263.020. Definitions.
Definitions.
263.020. As used in sections 263.010 to 263.180 thefollowing terms mean:
(1) "Department", the Missouri department of agriculture;
(2) "Director", the director of the Missouri department ofagriculture;
(3) "Nursery", any land, ground or premises within thisstate on or in which nursery stock is propagated or grown forsale, or any land, ground or premises within this state on or inwhich nursery stock is being fumigated, packed or stored;
(4) "Nursery dealer", any person not a grower of nurserystock in this state who:
(a) Buys nursery stock for the purpose of reselling orreshipping within the state of Missouri; or
(b) Makes landscape plans or plants nursery stock andnegotiates in the purchase of nursery stock for his clients; or
(c) Transplants or moves nursery stock from place to placewithin this state for other persons for a consideration inpayment for the nursery stock, for the planting of same, or forboth nursery stock and planting; or
(d) Gives nursery stock as a premium or for advertisementpurposes;
(5) "Nurseryman", any person, firm or corporation who owns,leases, manages, or is in charge of a nursery within this state;
(6) "Pests", any of the organisms defined as plant pests;
(7) "Places", any vessels, cars or other vehicles,buildings, docks, nurseries, orchards and other premises whereplants or plant products are grown, kept or handled;
(8) "Plant inspector", persons employed by the departmentunder the supervision of the state entomologist who performhighly specialized plant protection work on a professional basisand who meet the requirements of subsection 2 of section 263.030;
(9) "Plant pests", any insects, arthropods, nematodes,mollusks, invertebrates, fungi, bacteria, mycoplasmas, viruses,physiological disorders or parasitic weeds and other infectiousagents which are injurious to plants or plant products and thepathological conditions in plants and plant products caused bythese organisms;
(10) "Plants and plant products", trees, shrubs, vines,vegetables, forage and cereal plants and all other plants;cuttings, grafts, scions, buds and all other parts of plants,including but not limited to fruit, roots, bulbs, corms, tubers,seeds, wood, lumber and all other plant products.
(RSMo 1939 § 14035, A.L. 1984 S.B. 516)Prior revision: 1929 § 12368
Effective 1-1-85