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AR Code § 2-18-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 18 - Seeds|§ 2-18-101. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Board” means the State Plant Board;  (2) “Person” means individuals, partnerships, corporations, associations, or two (2) or more individuals having a joint or common interest; and  (3) “Seed” means any agricultural seeds or plants used to produce a crop.
AR Code § 2-18-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 18 - Seeds|§ 2-18-102. Penalty — Revocation of certificate

 (a)  (1) Any person shall be guilty of a violation who:  (A) Falsely advertises or proclaims that seed has been certified by the State Plant Board;  (B) Uses any emblem, label, or language for the purpose of misleading a person into believing that seed has been certified by the board when it has not;  (C) Misuses any tag, label, or certificate issued by the board;  (D) Obtains or attempts to obtain certification for seed or plants by making false statements or misrepresentations to the board or to the board's inspectors, deputies, or agents;  (E) Having received a certificate, violates any of the rules of the board made under this chapter; or  (F) Violates any agreement made as a condition for receiving a certificate.    (2) Upon conviction, an offender shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense.    (b)  (1) When the person holds a certificate from the board, the certificate, after a hearing before the Director of the State Plant Board has been given to the person, shall be revoked by the director regardless of whether a prosecution is commenced.  (2)  (A) Any person whose certificate is revoked by the director shall be entitled to an appeal to the board.  (B) The board's decision shall be final.
AR Code § 2-18-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 18 - Seeds|§ 2-18-103. Investigation and certification

 (a)  (1) The State Plant Board is empowered to investigate and certify to varietal purity and fitness for planting of agricultural seed on request of the grower thereof.  (2)  (A) For this purpose, the board shall set up, in its rules, one (1) or more classifications of seed, designating the classifications as “Registered” and “Certified” or by any other one (1) or more names which it may specify; and  (B) It shall specify, in its rules, the standards which seed must meet and the methods by which seed must be handled in order to be certified under the classifications.      (b) Any person applying for certification of seed must, if required by the board, produce satisfactory evidence as to character, qualifications as a seed breeder, and possession of such facilities for the growing and handling of purebred seed as may be deemed necessary by the board.
AR Code § 2-18-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 18 - Seeds|§ 2-18-104. Rules

 The State Plant Board:   (1) Shall promulgate all rules necessary to carry into effect the purpose of this chapter, which is to provide supplies of high-grade seed, true to name and free from disease, for planting purposes;  (2) Shall make rules to protect the interest of breeders who have developed high-quality strains of seed; and  (3) May appoint or may authorize the Director of the State Plant Board to appoint such deputies as shall be necessary to carry into effect the purpose of this chapter.
AR Code § 2-18-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 18 - Seeds|§ 2-18-105. Fees

 (a) To cover costs of inspection and certification, the State Plant Board shall require reasonable fees of all applicants in advance. These fees shall be deposited into a separate fund and shall be used in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.  (b)  (1) To cover costs of promotion and advertising of certified seed, the board after a public hearing shall establish by rule promotion and advertising fees which shall be collected in advance. The fees shall be assessed upon the acreage grown for certified agricultural seed production or upon the number of certified tags and labels sold for production of certified seed from the acreage.  (2) Those fees collected for seed promotion and advertising shall be remitted by the board to the Arkansas Seed Dealers' Association and the Arkansas Seed Growers Association, or their successors, which shall establish and administer their own promotion and advertising programs.  (3) Before collecting the fees under this subsection or increasing those fees hereafter, the board shall seek the advice of the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development.
AR Code § 2-18-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 18 - Seeds|§ 2-18-106. Certificates of inspection

 (a) Persons whose seed has met the standards set up by the State Plant Board and who have complied with all the provisions of this chapter and with all the rules of the board made under this chapter shall receive from the board the proper certificate of inspection designating the classification of seed.  (b) Each bag or other container of seed sold under the classification designated by a certificate of the board shall bear an appropriate tag or label securely attached to it.  (c) Certificates issued under the provisions of this section shall run one (1) crop season only.
AR Code § 2-18-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 18 - Seeds|§ 2-18-107. Improper use of terms

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to use the terms “certified” or “registered” as applied to the quality of seed or plants or to use any other term applying to seed classifications promulgated by the State Plant Board, without first having applied for and received the proper certificate from the board.  (b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished as provided in § 2-18-102.
AR Code § 2-18-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 18 - Seeds|§ 2-18-108. Intergovernmental cooperation

 In administering this chapter, the State Plant Board is authorized to cooperate to the fullest extent with other agencies of the state and federal government.
AR Code § 2-18-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 18 - Seeds|§ 2-18-109. Aflatoxin levels

 The level of aflatoxin in Arkansas-grown grain and seed sold or distributed in this state shall be monitored by the State Plant Board.
AR Code § 2-18-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 18 - Seeds|§ 2-18-110. Testing for aflatoxin

 Methods of sampling and analysis of the grain and seed described in § 2-18-109 shall meet the standards prescribed by the United States Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
AR Code § 2-18-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 18 - Seeds|§ 2-18-111. Rules regarding aflatoxin

 The State Plant Board may establish rules necessary to implement the provisions of §§ 2-18-109, 2-18-110, and this section.
AR Code § 2-18-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 18 - Seeds|§ 2-18-112. Local legislation preemption — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Local legislation” means any ordinance, motion, resolution, amendment, regulation, or rule adopted by a political subdivision of this state; and  (2) “Political subdivision” means a local governmental entity, including without limitation a city, county, township, or municipal corporation and any other body corporate and politic that is responsible for government activities in a geographical area smaller than that of the state.    (b) A political subdivision shall not:  (1) Regulate the registration, packaging, labeling, sale, storage, distribution, cultivation, any other use, or application of seeds; or  (2) Adopt or continue in effect local legislation relating to the registration, packaging, labeling, sale, storage, distribution, cultivation, any other use, or application of seeds.    (c) Local legislation in violation of this section is void and unenforceable.  (d) This section does not prohibit a city of the first class, a city of the second class, or an incorporated town from exercising the legitimate police powers of the city or town over building, planning, and zoning regulations under § 14-56-201 et seq., § 14-56-301 et seq., and § 14-56-401 et seq.
AR Code § 2-21-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 21 - Nurseries|§ 2-21-101. Title

 This chapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Nursery Fraud Act of 1919”.
AR Code § 2-21-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 21 - Nurseries|§ 2-21-102. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Agent” means any person not selling nursery stock under the partial or full control of a nurseryman or of a dealer or other agent. This term shall also apply to any person engaged with a nurseryman, dealer, or agent in handling nursery stock on a cooperative basis;  (2) “Dealer” means any person, not a grower of nursery stock, who buys nursery stock for the purpose of reselling and reshipping independently of any control of a nursery;  (3) “Nursery” means any grounds or premises on or in which nursery stock is propagated and grown for sale, or any grounds or premises on or in which nursery stock is being fumigated, treated, packed, or stored;  (4) “Nurseryman” means the person who owns, leases, manages, or is in charge of a nursery;  (5) “Nursery stock” means all field-grown florist stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruitpits, and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs and other plants and plant products for propagation, except field, vegetable, and flower seeds; and  (6) “Person” means corporations, companies, societies, associations, partnerships, or any individual or combination of individuals. When construing or enforcing the provisions of this chapter, omission or failure of any officer, agent, servant, or other individual acting for or employed by any person, as defined within the scope of his or her employment or office, shall, in every case, be also deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of that person as well as that of the individual himself or herself.
AR Code § 2-21-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 21 - Nurseries|§ 2-21-103. Unlawful acts

 (a) Without first having qualified, obtained, and having in force a valid license from the State Plant Board to do so, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to:  (1) Engage in, conduct, or carry on the business of selling or dealing in any nursery stock or of importing into this state for sale or distribution any nursery stock;  (2) Act as agent, salesman, or solicitor for any nurseryman or dealer in nursery stock; or  (3) Solicit orders for the purchase of nursery stock.    (b) It is unlawful for any person to falsely represent that he or she is the agent, salesman, solicitor, or representative of any nurseryman or dealer in nursery stock.
AR Code § 2-21-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 21 - Nurseries|§ 2-21-104. Penalty

 Any person who shall violate any provisions or requirements of this chapter or of the rules made under authority of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
AR Code § 2-21-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 21 - Nurseries|§ 2-21-105. Prosecutions

 Prosecutions under this chapter shall be commenced by the prosecuting attorney upon evidence furnished by the Director of the State Plant Board.
AR Code § 2-21-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 21 - Nurseries|§ 2-21-106. Rules

 The State Plant Board is authorized to make such reasonable rules as it may deem necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and to prevent violations.
AR Code § 2-21-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 21 - Nurseries|§ 2-21-107. Issuance of licenses

 (a) All licenses shall be in the name of the person, firm, or corporation licensed and shall show the:  (1) Purposes for which issued; and  (2) Name and location of the nursery or place of business of the nurseryman or dealer licensed or represented by the agent, salesman, or solicitor licensed.    (b) No license shall be issued to any agent, salesman, or solicitor unless the nurseryman or dealer represented shall be licensed.
AR Code § 2-21-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 21 - Nurseries|§ 2-21-108. License fees

 (a) No license shall be issued until the applicant shall have qualified and paid the required fee.  (b)  (1) The annual license fee shall be ten dollars ($10.00) for either a nurseryman or dealer in nursery stock and ten dollars ($10.00) for each agent, salesman, or solicitor.  (2) Fees for nursery inspections under the Arkansas Plant Act of 1917, § 2-16-201 et seq., shall also cover the license fees for nurserymen required under this chapter but shall not be construed to cover the license fees for dealers, agents, salesmen, or solicitors.
AR Code § 2-21-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 21 - Nurseries|§ 2-21-109. Expiration of licenses

 (a) Licenses shall be issued on an annual basis.  (b) The date of expiration of the licenses shall be set by the State Plant Board in its rules and regulations made under this chapter.
AR Code § 2-21-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 21 - Nurseries|§ 2-21-110. Denial of license

 (a) The State Plant Board shall have authority to deny or refuse renewal of a license to any person when it is revealed by investigation or experience that the person does not have a record of financial or moral responsibility.  (b) Any person so denied a license may appeal to the circuit court.
AR Code § 2-21-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 21 - Nurseries|§ 2-21-111. Invalidation of license

 (a) Any license issued in accordance with this chapter may be invalidated by the State Plant Board or its authorized representative, after a hearing, for the following reasons:  (1) Substitution by the licensee of varieties or kinds of nursery stock other than those ordered, except by the consent of the purchaser;  (2) Misrepresentations such as making false statements or promises for the purpose of making a sale;  (3) Repeated sales of poor quality, unthrifty, diseased, or insect-infested nursery stock;  (4) Failure to fulfill commitments covered by contracts or neglecting to make adjustments or replacements on nursery stock as by prior agreement; or  (5) Violation of any provisions of this chapter or the rules made under authority of it, or of the provisions of the Arkansas Plant Act of 1917, § 2-16-201 et seq., or of the rules made under authority of the Arkansas Plant Act of 1917, § 2-16-201 et seq.    (b) The licensee may appeal the board's decision within thirty (30) days to the circuit court.
AR Code § 2-21-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 21 - Nurseries|§ 2-21-112. Certification of experts

 Any person contracting to render expert advice or services regarding horticultural practices as part of the value received in the sale of nursery stock shall be required to:   (1) Furnish satisfactory evidence to the Director of the State Plant Board that he or she is qualified to give expert advice or perform the service; and  (2)  (A) Obtain a certificate to that effect, under signature of the director.  (B) A fee of one dollar ($1.00) shall be required for this certificate.
AR Code § 2-21-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 21 - Nurseries|§ 2-21-113. Disposition of moneys

 All moneys collected by the State Plant Board under this chapter shall be deposited and used in the same manner as moneys collected under § 2-16-210.
AR Code § 2-22-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 22 - Bees and Apiaries|§ 2-22-101. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Abandoned apiary” means an apiary to which the owner or operator fails to provide such reasonable and adequate attention to each hive during the year as to jeopardize the welfare of neighboring colonies;  (2) “Apiary” means any place where one (1) or more colonies of bees are kept;  (3) “Apiary equipment” means hives, supers, frames, veils, gloves, or any other equipment used in the handling and manipulation of bees, honey, wax, and hives;  (4) “Appliances” means any apparatus, tools, machines, or other devices used in the handling and manipulation of bees, honey, wax, and hives. The term includes containers of honey and wax which may be used in an apiary or in transporting bees and their products and apiary supplies;  (5) “Bee disease” means American and European foulbrood, sacbrood, bee paralysis, or any other disease or abnormal condition of the egg, larval, pupal, or adult stages of bees;  (6) “Bees” means any stage of the common honeybee, Apis mellifera;  (7) “Colony” means the bees in any hive including queens, workers, and drones;  (8) “Director” means the Director of the State Plant Board;  (9) “Hive” means a frame hive, box hive, box, barrel, logs, gum skep, or any other receptacle or container, natural or artificial, or any part thereof, which may be used as a domicile for bees;  (10) “Nucleus” means any division or portion of a hive that contains comb;  (11) “Package” means an indefinite number of bees, in a bee-tight container, with or without a queen, without comb;  (12) “Pollination” means the use of bees for the transfer of pollen in the production of agricultural crops;  (13) “Section head” means the head of the Apiary Section of the Division of Plant Industries; and  (14) “State Apiarist” means the Director of the Division of Plant Industries of the State Plant Board.
AR Code § 2-22-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 22 - Bees and Apiaries|§ 2-22-102. Penalty

 Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be punished accordingly.
AR Code § 2-22-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 22 - Bees and Apiaries|§ 2-22-103. Prohibited acts

 (a)  (1) No person shall sell, offer for sale, give away, or otherwise transfer ownership of any bees, colony of bees, or queen bees without first receiving from the State Plant Board a certificate of health issued not more than six (6) months before disposition.  (2) A copy of the certificate shall be issued by the seller or given to the purchaser or person receiving the colony at the time of delivery.    (b) It is unlawful for any person to give false information or incomplete information in any matter pertaining to this chapter or to resist, impede, or hinder the apiary inspector in the discharge of his or her duties.
AR Code § 2-22-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 22 - Bees and Apiaries|§ 2-22-104. Administration

 The State Plant Board is vested with the authority to carry out the provisions of this chapter through the Director of the State Plant Board, State Apiarist, section head, and deputies.
AR Code § 2-22-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 22 - Bees and Apiaries|§ 2-22-105. Rules

 (a) The State Plant Board may promulgate such rules, not inconsistent with this chapter, as it shall deem necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter.  (b) Rules shall be promulgated, issued, and enforced in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
AR Code § 2-22-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 22 - Bees and Apiaries|§ 2-22-106. Enforcement

 (a)  (1) For the enforcement of this chapter, the apiary inspector shall have, where any apiary is located or any bees, combs, or apiary appliances are kept, the authority to enter upon any private or public premises with right of access, ingress, and egress for the purpose of ascertaining the existence of the disease known as American foulbrood or European foulbrood or any other disease which is infectious or contagious and injurious to bees in their egg, larval, pupal, or adult stages.  (2)  (A) Before exercising that authority, the inspector must afford the beekeeper the opportunity to be present during the inspection by serving notice of the date and time of inspection at least five (5) days before the inspection.  (B) The five-day period may be abbreviated upon the mutual consent of the inspector and the beekeeper.      (b) Beekeepers aggrieved by the actions of an inspector may appeal the inspector's action to the State Plant Board at the board's next meeting.
AR Code § 2-22-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 22 - Bees and Apiaries|§ 2-22-107. Inspections

 (a)  (1) Whenever an apiary has been inspected and found apparently free from American foulbrood or other dangerous, contagious, or infectious bee diseases, and all other provisions of this chapter have been complied with, a certificate of inspection shall be issued.  (2) The certificate of inspection shall be valid for a period of one (1) year following the date of its issuance.  (3) A valid certificate of inspection shall be deemed as a blanket permit to move the hives from place to place within the state.    (b) Should, upon inspection or laboratory analysis, any of the diseases described in § 2-22-106(a) be determined to exist in an apiary, it shall be the duty of the State Plant Board to cause the colony to be treated or disinfected or to destroy it, or cause it to be destroyed, by fire, including the hives, frames, honey, wax, and brood.  (c)  (1) If an abandoned apiary is found upon inspection to be diseased, the board shall cause it to be immediately destroyed by burning.  (2)  (A) An apiary may be considered abandoned only after reasonable attempts have been made to determine ownership.  (B) Attempts to determine ownership are to at least include the questioning of the owner, lessee, or renter of the land on which the apiary is discovered.      (d) After inspection of infected bees or fixtures or after handling diseased bees and before leaving the premises or proceeding to any other apiary, the apiary inspector shall take such measures as shall prevent the spread of the disease by infected material adhering to his or her person or clothing or to any tools or appliances used by him or her which have come in contact with infected materials.  (e) Upon request, additional inspections shall be made by the inspector of bees, colonies of bees, queen bees and their attendants, or hives, supers, or other equipment used in bee culture.
AR Code § 2-22-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 22 - Bees and Apiaries|§ 2-22-108. Standards for inspectors

 The State Plant Board shall establish minimum competency standards for persons to be employed as apiary inspectors. These requirements are to include demonstrated ability to properly handle hives and bees in addition to proficient performance on a written test measuring knowledge pertinent to the job of inspector.