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Chapter 286
- AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY
Act 26 of 1885 ‑ Repealed- INSPECTION AND SALE OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS (286.31 - 286.39)
Section 286.72 ‑ Director as legal seed certifying officer; rules; standards; sale and advertising for sale of group of seed having common characteristics within species; conditions.
Section 286.73 ‑ Official seed certifying agencies; designation; fees; liability.
Section 286.75 ‑ Violation of act; penalty; seizure of mislabeled seeds.
Section 286.85 ‑ Treatment by owner or commissioner; expense, enforcement of payment.
Section 286.87 ‑ Commissioner's appointment of assistants and employes.
Section 286.102 ‑ White pine blister rust; declared dangerous pest; enforcement of act; other state departments.
Section 286.104 ‑ Cultivated black currant declared public nuisance; destruction.
Section 286.105 ‑ White pine blister rust; blister rust control areas; fruiting currant and gooseberry control areas; destruction of plants, expense.
Section 286.106 ‑ White pine blister rust; destruction of plants; compensation to owner; noxious weeds.
Section 286.108 ‑ White pine blister rust; co-operation; rust control on state lands.
Section 286.121 ‑ Extermination of grasshoppers, similar pests; county appropriation.
Section 286.122 ‑ Extermination of grasshoppers, similar pests; township appropriation.
Act 358 of 1921 ‑ Repealed- DESTRUCTION OF GRASSHOPPERS AND SIMILAR PESTS (286.131 - 286.135)
Act 297 of 1949 ‑ Repealed- THE INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT OF 1949 (286.161 - 286.173)
Act 116 of 1978 ‑ THE JOHN C. HERTEL TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL COMMISSION ACT (286.181 - 286.194)***** ACT 116 OF 1978 THIS ACT DOES NOT APPLY AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1989: See (1) of 286.194 *****
Section 286.183 ‑ State toxic substance control commission; creation; exercise of powers, duties, and functions; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; vacancy; election of chairperson and other officers; meetings; public hearings; quorum; action of commission.
Section 286.187 ‑ Declaration of toxic substance emergency; activities of commission; petition to restrain condition or practice; cessation or continuation of emergency.
Section 286.192 ‑ Reporting abnormality or irregularity in health or behavior; failure to make report.
Section 286.194 ‑ Effective date; applicability of act; study committee to recommend future status of commission; appointment; report.
Act 189 of 1931 ‑ THE INSECT PEST AND PLANT DISEASE ACT (286.201 - 286.228)
Section 286.203 ‑ Inspection of nursery and other premises; right of access.
Section 286.204 ‑ Inspection of stock before sale; application; assumed name.
Section 286.206 ‑ Inspections of nurseries; fee; certificate of inspection; validity; prohibitions; basis for charging inspection fee; review and adjustment of fees schedule.
Section 286.207 ‑ Withholding certificate; precautions; fraud, investigation, revocation of license.
Section 286.209 ‑ License required for sale of nursery stock; exception; application; fees; agriculture licensing and inspection fees fund; horticulture fund; creation and administration; advisory committee; section inapplicable to certain persons; issuance of initial or renewal license; failure to issue or deny license within time period; report; “completed application” defined.
Section 286.210 ‑ Licenses to sell nursery stock; buyers and dealers; certificate to deal in inspected stock, number of licenses.
Section 286.211 ‑ Nonresident nurseryman, dealer, or grower; license required; fee; waiver; reciprocal agreements; violation as grounds for denial of right to ship nursery stock.
Section 286.212 ‑ Licenses to sell nursery stocks; agent's permit, fee; list of agents, transfer of permits.
Section 286.213 ‑ Revocation, suspension or withholding of license or certificate; hearing; appeal.
Section 286.214 ‑ Revocation, suspension or withholding of license or certificate; hearing, order of revocation; penalty for wrongful use of license on certificate, withholding.
Section 286.215 ‑ Tags on stock; inspection of imported stock on request; expense.
Section 286.216 ‑ Tags on stock; certificate of inspection; unlawful transportation; report to commissioner.
Section 286.216a ‑ Definitions; sale, distribution, or use of purple loosestrife.
Section 286.217 ‑ Sale of nursery stock; inspection; transportation of nursery stock, wild trees, herbaceous perennials, and shrubs; uninspected stock; shipping documents.
Section 286.218 ‑ Nuisances; public places kept free from injurious insect pests and plant diseases; insects, fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses or living plant parasitic organisms; permits.
Section 286.219 ‑ Barberry, mahonia or mahoberberis bushes subject to black stem rust of small grains; destruction; rules.
Section 286.219a ‑ Chokecherry harmful to peach or cherry trees prohibited; destruction; rules.
Section 286.220 ‑ Insect pests and plant diseases; eradication of nuisances; notice; abatement; inspection; payment of expenses.
Section 286.221 ‑ Inspection of public grounds; application, payment of expense.
Section 286.222 ‑ Inspection of plants and plant products before interstate shipment; request; expenses; certificate.
Section 286.223b ‑ Rescission of R 285.607, R 285.611, R 285.613, and R 285.618.
Section 286.228 ‑ Violation of certain laws, rules, or orders; civil infraction; fines; limitation; misdemeanor; felony; liability; "person" defined; applicability.
Section 286.251 ‑ Examinations for insects or infectious diseases; marking; notice to destroy, posting; appeals.
Section 286.255 ‑ Authority to enter upon premises; treatment to prevent spread of disease; owners recompensed for loss.
Section 286.256 ‑ Commissioner may make rules and regulations; quarantines.
Section 286.259 ‑ Violation of act; misdemeanor; penalty; applicability of subsection (1).
Section 286.260 ‑ Violation of rule or order; civil infraction; fine; misdemeanor; felony; penalties; liability.
Act 137 of 1935 ‑ CHEMICAL LABORATORIES; FRUIT PROTECTION (286.341 - 286.345)
Section 286.341 ‑ Chemical laboratories; fruit growing sections; poisonous spray residue; examination, certificate, fees.
Section 286.342 ‑ Chemical laboratories; voluntary submission of samples; fee; certificate.
Section 286.343 ‑ Chemical laboratories; establishment by private concerns; supervision, regulations.
Section 286.345 ‑ Rules and regulations; enforcement by commissioner of agriculture.
Act 228 of 1959 ‑ FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE STORAGE (286.371 - 286.379)
Section 286.372 ‑ Controlled atmosphere storage for fruits and vegetables; prohibited representations.
Section 286.372a ‑ Construction of storage room, space, or building; installation and maintenance of thermometer; accessibility of gas analyzer.
Section 286.375 ‑ Controlled atmosphere storage for fruits and vegetables; license, application, fee, inspection, expiration, renewal, exemption.
Section 286.376 ‑ License; denial, suspension, or revocation; notice and opportunity for hearing; administrative fine; warning; action by attorney general to recover fine; injunction; disposition of payments.
Act 6 of 1959 ‑ GRAPE GROWERS; USE OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES (286.401 - 286.406)
Section 286.402 ‑ Chemical substances; petition by grape grower for prohibition.
Section 286.404 ‑ Chemical substances; director's findings; damage; orders, continuing effect.
Act 193 of 2012 ‑ AGRICULTURAL DISASTER LOAN ORIGINATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2012 (286.421 - 286.425)***** Act 193 of 2012 THIS ACT IS REPEALED BY ACT 193 OF 2012 EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 15, 2018 *****
Section 286.423 ‑ Qualified agricultural loan origination program; establishment; amount; limitation.
Section 286.424 ‑ Actions by state treasurer, attorney general, and qualified financial institution; program as valid public purpose.
Section 286.425 ‑ Expenditure of amount sufficient to pay loan origination fees; limitation; work project appropriation; carrying forward unencumbered or unallotted funds.
Section 286.453 ‑ Declaration of hazardous or banned substance; establishment of reasonable variations or additional label requirements; failure of hazardous substance to bear label; exempted substances; determination of toy or other article as hazard to children.
Section 286.455 ‑ Violation as misdemeanor or felony; penalties; persons not subject to penalties.
Section 286.456 ‑ Injunction; mailing copy of application or complaint to administrator.
Section 286.457 ‑ Tagging or marking misbranded or banned hazardous substance; permission for removal or disposal of detained or embargoed article; petition to condemn article; destruction of article; costs; conditions to return of article to claimant.
Section 286.458 ‑ Court proceedings for reported violation; notice; opportunity to present views.
Section 286.459 ‑ Rules; adoption of federal regulations; additional rules or amendments; notice of imminent hazard.
Section 286.460 ‑ Factory or warehouse; entry and inspection, samples, receipt.
Section 286.461 ‑ Carriers, access to records; admissibility of evidence in criminal prosecution.
Section 286.473 ‑ Farm or farm operation as public or private nuisance; review and revision of practices; finding; conditions.
Section 286.474 ‑ Investigation of complaints involving farm or farm operation; memorandum of understanding; generally accepted agricultural and management practices; unverified complaints; applicability of other statutes; preemption of local ordinance, regulation, or resolution; ordinance proposed by local unit of government; generally accepted agricultural and management practices for site selection and odor controls at new or expanding animal livestock facilities; advisory committee; manure management plan; duties of department; definitions.
Section 286.501 ‑ Pest control compact; findings, definitions, insurance fund, assistance, committees, relations, finance, entrance and withdrawal, construction.
Section 286.502 ‑ Cooperation by state departments, agencies and officers with insurance fund.
Act 288 of 1965 ‑ TRANSPORTATION OF MIGRANT AGRICULTURAL WORKERS (286.601 - 286.602)
Section 286.601 ‑ Transportation of migrant agricultural workers; minimum safety standards, rules and regulations.
Act 197 of 1970 ‑ Repealed- REMODELING HOUSING FOR MIGRATORY WORKERS (286.611 - 286.616)
Act 160 of 1966 ‑ OVERNIGHT REST CAMPS FOR MIGRANT AGRICULTURAL WORKERS (286.641 - 286.644)
Section 286.641 ‑ Overnight rest camps for migrant agricultural workers; selection of sites.
Section 286.642 ‑ Minimum size of camp, and minimum facilities; time of operation.
Section 286.644 ‑ Authorization or expenditure of federal and other funds, limitation.
Act 234 of 1966 ‑ LICENSING AND REGULATION OF EMIGRANT AGENTS (286.651 - 286.657)
Section 286.653 ‑ License; necessity; application; form; fee; bond; cancellation, hearing, grounds.
Section 286.703 ‑ Agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed container; label or tag; information.
Section 286.704 ‑ Agricultural seed, mixtures of agricultural seed, and vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound; required information.
Section 286.705 ‑ Vegetable seed in containers of 1 pound or less and flower seed; required information; seed sold outside original container; treated vegetable and flower seed.
Section 286.707 ‑ Seed treated with substance harmful to vertebrate animals; color; label information; description of treated seed not harmful to vertebrate animals.
Section 286.708 ‑ Correction of erroneous or unlawful seed labels; removal of seed from sale; obtaining and replacing labels.
Section 286.709 ‑ Seed; circumstances prohibiting selling, offering for sale, advertising, exposing, or transporting for sale; unlawful conduct.
Section 286.711 ‑ Duties of director; field bean inspections and analyses performed by person or agency; liability.
Section 286.714 ‑ Prohibition or regulation of labeling, sale, storage, transportation, distribution, use, or planting of certain seeds; ordinances by local government prohibited; exceptions.
Section 286.715 ‑ Violation as misdemeanor; penalty; stop sale order; appeal; hearing; seizure of seed; condemnation of seed; application for release of seed or permission to condition or relabel seed; temporary or permanent injunction; bond not required.
Section 286.731 ‑ Transfer of powers and duties of field bean advisory committee to director of department of agriculture; abolishment of the field bean advisory committee.
Section 286.775 ‑ AASSPs; issuance by commission; safe and secure storage practices; consideration to information and recommendations.
Section 286.808a ‑ Control or eradication of bee disease; order to destroy colonies; indemnification.
Section 286.814 ‑ Shipping bees or beekeeping equipment into another state or country; application for inspection; acknowledgment to pay expenses; compliance with request.
Act 247 of 1993 ‑ Repealed- GROUNDWATER AND FRESHWATER PROTECTION ACT (286.851 - 286.868)
Section 286.874 ‑ Aquaculture as agricultural enterprise; products as property of aquaculturist; riparian rights for water diversion; exemption from certain restrictions; limitations on authority of aquaculturist; genetically engineered variant.
Section 286.876 ‑ Registration required; exceptions; records; documentation.
Section 286.877 ‑ Initial application; submission; inspection; issuance of registration or permit; denial; notice; second inspection; hearing; return of registration or permit fee prohibited; contents of permit; renewal application; modification of permit.
Section 286.878 ‑ Research of aquaculture species not on approved list; research permit; approval of protocol.
Section 286.879 ‑ Inspection of facilities by department; access; conduct; conditions.
Section 286.881 ‑ Failure to comply with act or rules; authority of department to deny, suspend, revoke, or limit registration or permit; conduct of proceeding.
Section 286.883 ‑ Violation as misdemeanor; penalty; costs; attorney fees; authority of director; actions brought by attorney general or director.
Section 286.891 ‑ Abolishment of organic advisory committee and transfer of its powers and duties to department of agriculture.
Section 286.911 ‑ Authority of department to regulate, promote, and assist organic industry; sale, offer for sale, or representation as organic product; registration required.
Section 286.913 ‑ Production, sale, or handling of organic products; certification required; exceptions; retail food establishments.
Section 286.915 ‑ Registration as certifying agent; fee; demonstration of compliance; expiration; renewal.
Section 286.917 ‑ Registration as certifying agent; demonstration of compliance; requirements.
Section 286.919 ‑ Registration of handler; application; fee; basis; schedule; coordination of registration procedures.
Section 286.920 ‑ Organic products fund; establishment in state treasury; receipt, deposit, and expenditure of funds; carrying forward unexpended funds.
Section 286.922 ‑ Reciprocity agreement with another state, country, or private certifying organization.
Section 286.923 ‑ Labeling and advertisement; requirements; circumstances considered as mislabeling.
Section 286.925 ‑ Organic advisory committee; creation; powers and duties; membership; terms; travel reimbursement; election of officers and adoption of rules; quorum; meetings; proceedings subject to open meetings act; records subject to freedom of information act.
Section 286.927 ‑ Complaints and investigations; penalties or remedies; rules; denial of application; suspension or revocation of registration; seizure of product; disposition; written notice of warning; injunctive relief; access by director to establishment or operation; stop sale order; hearing.
Section 286.929 ‑ Violation of act or rule; administrative fine; misdemeanor; penalty; affirmative defense; felony.
Section 286.943 ‑ Rural development fund board; creation; qualifications; appointment; terms; compensation; oath of office; election of chairperson and officers; personnel; quorum; compliance with open meetings act; removal of member; duties.
Section 286.944 ‑ Board members as public servants and public officers; discharge of duties in nonpartisan manner; conflict of interest; noncompliance with subsection (4).
Section 286.946 ‑ Evaluation of project proposals; criteria; review and update; posting on department's website and printed materials.
Section 286.947 ‑ Expenditures; requests for project proposals; determinations; prohibited expenditures; matching funds.
