MCL - Act 189 of 1931

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THE INSECT PEST AND PLANT DISEASE ACT
Act 189 of 1931
AN ACT to regulate the sale and distribution of nursery stock, plants, and plant products; to prevent the introduction into and the dissemination within this state of insect pests and plant diseases; to provide for the destruction and control of insect pests and plant diseases; to provide for the destruction or treatment of certain plants or plant products; to provide for the licensure and inspection of certain persons and activities under certain circumstances; to impose certain powers and duties on the director of agriculture; to create certain restricted funds for certain department activities and to allow allocation of those funds throughout the department; to provide for the promulgation of rules; to prescribe penalties and civil sanctions; and to provide remedies.

History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 239, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 123, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1978 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 88, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1984 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 53, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2005 ;-- Am. 2007, Act 84, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2007

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Document	Type	Description
Section 286.201	Section	Insect pest and plant disease act; short title.
Section 286.202	Section	Definitions.
Section 286.203	Section	Inspection of nursery and other premises; right of access.
Section 286.204	Section	Inspection of stock before sale; application; assumed name.
Section 286.205	Section	Nursery stock from foreign country; inspection.
Section 286.206	Section	Inspections of nurseries; fee; certificate of inspection; validity; prohibitions; basis for charging inspection fee; review and adjustment of fees schedule.
Section 286.207	Section	Withholding certificate; precautions; fraud, investigation, revocation of license.
Section 286.208	Section	Sale of dead or weakened nursery stock; penalty.
Section 286.209	Section	License required for sale of nursery stock; exception; application; fees; agriculture licensing and inspection fees fund; horticulture fund; creation and administration; horticulture advisory committee; section inapplicable to certain persons; issuance of initial or renewal license; failure to issue or deny license within time period; "completed application" defined.
Section 286.210	Section	Licenses to sell nursery stock; buyers and dealers; certificate to deal in inspected stock, number of licenses.
Section 286.211	Section	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	Section	Repealed. 2016, Act 254, Eff. Sept. 26, 2016.
Section 286.213	Section	Revocation, suspension or withholding of license or certificate; hearing; appeal.
Section 286.214	Section	Revocation, suspension or withholding of license or certificate; hearing, order of revocation; penalty for wrongful use of license on certificate, withholding.
Section 286.215	Section	Tags on stock; inspection of imported stock on request; expense.
Section 286.216	Section	Tags on stock; certificate of inspection; unlawful transportation; report to commissioner.
Section 286.216a	Section	Definitions; sale, distribution, or use of purple loosestrife.
Section 286.217	Section	Sale of nursery stock; inspection; transportation of nursery stock, wild trees, herbaceous perennials, and shrubs; uninspected stock; shipping documents.
Section 286.217a	Section	Access to markets for nursery stock; certificate of free sale; application; fees; "certificate of free sale" defined.
Section 286.218	Section	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	Section	Barberry, mahonia or mahoberberis bushes subject to black stem rust of small grains; destruction; rules.
Section 286.219a	Section	Chokecherry harmful to peach or cherry trees prohibited; destruction; rules.
Section 286.220	Section	Insect pests and plant diseases; eradication of nuisances; notice; abatement; inspection; payment of expenses.
Section 286.221	Section	Inspection of public grounds; application, payment of expense.
Section 286.222	Section	Inspection of plants and plant products before interstate shipment; request; expenses; certificate.
Section 286.223	Section	Quarantine; enforcement, hearing, notice.
Section 286.223a	Section	Rules.
Section 286.223b	Section	Rescission of R 285.607, R 285.611, R 285.613, and R 285.618.
Section 286.224	Section	Violation of act; penalty, quarantine, misdemeanor.
Section 286.225	Section	Review of rule or order; appeal to circuit court.
Section 286.226	Section	Violation of act; penalty.
Section 286.228	Section	Violation of certain laws, rules, or orders; civil infraction; fines; limitation; misdemeanor; felony; liability; "person" defined; applicability.