The department is authorized to inspect all nurseries in the state and all nursery stock grown within the state. If the nursery stock is found to be free of plant pests, an inspection certificate shall be issued certifying that the nursery stock has been inspected and is believed to be free from plant pests. The certificate shall be valid for one license year. If, at any subsequent inspection, the nursery is found to be infested with plant pests, the certificate may be canceled until the conditions are corrected.
History: 1953 Comp., § 45-8-27, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 195, § 6; 1967, ch. 53, § 5; 1973, ch. 97, § 4; 1979, ch. 193, § 3; 2013, ch. 15, § 4.
The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, expanded the scope of the department of agriculture's authority to inspect nurseries; and in the first sentence, after "The department", deleted "shall make an annual inspection of" and added "is authorized to inspect" and after "stock grown within the state", deleted "before the stock is offered for sale".
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 3 C.J.S. Agriculture § 68.
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