introduction into or the dissemination within the state should be prevented in order to safeguard the plants and plant products of this state, and the list shall include the plants and plant products or other substances on or in which these pests may be carried.  (2) Every person who has knowledge of the presence of any insect pest, disease, or noxious weed listed as required in this section in the rules made under this subchapter, in or upon any place, shall immediately report it to the board or inspectors thereof, giving such detailed information relative thereto as he or she may have.  (3) Every person who deals in or engages in the sale of plants or plant products shall furnish to the board or its inspectors, when requested, a statement of the names and addresses of the persons from whom and the localities where he or she purchased or obtained the plant and plant products.    (c)  (1) The board shall make rules for carrying out the provisions and requirements of this subchapter, including rules under which the inspectors and other employees of the Department of Agriculture shall:  (A) Inspect places, plants and plant products, and things and substances used or connected herewith;  (B) Investigate, control, eradicate, and prevent the dissemination of insect pests, diseases, and noxious weeds; and  (C) Supervise or cause the treatment, cutting, and destruction of infected or infested plants and plant products.    (2) For the purpose of preventing fraud and misrepresentation, the board shall make rules governing the transportation, distribution, or sale of sorghum seed, hybrid corn seed, and other seeds intended for planting.    (d) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions and requirements of this subchapter, of the rules made, and notices given pursuant thereto, the board and the inspectors and employees of the department shall have power to enter into or upon any place and to open any bundle, package, or other container of plants or plant products.
AR Code § 2-16-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 2 - Plant Act of 1917|§ 2-16-208. Director of board

 (a)  (1) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subchapter, the State Plant Board shall employ, prescribe the duties of, and fix the compensation for a Director of the State Plant Board.  (2)  (A) With the approval of the State Plant Board, the director may employ such inspectors or other employees as may be required and may incur such expenses as may be necessary within the limits of the appropriation made by law.  (B) The State Plant Board shall be subject to all executive orders by the Governor instituting a hiring freeze or restriction applicable to all cabinet-level departments.      (b)  (1) The director shall be appointed by the State Plant Board with the approval of the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  (2)  (A) The director shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.  (B) The secretary shall serve as the liaison between the State Plant Board and the Governor.      (c)  (1) The director shall furnish a bond of five thousand dollars ($5,000) with sufficient sureties approved by the State Plant Board for the faithful performance of his or her duties of this subchapter and the rules of the State Plant Board.  (2) Any person suffering damage by reason of the acts or omissions of the chief inspector or his or her duly authorized deputies or employees may bring action on the bond for damages.  (3) The State Plant Board may require to indemnify the director that similar bonds shall be furnished by deputies, inspectors, or employees.    (d) The State Plant Board shall cooperate with other departments, boards, and officers of this state and of the United States as far as possible.  (e) The secretary shall not be appointed to the position of director.
AR Code § 2-16-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 2 - Plant Act of 1917|§ 2-16-209. Transportation, etc., of insect pests, etc., generally

 (a) Transportation through or into or transportation, distribution, or sale within the state of any insect pest, plant disease, noxious weed, or any plant, plant product, or other substance, listed in the rules of the State Plant Board as required under § 2-16-207, or of sorghum seed, hybrid corn seed, or other planting seeds for the transportation, distribution, or sale of which the board has made rules under this subchapter is prohibited except under such safeguards as may be provided for in the rules of the board.  (b) To cover expenses incident to inspection or treatment or incident to the issuance of such permits or certificates as may be required by the board's rules made under this subchapter, the board may require the payment of reasonable fees which shall be deposited in the manner prescribed by § 2-16-210 to be used in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter.  (c) The board is empowered to require that a shipper who ships plants from another state into Arkansas must meet any and all requirements which the shipper's state would make of an Arkansas shipper who ships plants into that state.  (d) Inspectors carrying out the provisions of this subchapter on issuance of a written notice may cause to be held or to be sent out of the state or to be destroyed any plant, plant product, or other substance which has been brought into or is being transported within the state in violation of any state or federal law, rule, or regulation. They may stop and detain for inspection any person, car, or other carrier.
AR Code § 2-16-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 2 - Plant Act of 1917|§ 2-16-210. Certificate of inspection required

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, give away, carry, ship, or deliver for carriage or shipment, within this state, any plants or plant products listed as required by this subchapter unless the plants and plant products have been officially inspected and a certificate has been issued by an inspector of the State Plant Board. This certificate shall state that the plants or plant products have been inspected and found to be apparently free from insect pests and diseases. It shall also be unlawful for any person to sell, give away, carry, ship, or deliver for carriage any plants or plant products unless the plants or plant products bear a certificate issued by an inspector of the board. This certificate shall show that the place on which the plants or plant products were grown has been inspected and found to be apparently free from insect pests and diseases and any other facts provided for in the rules made under this subchapter.  (b) This section shall not apply to plants and plant products not affected by rules made under § 2-16-211 when the plants or plant products are disposed of in local trade.  (c) When any person shall notify the board of impending shipments of plants or plant products and the board fails to provide the proper inspector to inspect the plants or plant products under the rules made under this subchapter, the person desiring to make the shipment may do so without being liable to provisions of this section.  (d) For the issuance of the certificate as provided for in this section, the board may require the payment of a reasonable fee to cover the expenses of the inspection and certification. If it shall be found at any time that a certificate of inspection, issued or accepted under the provisions of this section, is being used in connection with plants and plant products which are infested or infected with insect pests or diseases, its further use may be prohibited, subject to such inspection and other disposition of the plants and plant products involved as may be provided for by the board.  (e) All moneys collected by the board under this section or under § 2-16-211 or § 2-16-214 shall be deposited with the treasurer of the board and shall be used in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 2-16-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 2 - Plant Act of 1917|§ 2-16-211. Eradication of pests, diseases, or noxious weeds

 (a) Whenever the inspection discloses that any places, plants, plant products, or things and substances used or connected therewith, are infested or infected with any insect pest, disease, or noxious weed, listed, as required by § 2-16-207 in rules made under this subchapter, written notice thereof shall be given the owner or other person in possession or control of the place where found, and the owner or other person shall proceed to control, eradicate, or prevent the dissemination of the insect pest, disease, or noxious weed. The owner shall then remove, cut, or destroy infested or infected plants and plant products or things and substances used or connected therewith, within the time and in the manner prescribed by the notice or the rules made under this subchapter.  (b) Whenever the owner or other person cannot be found or shall fail, neglect, or refuse to obey the requirements of the notice and the rules made under this subchapter, the requirements shall be carried out by the inspector or other employees of the State Plant Board. The board shall have and enforce a lien for the expenses thereof against the place in which or upon which the expenses were incurred in the same manner as liens are had and enforced upon buildings, lots, wharves, and piers for labor and materials furnished by virtue of contract with the owner.
AR Code § 2-16-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 2 - Plant Act of 1917|§ 2-16-212. Regulation of pests or diseases within state

 (a) Whenever the State Plant Board shall find that there exists in this state or any part thereof any insect, disease, or noxious weed and that its dissemination should be controlled or prevented, the board may give notice thereof, specifying the plants and plant products infested, infected, or likely to become infested or infected therewith.  (b) The movement, planting, or other use of any plant, plant products, or other thing or substance specified in the notice as likely to carry and disseminate the insect pest, disease, or noxious weed, except under such safeguard as may be provided in the rules made by the board, shall be prohibited within such area as may be designated in the public notice until the board shall find that the danger of the dissemination of the insect, disease, or noxious weed has ceased to exist, of which the board shall give public notice.  (c) Before the order of prohibition shall be issued, a public hearing, with due public notice thereof, shall be held by the board, at which hearing interested persons may appear in person or by attorney.
AR Code § 2-16-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 2 - Plant Act of 1917|§ 2-16-213. Receiving noncomplying plants, etc

 Any person in this state who receives any plant or plant product sold, given away, carried, shipped, or delivered for carriage or shipment within this state, as to which the requirements of § 2-16-210 have not been complied with, shall immediately inform the State Plant Board or an inspector thereof and isolate and hold the plant product unopened or unused subject to such inspection and other disposition as may be provided for by the board.
AR Code § 2-16-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 2 - Plant Act of 1917|§ 2-16-214. Review of rules, etc

 Any person affected by any rules made or notice given, under this subchapter, may have a review thereof by the State Plant Board for the purposes of having the rules or notice modified, suspended, or withdrawn, and, pending the review, the rules or notice shall be suspended.
AR Code § 2-16-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 3 - Emergency Plant Act of 1921|§ 2-16-301. Title

 This subchapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Emergency Plant Act of 1921”.
AR Code § 2-16-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 3 - Emergency Plant Act of 1921|§ 2-16-302. Definitions

 For the purposes of this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms and definitions set forth in § 2-16-202 are adopted and made a part of this subchapter. In addition, the term “dangerous insect pest and plant diseases” shall be construed to mean such insect pests and plant diseases as the pink bollworm, the Mexican bean beetle, potato wart disease, “take all”, and such other insect pests and plant diseases, the prevalence of which would threaten an established agricultural industry in the state.
AR Code § 2-16-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 3 - Emergency Plant Act of 1921|§ 2-16-303. Provisions supplemental

 This subchapter shall not be construed as limiting the authority conferred upon the State Plant Board by the Arkansas Plant Act of 1917, § 2-16-201 et seq., but shall be construed as supplemental thereto.
AR Code § 2-16-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 3 - Emergency Plant Act of 1921|§ 2-16-304. Penalties — Prosecution

 (a) Any person who shall violate any provision of this subchapter or who shall interfere with any member of the State Plant Board or any inspector or employee while engaged in the performance of his or her duties under this subchapter shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  (b)  (1) Upon information furnished by the board, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General or the prosecuting attorney of the district in which an alleged violation of any provision of this subchapter may occur to enforce the provisions of this subchapter by proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction.  (2) If the remedy elected to be pursued is by writ of injunction, no court of this state shall have the right to set aside or stay the writ of injunction before a hearing upon the merits.
AR Code § 2-16-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 3 - Emergency Plant Act of 1921|§ 2-16-305. Actions of agents

 In construing and enforcing the provisions of this subchapter, the act, omission, or failure of an official, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any person, association, partnership, or corporation within the scope of his or her employment or office shall, in every case, also be deemed the act, omission, or failure of the person, association, partnership, or corporation as well as that of the person acting as the agent.
AR Code § 2-16-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 3 - Emergency Plant Act of 1921|§ 2-16-306. Enforcement

 (a)  (1) The provisions of this subchapter and the rules promulgated hereunder shall be carried out by the Director of the State Plant Board, who shall serve without extra compensation.  (2) The director may, with the approval of the State Plant Board, employ such inspectors or other employees as may be required and may incur such expenses as may be necessary, within the limits of the appropriation made by law or declared by the Governor.    (b) For the purposes of carrying out the requirements of this subchapter, and the rules made and notices given pursuant thereto, the inspectors and employees of the Department of Agriculture shall have the right to enter into or upon any place and for purpose of inspection to open any bundle, package, or other container of plants, plant products, articles, or substances.  (c)  (1) In the enforcement of this subchapter and of the rules made pursuant thereto, the board may summon witnesses; require the production of any books, papers, or documents it deems material; administer oaths; and hear witnesses.  (2) It shall be the duty of each sheriff in the state to serve a summons when requested by the board.