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AZ Rev Stat § 3-147 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-147 - Rules; advisory committee

3-147.  Rules;  advisory committee A. The director shall adopt reasonable rules for certification of laboratories that perform agricultural laboratory testing. Rules shall be prescribed only insofar as they affect the precision and accuracy of laboratory results. The rules shall include: 1. Acceptable methods of sampling,  analyzing and testing including the routine examination of certified laboratories for accuracy of analysis. 2. Acceptable standards of sanitary and safety conditions within the laboratory and its surroundings. 3. Equipment essential to the proper operation of a laboratory. 4. The construction and operation of the laboratory,  including plumbing,  heating,  lighting,  ventilation,  electrical services and similar conditions. B. If before adopting rules pursuant to this section the director determines that it is necessary or desirable,  the director may appoint an advisory committee pursuant to section 3-106.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-148 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-148 - Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of a certificate; review and appeal

3-148.  Grounds for denial,  suspension or revocation of a certificate;  review and appeal A. The assistant director may refuse to grant or renew a certificate or may suspend or revoke a certificate if the assistant director has reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant or registrant is not in compliance with adopted rules relating to the certification of laboratories pursuant to this article. The assistant director shall notify an applicant of the reasons for the action. B. The director shall review the assistant director's action on request of any person adversely affected by the action,  and the director s decision is subject to appeal pursuant to title 41,  chapter 6,  article 10.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-149 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-149 - Evidentiary effect of test results certified by the assistant director

3-149.  Evidentiary effect of test results certified by the assistant director Test results certified by the assistant director are prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the results.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-161 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-161 - Definitions

3-161.  Definitions In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Commission"  means the historical advisory commission established by section 41-151.20. 2. " Register"  means the Arizona register of heritage agriculture.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-162 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-162 - Arizona register of heritage agriculture; qualifying criteria; definition

3-162.  Arizona register of heritage agriculture;  qualifying criteria;  definition A. The Arizona register of heritage agriculture is established. B. Any person may apply in writing to the historical advisory commission to nominate agricultural property in this state for listing on the register. If the person nominating the property is not the current owner of the property,  the nomination must include the current owner s written assent to the nomination. C. To qualify for listing on the register,  the agricultural property must meet both of the following requirements: 1. The property must comprise at least ten acres of real property that has been owned by the same family and in continuous commercial agricultural production for at least fifty years. Property that has been in active production may qualify regardless of occasional periods of inactivity due to: (a) Acts of God. (b) Federal farm conservation programs. (c) Crop rotation practices. (d) Generally accepted range management and pasture rotation practices. (e) Temporarily inadequate water supplies. 2. The property must include at least one house,  barn,  shed,  crib,  granary,  silo,  windmill or fence that is at least twenty-five years old. D. For purposes of this section,  " family"  includes individuals or a trust,  estate,  corporation,  partnership,  joint venture or similar entity or combination of entities,  if the individuals or at least eighty per cent of the beneficiaries,  shareholders,  partners or joint venturers share a family relationship as parents or ancestors of parents,  children or descendants of children,  siblings,  cousins of the first degree,  aunts,  uncles,  nieces or nephews of the first degree,  spouses of any of the listed relatives and listed relatives by the half-blood or by adoption.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-163 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-163 - Application

3-163.  Application A. An applicant must provide documentary evidence that property meets the qualifications prescribed by this article for listing on the register of heritage agriculture. The commission may require additional information as necessary to support the application. B. The commission shall: 1. Establish an advisory group of persons with experience in agriculture to assist the commission in evaluating applications under this section. 2. Prescribe the procedure for filing and evaluating the applications. 3. Set a nonrefundable application fee which must be paid in full when the application is submitted. C. The commission may establish categories of recognition based on the age of the agricultural operation.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-164 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-164 - Listing property on register

3-164.  Listing property on register A. The commission shall provide written notification to the owner,  and applicant if different from the owner,  of its decision on listing the property on the register. B. If the commission lists the property on the register: 1. The commission shall include,  with the notice under subsection A of this section,  a certificate signed by the secretary of state,  the president of the senate,  the speaker of the house of representatives and the chairperson of the commission describing the property and designating it as Arizona heritage agriculture property. 2. The owner of the property may identify the property as Arizona heritage agriculture property using signs,  monuments,  plaques,  letterheads and other identifiers. C. The designation of property as Arizona heritage agriculture property: 1. Is an honorific recognition only,  and does not confer any other right or privilege except as provided by this article. 2. Does not affect the right to use,  convey,  encumber,  alter or exercise any other right of ownership at the owner s discretion,  and no person may impair or affect the owner s property rights based on the designation of the property as Arizona heritage agriculture property. 3. Terminates if the property no longer meets the requirements of section 3-162,  subsection C. The commission may require the owner to file an annual affidavit that the property continues to qualify under this article.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-165 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-165 - Restricted use of designation; violation; classification

3-165.  Restricted use of designation;  violation;  classification A. A person may use the designation " Arizona heritage agriculture property"  or " heritage agriculture"  only with the approval of the commission as provided by this article. A person may not use the designation " Arizona heritage agriculture property"  or " heritage agriculture"  for any commercial purpose except as provided by this article. B. A person who knowingly violates this section is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-201 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-201 - Definitions

3-201.  Definitions In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Associate director"  means the associate director of the division. 2. " Diseases"  includes any fungus,  bacterium,  virus or other organism of any kind and any unknown cause that is or may be found to be injurious,  or likely to be or to become injurious to any domesticated or cultivated plant,  or to the product of any such plant. 3. " Division"  means the plant services division of the Arizona department of agriculture. 4. " Noxious weed"  means any species of plant that is,  or is liable to be,  detrimental or destructive and difficult to control or eradicate and shall include any species that the director,  after investigation and hearing,  shall determine to be a noxious weed. 5. " Nursery"  means real property or other premises on or in which nursery stock is propagated,  grown or cultivated or from which source nursery stock is offered for distribution or sale. 6. " Nursery stock"  includes all trees,  shrubs,  vines,  cacti,  agaves,  succulents,  herbaceous plants whether annuals,  biennials or perennials,  bulbs,  corms,  rizomes,  roots,  decorative plant material,  flowers,  fruit pits or seeds,  cuttings,  buds,  grafts,  scions and other plants intended for sale,  gift or propagation,  either cultivated or collected in the wild,  except seeds as regulated by article 2 of this chapter,  fruit and vegetables regulated by chapter 3,  articles 2 and 4 of this title and cotton plants. 7. " Pests"  includes all noxious weeds,  insects,  diseases,  mites,  spiders,  nematodes and other animal or plant organisms found injurious,  or likely to be or to become injurious,  to any domesticated,  cultivated,  native or wild plant,  or to the product of any such plant. 8. " Plant"  or " crop"  includes every kind of vegetation,  wild or domesticated,  and any part thereof,  as well as seed,  fruit or other natural product of such vegetation. 9. " Shipment"  includes anything that is brought into the state or that is transported within the state and that may be the host or may contain or carry or may be susceptible of containing,  carrying or having present on,  in or about it any plant pest or plant disease.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-202 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-202 - Infested or infected plants as public nuisances

3-202.  Infested or infected plants as public nuisances All plants,  soil and other things found infested or infected with a crop pest or disease or which are the host or carrier or means of disseminating or propagating a crop pest or disease is declared a public nuisance,  and may be abated,  suppressed,  controlled or regulated as provided in this article and by the rules and orders of the director.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-203 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-203 - Quarantine of infected and diseased plants; notice; hearing

3-203.  Quarantine of infected and diseased plants;  notice;  hearing A. When a plant or any other thing is found infested or infected by or to contain or harbor a crop pest or disease,  the director shall place thereon a written warning or notice,  stating: 1. That the plant or thing is held under quarantine by the department. 2. That all persons are forbidden to remove or otherwise disturb the plant or thing pending further action by the department under section 3-204 or 3-205. B. The director shall,  as soon as practical,  notify in writing the owner or person in charge of the plant or thing,  if he can be found within the county,  of his finding the crop pest or disease,  stating the name thereof,  and giving a sufficient description of the plant or thing by name,  location or otherwise in order that it may be readily identified. C. An owner or person in charge of a plant or thing that is subject to this section may request a hearing pursuant to title 41,  chapter 6,  article 10,  but the request for a hearing shall not stay necessary abatement action under section 3-204 or 3-205.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-204.01 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-204.01 - Council plow-up request; civil penalty

3-204.01.  Council plow-up request;  civil penalty A. At the request of the cotton research and protection council,  the director,  acting as an agent of the council,  shall plow up cotton fields that are not in compliance with section 3-1086,  subsection D. An injunction shall not be granted to stay this state from plowing up the fields. The director may request the cotton research and protection council to provide monies pursuant to section 3-1085,  subsection B to help defray the costs of the plow up until the owner or person in charge reimburses the department for the actual costs of the plow up. B. If the actual costs of the plow up are not paid within three months after the owner or person in charge receives notice of the amount of the costs,  the department may impose a civil penalty of one hundred fifty per cent of the costs of the plow up. At the director's request,  the attorney general shall file an action in superior court to recover civil penalties assessed pursuant to this subsection. C. A producer may appeal to the council the order of the council for the plow up of noncompliant cotton fields by the department pursuant to title 41,  chapter 6,  article 10. D. All costs and civil penalties collected under this section shall be deposited,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  in the dangerous plants,  pests and diseases trust fund established by section 3-214.01.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-205.01 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-205.01 - Summary abatement of noxious weeds, crop pests or diseases under preapproved programs

3-205.01.  Summary abatement of noxious weeds,  crop pests or diseases under preapproved programs The director may treat,  spray,  control,  suppress or eradicate noxious weeds,  crop pests or diseases through a countywide,  area-wide or statewide program or programs that have been approved or authorized by the department. If such countywide,  area-wide or statewide program or programs affect cotton,  the program or programs must also be approved by the cotton research and protection council. The director may take whatever actions that are necessary to assist,  support or enforce such programs including entering any fields to treat,  spray,  control,  suppress or eradicate noxious weeds,  crop pests or diseases under these authorized or approved programs.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-205.02 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-205.02 - Regulating production of colored cotton; civil penalties

3-205.02.  Regulating production of colored cotton;  civil penalties A. The director may adopt rules to regulate the production of colored cotton. The rules shall include registering producers,  production requirements,  field separation,  cotton appliances used to produce,  transport and handle colored cotton and ginning and seed requirements. B. The director may impose the following sanctions for violating colored cotton rules: 1. A civil penalty assessed against a grower of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars per acre for each planted acre of colored cotton unless the grower voluntarily abates the colored cotton crop before the first bloom. 2. A civil penalty assessed against the owner or operator of a cotton gin of not more than one hundred dollars per bale of colored cotton for violating ginning rules. 3. A civil penalty assessed against the owner or operator of a cotton appliance of not more than five hundred dollars per violation for violating the cotton appliance rules. 4. Suspension or revocation of a grower's colored cotton registration. C. All civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be deposited,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  in the state general fund.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-206 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-206 - Destruction of noninfected crops on abatement of nuisance; procedure; hearing; evidence

3-206.  Destruction of noninfected crops on abatement of nuisance;  procedure;  hearing;  evidence A. If the plants constituting the nuisance consist of growing crops,  trees,  orchards,  vines or shrubbery,  and the infestation or infection is by a plant pest or disease of such a nature,  or if the location of the plants with respect to other plants not infested or infected is a part of the same crop,  or is growing immediately adjacent to the infested or infected plants,  and the director believes it is impractical to abate the nuisance,  and to suppress,  eradicate or control the crop pest or disease without destroying the whole of the crop,  trees,  orchard,  vines or shrubbery of which the infested or infected plants are a part,  or without serious injury to uninfected or uninfested plants,  the director may adopt proper measures to control,  eradicate and suppress the crop pest or disease,  although it causes a destruction of the crops,  trees,  orchards,  vines and shrubbery or an injury to uninfected or uninfested plants that are a part of the crops,  trees,  orchards,  vines or shrubbery. B. Before proceeding with abatement of the nuisance or suppressing,  eradicating or controlling the crop pest or disease,  the director shall serve written notice on the owner or person in charge of the premises on which the nuisance is located,  specifying the infestation or infection and directing the person to appear at a hearing to be held at a time and place within the county where the nuisance exists,  and show cause why the crop,  trees,  orchard,  vines or shrubbery should not be destroyed in whole or in part. C. The notice shall be personally served on the person,  if the person is found within the county where the nuisance exists,  at least five days before the hearing. If the person is a nonresident or cannot be found in the county,  the notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the county for at least seven days before the hearing,  and in addition,  a copy thereof shall be posted in a conspicuous place on or at the premises involved for a like period. D. Any interested party may appear at the hearing and be heard,  either in person or by attorney. The hearing officer shall preserve a record of all evidence introduced,  and at the conclusion of the hearing shall enter an order conforming to the hearing officer's findings.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-207 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-207 - Crop pest or disease menacing state; notice of hearing; publication

3-207.  Crop pest or disease menacing state;  notice of hearing;  publication A. When a crop pest or disease is discovered within this state,  or any section of an adjoining state or country,  which the director believes menaces or threatens serious injury to the horticultural or agricultural industry of this state unless the crop pest or disease is eradicated,  suppressed or controlled so as not to cause the threatened injury,  and if the director believes it impractical to prevent the threatened injury except by destruction in whole or part of uninfested or uninfected plants within this state which would,  if not destroyed or injured,  permit the crop pest or disease to be introduced into this state or cause its spread and dissemination either within or without the state,  he shall give public notice of the menace stating the character thereof,  its present location and the crops to which it is injurious. The notice shall direct all persons interested: 1. To appear at the division office at a time therein specified to consider measures for the suppression,  eradication or control of the threatened injury. 2. To show cause why the director should not order the destruction or injury of all or such portion of the plants,  which,  if not destroyed or injured,  will become the means of introducing the crop pest or disease into the state or of spreading it to other places,  or to show cause why a quarantine zone should not be established. B. The notice shall be published at least seven days prior to the hearing in at least one newspaper for at least one insertion in each county wherein the director deems it necessary to destroy or injure the plants,  and in a newspaper published at Phoenix.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-208 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-208 - Hearing on plant menace; evidence; quarantine zones; violation

3-208.  Hearing on plant menace;  evidence;  quarantine zones;  violation A. Any interested party may be heard at the hearing,  either in person or by attorney. The department shall preserve a written record of all evidence introduced at the hearing. B. If the director finds that a menace exists,  he may make and enforce rules and orders and establish quarantine zones or districts to eradicate,  suppress or control the menace. C. When the director finds the danger which caused the establishment of a prohibited zone is no longer present,  he shall revoke the order establishing the zone,  and may by order change or modify the order establishing a zone or applicable rules without notice or hearing,  but no additional territory shall by subsequent order be added to or included within the boundaries of the zone except by notice and hearing as required for establishing the zone. D. After the date on which the director enters the order establishing a zone,  it shall be unlawful to plant,  grow or cultivate,  or have in,  or to transport from or into the district any plant of the kind specified in the order except in accordance with the order or subsequent orders.
AZ Rev Stat § 3-209 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture|§ 3-209 - Quarantines; notice to common carriers; duty to hold for inspection; certificate of release; inspection

3-209.  Quarantines;  notice to common carriers;  duty to hold for inspection;  certificate of release;  inspection A. When the director believes the importation from designated countries,  states or localities of specified varieties of plants,  fruits,  vegetables,  seeds,  soil or agricultural or horticultural products is dangerous to this state or to the agricultural or horticultural industry of this state because of the likelihood of infestation with crop pests or diseases,  the director may declare a quarantine against all varieties from those places. Common carriers shall be immediately notified of the declaration of quarantine and are prohibited from transporting quarantined products or pests and diseases associated with the quarantined products from the designated places into the state. B. Any person who brings or causes to be brought into the state plants,  fruits,  vegetables or agricultural or horticultural products is subject to either of the following procedures: 1. The inspector may issue a certificate of release to the person at a properly signed border inspection station. 2. The inspector may instruct the person,  at a properly signed border inspection station,  to hold the shipment at the place where it is to be received,  without unnecessarily moving or placing it where it may be harmful,  for immediate inspection of the inspector,  and shall not deliver the shipment to the person entitled to it until furnished with a certificate of release by the inspector. C. If a person does not obtain a certificate of release as prescribed by subsection B,  the person shall,  immediately after arrival in this state,  notify the inspector of the place where the shipment will be received,  and hold it,  without unnecessarily moving or placing it where it may be harmful for immediate inspection of the inspector,  and shall not deliver the shipment to the person entitled to it until furnished with a certificate of release by the inspector. D. The director,  the associate director or the inspector may enter into any place where the products are received,  as described in subsection C,  for the purpose of making the investigation or examination.