Section 38-24A-9.1 - Emergency quarantine measures--Public hearing--Notice--Duration of emergencymeasures--When chapter 1-26 becomes applicable.
38-24A-9.1. Emergency quarantine measures--Public hearing--Notice--Duration of emergency measures--When chapter 1-26 becomes applicable. Other provisions of this chapter and the provisions of chapter 1-26 notwithstanding, the secretary may adopt emergency measures to quarantine or otherwise control plant infestations on an emergency basis. Such measures shall be subject to a public hearing, which shall be held within twenty-one days of implementation of such measures, but no official decision need be undertaken at the conclusion of such hearing. Notice of such hearing shall be published at least once in at least one official newspaper in the infested area. Such emergency measures shall be valid for a period of ninety days from implementation of the measures. After ninety days, such measures shall be subject to the rule-making procedures of chapter 1-26.
Source: SL 1986, ch 326, § 54.