Sec. 22-96. Certificate of inspection of imported nursery stock.
Sec. 22-96. Certificate of inspection of imported nursery stock. All nursery
stock shipped into this state shall bear on each package a certificate that the contents of
such package have been inspected by a state or government officer and that such contents
appear free from all dangerous insects and diseases. If nursery stock has been brought
into the state without such a certificate, the express, freight or other transportation company or person shall, before delivering the shipment to the consignee, notify the State
Entomologist of the facts, giving the name and address of the consignee, the origin of
shipment and approximate number of cars, boxes or packages and the probable date of
delivery to the consignee. The State Entomologist may cause the inspection and, if
infested, the treatment of the stock. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 3262; 1961, P.A. 4; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 99.)
History: 1961 act deleted provisions which forbade unpacking woody field-grown stock from foreign countries without
inspector being present unless permission to do so has been granted and which authorized state entomologist to order
treatment of infested stock; 1971 act deleted provision which exempted bales, boxes, etc. imported to state from provisions
of Sec. 53-117 if labeled as to origin and accompanied by certificate.