Sec. 22-88. State Entomologist; appointment; duties.
Sec. 22-88. State Entomologist; appointment; duties. Said board of control shall
appoint a State Entomologist to hold office during the pleasure of the board. He shall
have an office at the experiment station, but shall receive no compensation other than
his regular salary as a member of the station staff. The State Entomologist may designate
members of the station staff to assist him in carrying out the provisions of sections 22-90, 22-96, 22-98, 22-99 and 22-100. He or any of his assistants or agents may, at any
reasonable time, enter any public or private grounds in the performance of their duties.
The State Entomologist may issue such bulletins of said experiment station as in his
judgment are needed to convey information about pests; may conduct experiments and
investigations regarding injurious insects and the remedies for their attacks and may
diffuse such information by means of correspondence, lectures and published matter.
(1949 Rev., S. 3255; 1961, P.A. 6.)
History: 1961 act allowed entomologist to designate staff members to assist in carrying out provisions of specified
sections, authorized entomologist or agents to enter public or private grounds in performance of duties, deleted detailed
provisions re entomologist's inspection of orchards, fields etc. and subsequent orders which he may make concerning
treatments etc., deleted provision imposing fine for noncompliance with orders and deleted provisions re records and
reports of expenses.