69-25-27 - Shipment through the state may be prohibited.
§ 69-25-27. Shipment through the state may be prohibited.
By virtue of the powers conferred herein and for the purpose of protecting the environment, agricultural and horticultural production, the plant life and plant products of this state, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may prevent and prohibit the introduction into the state for the purpose of transportation through the state of any such plants and plant products or other things or substance hereinbefore mentioned to the same extent and for the same purpose and with the same authority that is provided above with reference to the introduction of the same into the state.
Sources: Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 6382u; 1930, § 6976; 1942, § 4997; Laws, 1920, ch. 252; Laws, 1971, ch. 446, § 20; Laws, 2003, ch. 401, § 13, eff from and after July 1, 2003.