§ 2-16-6 - Order to destroy or treat infected plants.
SECTION 2-16-6
§ 2-16-6 Order to destroy or treatinfected plants. – If the director or his or her authorized agent finds on examination anynursery, greenhouse, field or farm crop, forest, small fruit plantation,cemetery, storehouse or elevator, conveyance, or any other private or publicpremises, or any plant or article on or in the premises to be infected orinfested with any seriously injurious insects or plant diseases that would belikely, in the opinion of the director, to endanger adjacent property or thewelfare of the agricultural economy of the state, the director may declare thepremises, plants, or articles to be a public nuisance, and shall notify theowner or person having charge of the premises, plants, or articles to thateffect, in writing, and the owner or person in charge upon receipt of thewritten notification, shall within a period of time that shall be specified onthe written notification by the director, cause the removal and sanitarydestruction of all plants, plant products, or articles declared if they cannotbe successfully treated, otherwise the owner or person in charge shall causethem to be treated or apply any other remedial measures for the disinfestation,disinfection, control or retardment of the pest on the premises, plant, plantproducts, or articles as the director may direct. Preventive measures shall berequired, and shall be enforced in the same manner on any additional premisesin the vicinity of the premises where the plant pest was found as seemsnecessary in accordance with the judgment of the director.