177A.9 - INSPECTION -- CERTIFICATE -- FEES.
177A.9 INSPECTION -- CERTIFICATE -- FEES.
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, give away, carry,
ship, or deliver for carriage or shipment, within this state, any
plants or plant products listed in the rules unless such plants or
plant products have been officially inspected and a certificate
issued by an inspector of the state entomologist's office stating
that such plants or plant products have been inspected and found to
be apparently free from dangerously injurious insect pests and
diseases, and giving any other facts provided for in the rules. For
the issuance of such certificate, the state entomologist may require
the payment of a reasonable fee to cover the expense of such
inspection and certification. Provided, that if such plants or plant
products were brought into this state in compliance with section
177A.8, the certificate required by that section may be accepted in
lieu of the inspection and certificate required by this section, in
such cases as shall be provided for in the rules. If it shall be
found at any time that a certificate of inspection, issued or
accepted under the provisions of this section, is being used in
connection with plants and plant products which are infested or
infected with dangerously injurious insect pests or diseases or in
connection with uninspected plants, its further use may be
prohibited, subject to such inspection and disposition of the plants
and plant products involved as may be provided for by the state
entomologist. All moneys collected under the provisions of this
chapter shall be turned over to the secretary who shall deposit them
in the state treasury.
The fees for inspections and certifications shall not be less than
twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. Certificates
shall be issued to nursery stock growers and dealers on an annual
basis. Inspection and certification fees for nursery stock growers
shall be twenty-five dollars plus five dollars per acre or part
thereof, according to the amount of stock inspected. The inspection
and certification fee for nursery stock dealers shall be twenty-five
dollars. All fees shall be paid at the time of inspection or before
a certificate is issued. Inspection and certification shall take
place when necessary to enforce this chapter and the rules pursuant
to it. Certificates issued in accordance with this chapter may be
revoked when inspection results determine that conditions violate the
standards for which certification was issued. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 2575-a47, -a49; C24, § 4047, 4048, 4057; C27, 31, 35, §
4062-b9; C39, § 4062.09; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §
267.9; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 177A.9; 81 Acts, ch 70, § 2] Section History: Recent Form
88 Acts, ch 1272, §19
Referred to in § 177A.10, 177A.19