MCL - Act 329 of 1965
AN ACT to regulate the labeling, coloration, advertising, sale, offering, exposing, or transporting for sale of agricultural, vegetable, lawn, flower, and forest tree seeds; to authorize the director of agriculture to adopt rules for the enforcement of this act; to provide for the inspection and testing of seed; to prescribe license fees; to preempt ordinances prohibiting or regulating certain activities with respect to seeds; and to prescribe penalties for violation of this act.
History: 1965, Act 329, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966
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Am. 1988, Act 455, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988
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Am. 2006, Act 132, Imd. Eff. May 5, 2006
| Document | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Section 286.701 | Section | Michigan seed law; short title. |
| Section 286.702 | Section | Definitions. |
| Section 286.703 | Section | Agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed container; label or tag; information. |
| Section 286.704 | Section | Agricultural seed, mixtures of agricultural seed, and vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound; required information. |
| Section 286.705 | Section | 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 286.706 | Section | Forest tree seed; required information. |
| Section 286.707 | Section | Seed treated with substance harmful to vertebrate animals; color; label information; description of treated seed not harmful to vertebrate animals. |
| Section 286.707a | Section | Field beans. |
| Section 286.708 | Section | Correction of erroneous or unlawful seed labels; removal of seed from sale; obtaining and replacing labels. |
| Section 286.709 | Section | Seed; circumstances prohibiting selling, offering for sale, advertising, exposing, or transporting for sale; prohibited conduct. |
| Section 286.710 | Section | Applicability of MCL 286.703. |
| Section 286.711 | Section | Duties of director; field bean seeds inspections and analyses performed by person or agency; liability; "rule" defined. |
| Section 286.711a | Section | Field bean advisory committee. |
| Section 286.712, 286.713 | Section | Repealed. 1988, Act 455, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988. |
| Section 286.714 | Section | Prohibition or regulation of labeling, sale, storage, transportation, distribution, use, or planting of certain seeds; ordinances by local government prohibited; exceptions. |
| Section 286.715 | Section | 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 286.716 | Section | Repealed. 2006, Act 132, Imd. Eff. May 5, 2006. |