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MI Comp L § 286.102 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 313 of 1929 - White Pine Blister Rust (286.101 - 286.112)|Section 286.102 - White Pine Blister Rust; Declared Dangerous Pest; Enforcement of Act; Other State Departments.

286.102 White pine blister rust; declared dangerous pest; enforcement of act; other state departments. Sec. 2.  (1) The fungus disease commonly known as the white pine blister rust caused by the organism Cronartium ribicola Fischer is declared to be a dangerous forest pest in all its stages.   (2) The director of the department of agriculture shall enforce and administer the measures specified in this act for the control of this pest.  (3) All state departments shall cooperate with the department of agriculture in the control and eradication of the white pine blister rust.  History: 1929, Act 313, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 5132 ;-- CL 1948, 286.102 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 136, Imd. Eff. June 1, 2000
MI Comp L § 286.103 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 313 of 1929 - White Pine Blister Rust (286.101 - 286.112)|Section 286.103 - White Pine Blister Rust; Destruction of Plants.

286.103 White pine blister rust; destruction of plants. Sec. 3.  Any white pines, currants or gooseberries within the state which are found to be infected with white pine blister rust are hereby declared a public nuisance, and any such diseased plants and any and all wild plants of the genera Ribes and Grossularia, may be destroyed forthwith by order of the commissioner or his agents. Any currants, gooseberries or white pines not infected with white pine blister rust may be destroyed by the commissioner or his agents where necessary in carrying out the purposes of this act. History: 1929, Act 313, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 5133 ;-- CL 1948, 286.103
MI Comp L § 286.104 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 313 of 1929 - White Pine Blister Rust (286.101 - 286.112)|Section 286.104 - Cultivated Black Currant Declared Public Nuisance; Destruction.

286.104 Cultivated black currant declared public nuisance; destruction. Sec. 4.  The cultivated black currant is hereby declared a public nuisance. Planting, possessing, growing, propagating, selling or offering for sale plants, roots, or cuttings of cultivated black currants within the state is hereby prohibited. Such roots, cuttings or plants now planted or growing may be destroyed by the commissioner or his agents. History: 1929, Act 313, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 5134 ;-- CL 1948, 286.104
MI Comp L § 286.105 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 313 of 1929 - White Pine Blister Rust (286.101 - 286.112)|Section 286.105 - White Pine Blister Rust; Blister Rust Control Areas; Fruiting Currant and Gooseberry Control Areas; Destruction of Plants, Expense.

286.105 White pine blister rust; blister rust control areas; fruiting currant and gooseberry control areas; destruction of plants, expense. Sec. 5.  The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate by letter, publication, poster or other means, information concerning the white pine blister rust and to designate by the aforesaid means of promulgation blister rust control areas within the state in which control measures are necessary or advisable. In designating fruiting currant and gooseberry control areas, the commissioner shall use due care to fix their boundaries so as to include areas where currants and gooseberries are grown on a commercial scale and where their value for this purpose is clearly greater than the use of the area for the production of white pine. In designating white pine blister rust control areas, the commissioner shall use due care to fix their boundaries so as to protect white pines on such areas from damage by white pine blister rust. It shall be the duty of every land owner within such designated areas to carry out such control measures as are ordered by the commissioner, including the removal and destruction of any or all wild and cultivated currants and gooseberries or white pines. No currants or gooseberries shall be planted within such white pine blister rust control areas without written permission from the commissioner. No white pines shall be planted within such fruiting currant or gooseberry control areas without written permission of the commissioner. If the owner fails to destroy the above named plants within the time specified by the commissioner, the commissioner shall cause said plants to be destroyed and the expense thereof shall be a lien upon the owner's land. Such lien shall have the same effect and may be collected in the same manner as taxes upon such land. Any moneys so collected shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the fund provided for this work. History: 1929, Act 313, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 5135 ;-- CL 1948, 286.105
MI Comp L § 286.106 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 313 of 1929 - White Pine Blister Rust (286.101 - 286.112)|Section 286.106 - White Pine Blister Rust; Destruction of Plants; Compensation to Owner; Noxious Weeds.

286.106 White pine blister rust; destruction of plants; compensation to owner; noxious weeds. Sec. 6.  If cultivated currants, gooseberries or white pines which are not infected with white pine blister rust, are destroyed by specific order of the commissioner or his agents, the owner may be compensated therefor, the damages to be appraised by the commissioner or his agents at and not to exceed the actual value of the material destroyed, and paid to said owner by the state treasurer upon authorization of the commissioner: Provided, That any and all wild currants and gooseberries are hereby declared noxious weeds and no compensation shall be paid therefor. History: 1929, Act 313, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 5136 ;-- CL 1948, 286.106
MI Comp L § 286.107 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 313 of 1929 - White Pine Blister Rust (286.101 - 286.112)|Section 286.107 - Right of Entry by Commissioner of Agriculture.

286.107 Right of entry by commissioner of agriculture. Sec. 7.  The commissioner and his agents shall have the right to enter upon any private or public lands to determine the presence or the absence of white pine blister rust in any of its stages and to carry out measures for its control. History: 1929, Act 313, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 5137 ;-- CL 1948, 286.107
MI Comp L § 286.108 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 313 of 1929 - White Pine Blister Rust (286.101 - 286.112)|Section 286.108 - White Pine Blister Rust; Co-Operation; Rust Control on State Lands.

286.108 White pine blister rust; co-operation; rust control on state lands. Sec. 8.  The commissioner may co-operate with the United States department of agriculture, with the department of conservation, and with counties, townships, associations, institutions and individuals for the suppression and control of white pine blister rust, and shall carry on such investigations of the disease and its control as are deemed advisable by the commissioner. The department of conservation shall have control of all state owned lands and it shall be its duty to co-operate with the department of agriculture in the control of the white pine blister rust on all state lands and the expense so incurred shall be borne by the department of conservation. History: 1929, Act 313, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 5138 ;-- CL 1948, 286.108
MI Comp L § 286.109 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 313 of 1929 - White Pine Blister Rust (286.101 - 286.112)|Section 286.109 - Entry or Movement of Certain Plants.

286.109 Entry or movement of certain plants. Sec. 9.  The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to prohibit and prevent or regulate the entry into or movement within the state from any part thereof to any other part, of any white pines or any plants of genus Ribes or Grossularia when such plants are to be shipped into blister rust control areas. History: 1929, Act 313, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 5139 ;-- CL 1948, 286.109
MI Comp L § 286.112 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 313 of 1929 - White Pine Blister Rust (286.101 - 286.112)|Section 286.112 - Violation of Act; Penalty.

286.112 Violation of act; penalty. Sec. 12.  Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than 100 dollars or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, and costs of prosecution, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. History: 1929, Act 313, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 5142 ;-- CL 1948, 286.112
MI Comp L § 286.121 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 6 of 1919 (Ex. Sess.) - Extermination of Grasshoppers and Similar Pests (286.121 - 286.123)|Section 286.121 - Extermination of Grasshoppers, Similar Pests; County Appropriation.

286.121 Extermination of grasshoppers, similar pests; county appropriation. Sec. 1.  Whenever there may exist within this state, any scourge, or threatened scourge, of grasshoppers or other similar pests, the board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized to appropriate money for the purchase of poison and to provide such other means as may to them seem best, for the extermination of such pests. History: 1919, Ex. Sess., Act 6, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 5143 ;-- CL 1948, 286.121
MI Comp L § 286.122 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 6 of 1919 (Ex. Sess.) - Extermination of Grasshoppers and Similar Pests (286.121 - 286.123)|Section 286.122 - Extermination of Grasshoppers, Similar Pests; Township Appropriation.

286.122 Extermination of grasshoppers, similar pests; township appropriation. Sec. 2.  Whenever any board of supervisors shall have purchased any such poison, as in this act provided, the township board of any township within such county is hereby authorized to appropriate money for the spreading of such poison as may be allotted to such township, or to use other means to exterminate such pests. History: 1919, Ex. Sess., Act 6, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 5144 ;-- CL 1948, 286.122
MI Comp L § 286.123 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry|Act 6 of 1919 (Ex. Sess.) - Extermination of Grasshoppers and Similar Pests (286.121 - 286.123)|Section 286.123 - Expense; Payment.

286.123 Expense; payment. Sec. 3.  Any expense incurred or money appropriated under this act shall be treated as a general county or township expense, as the case may be, and shall be payable as other general county and township expenses are now payable. History: 1919, Ex. Sess., Act 6, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 5145 ;-- CL 1948, 286.123
MI Comp L § 286.201 (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 286.201 - Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act; Short Title.

286.201 Insect pest and plant disease act; short title. Sec. 1.  This act shall be known by the short title of "The insect pest and plant disease act." History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 286.201 Former Law: See Act 91 of 1905, being CL 1915, §§ 7411 to 7432; Act 187 of 1917; Act 60 of 1919; Act 241 of 1921; Act 279 of 1913; and Act 142 of 1927, being CL 1929, §§ 5083 to 5111.
MI Comp L § 286.203 (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 286.203 - Inspection of Nursery and Other Premises; Right of Access.

286.203 Inspection of nursery and other premises; right of access. Sec. 3.  The director or his deputies shall have authority to inspect any nursery, orchard, fruit or garden plantation, field, park, cemetery, private premises or public place, and any place which might become infested or infected with insect pests or diseases. He shall also have authority to inspect or to reinspect at any time or place any nursery stock shipped in or into the state, and to treat it as hereinafter provided. For the purpose of inspection and carrying out the provisions of this act or any rule, regulation, order or quarantine made or promulgated in pursuance of this act, the officers and employees of the department of agriculture shall have authority to stop any vehicle or other means of conveyance found carrying nursery stock on the public highways and shall have free access in the daytime to any nursery, orchard, garden, field, packing ground, building, cellar, freight or express office, warehouse, car or other vehicle, vessel or other place where it may be necessary or desirable for them to go, or which it may be necessary for them to inspect or treat in the performance of their duties, except cellar and rooms of private residences. It shall be unlawful to deny such access to the officers and employees of the department of agriculture, or to offer any resistance to such officers and employees, or to thwart or hinder such inspection by misrepresenting or concealing facts or conditions, or otherwise. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 286.203 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 239, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
MI Comp L § 286.204 (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 286.204 - Inspection of Stock Before Sale; Application; Assumed Name.

286.204 Inspection of stock before sale; application; assumed name.Sec. 4.  A person desiring to sell or give away nursery stock in this state shall apply in writing before April 1 of each year to the director for the inspection of the nursery stock growing in this state. A person that fails to apply for the inspection of nursery stock as required under this section is liable for the additional expense of the department for the inspection of the nursery stock. The application shall be submitted under the true name of the person. If an assumed name is used, the proprietor's name and address shall also appear on the application and in all advertising or printed matter used or distributed. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 286.204 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 239, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 106, Imd. Eff. Apr. 24, 2012
MI Comp L § 286.205 (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 286.205 - Nursery Stock From Foreign Country; Inspection.

286.205 Nursery stock from foreign country; inspection. Sec. 5.  Every person, firm, partnership, association or corporation receiving directly or indirectly any nursery stock or other living plants or living plant parts for or capable of propagation from a foreign country shall notify the director of the arrival of such shipment, of the contents thereof, and of the name of the consignor, and shall hold such shipment in the original container not over 10 days, within which time such shipment shall be duly inspected or released by the director. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 286.205 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 239, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
MI Comp L § 286.207 (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 286.207 - Withholding Certificate; Precautions; Fraud, Investigation, Revocation of License.

286.207 Withholding certificate; precautions; fraud, investigation, revocation of license. Sec. 7.  If the director finds that part of a nursery is infested or infected with insect pests or plant diseases and that the remainder of it is not so infested or infected, or if he has reason to believe that a nursery is liable, by reason of its proximity to infested or infected premises, to become so infested or infected before the next inspection, he may prescribe in writing such measures of precaution, or may make in writing such conditions as to the use of his certificate as may in his judgment be necessary, and he may withhold a certificate until such conditions have been accepted in writing by the owner of the nursery; and the use of such certificate without taking such measures of precaution or observing such conditions shall subject the owner of said nursery to the penalties prescribed for violation of this act. In any case coming to the attention of the director in which a nurseryman, dealer, plant grower or agent furnishing or selling nursery stock appears to be guilty of fraudulent practice, the director shall have authority to make such investigation as he may deem proper and proceed with such prosecution as may be necessary for the protection of the interests of the buying public, and, in addition, the director may revoke his license. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- Am. 1933, Act 246, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1933 ;-- CL 1948, 286.207 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 239, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
MI Comp L § 286.208 (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 286.208 - Sale of Dead or Weakened Nursery Stock; Penalty.

286.208 Sale of dead or weakened nursery stock; penalty. Sec. 8.  Only sound, healthy nursery stock stored or displayed under conditions which will maintain its vigor shall be offered for sale. Offering for sale of dead nursery stock or of stock so seriously weakened by drying, excessive heat or cold, or any other condition that makes it unable to grow satisfactorily when given reasonable care, or the verbal or printed misrepresentation of any material fact, including but not limited to the size, grade, quality, condition or hardiness of nursery stock offered for sale or sold, shall be unlawful. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 286.208 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 239, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
MI Comp L § 286.210 (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 286.210 - Licenses to Sell Nursery Stock; Buyers and Dealers; Certificate to Deal in Inspected Stock, Number of Licenses.

286.210 Licenses to sell nursery stock; buyers and dealers; certificate to deal in inspected stock, number of licenses. Sec. 10.  Every dealer within the meaning of this act, engaged in the buying and selling of nursery stock in this state, shall secure a license and certificate, first certifying to the director in writing that he will buy and sell only stock which has been duly inspected and certified by the director, or by an inspector approved by the director, and that he will maintain with the director a list of all sources from which he secures his stock. Dealers or nurserymen distributing nursery stock directly or on a consignment basis from more than 1 store or place of business, sales ground or heeling-in ground, or selling nursery stock from motor vehicles or other vehicles traveling about the state, shall secure a license for each place or each traveling vehicle from which nursery stock is sold or distributed, and the licensees described in this section shall pay the inspection fees as provided in this act for each such place. 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 ;-- Am. 1937, Act 71, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 286.210 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 239, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
MI Comp L § 286.211 (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 286.211 - Nonresident Nurseryman, Dealer, or Grower; License Required; Fee; Waiver; Reciprocal Agreements; Violation as Grounds for Denial of Right to Ship Nursery Stock.

286.211 Nonresident nurseryman, dealer, or grower; license required; fee; waiver; reciprocal agreements; violation as grounds for denial of right to ship nursery stock.Sec. 11.  (1) Each nonresident nurseryman, dealer, or grower, who solicits or takes orders for or sells nursery stock in this state through resident or nonresident agents, shall each year obtain a license from the director, for which the fee shall be as prescribed in section 9. The director may waive the license fee requirement if there is a reciprocal agreement with the appropriate authority of the state in which the applicant's principal place of business is located waiving the requirements for Michigan nurserymen, plant growers, or dealers in that state. The director may enter into reciprocal agreements with responsible officers of other states under which nursery stock owned or handled by nurserymen, plant growers, or dealers of those states may be sold in this state without the payment of the license fee provided for in this section.  (2) The director may deny an out-of-state nurseryman or nursery stock dealer the right to ship nursery stock into this state if the department of agriculture determines that the nurseryman or nursery stock dealer has violated this act or a rule promulgated under this act. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- Am. 1933, Act 246, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1933 ;-- Am. 1937, Act 71, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 286.211 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1956, Act 172, Imd. Eff. Apr. 16, 1956 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 239, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 235, Imd. Eff. Aug. 4, 1976 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 88, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1984 ;-- Am. 2007, Act 84, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2007
MI Comp L § 286.212 (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 286.212 - Repealed. 2016, Act 254, Eff. Sept. 26, 2016.

286.212 Repealed. 2016, Act 254, Eff. Sept. 26, 2016. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to license to sell nursery stocks.
MI Comp L § 286.213 (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 286.213 - Revocation, Suspension or Withholding of License or Certificate; Hearing; Appeal.

286.213 Revocation, suspension or withholding of license or certificate; hearing; appeal. Sec. 13.  The commissioner of agriculture shall at any time have the power to withhold, suspend or revoke any license or certificate for sufficient cause, including any violation of this act or non-conformity with any rule or regulation promulgated under this act. Before withholding, suspending or revoking any license or certificate, the commissioner of agriculture 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 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 right. The respondent, if he feels aggrieved at the decision of the commissioner, may appeal from said decision within 10 days to the circuit court of the county where respondent resides, and issue shall be framed in said court and a trial had and its decision shall be final, unless appeal is had to the supreme court, in which event the said appeal shall conform to the court practice of appeals in civil cases. History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 332, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 286.213