Code of Alabama - Title 2: Agriculture - Section 2-25-16 - Throwing cuttings, prunings, etc., into public roads, fields, etc.; destruction of cuttings, prunings, etc., containing plant pests or noxious weeds

Section 2-25-16 - Throwing cuttings, prunings, etc., into public roads, fields, etc.; destruction of cuttings, prunings, etc., containing plant pests or noxious weeds.

It shall be unlawful for any person owning or operating any nursery or fruit orchards of any kind to throw any cuttings or prunings of any fruit trees, nursery stock or ornamental trees or any fruit if said cuttings, prunings or fruit contain plant pests or noxious weeds into any public road, highway, lane, field or other enclosure or into any watercourse of any kind. Any of the above cuttings or prunings or fruit shall be destroyed with fire or by other methods approved by the commissioner within a reasonable time from the time such cuttings or prunings are made.

(Ag. Code 1927, §307; Code 1940, T. 2, §467; Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §13.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021