Arkansas Code Title 2, Subtitle 2, Chapter 15, Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Rice Certification Act

• § 2-15-201 - Title.
  This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Arkansas Rice Certification Act".
• § 2-15-202 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter: (1) "Characteristics of commercial impact" means characteristics that may adversely affect the marketability of rice in the event of...
• § 2-15-203 - Prohibition of Rice With Characteristics of Commercial Impact.
  No person may introduce, sell, plant, produce, harvest, transport, store, process, or otherwise handle rice identified as having characteristics of commercial impact, except in...
• § 2-15-204 - Administration -- Duties of the State Plant Board.
  (a) The State Plant Board shall: (1) Administer and enforce this subchapter; (2) Promulgate rules to implement the purposes and requirements of this subchapter,...
• § 2-15-205 - Scientific Review Committee.
  (a) The State Plant Board may appoint a Scientific Review Committee.(b) The committee shall review and make recommendations to the board concerning all matters...
• § 2-15-206 - Violations -- Notice.
  (a) Upon receiving a complaint alleging that a person has violated this subchapter or a rule of the State Plant Board, the board shall...
• § 2-15-207 - Exemptions.
  The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to research conducted by a federal, state, or private entity, including an institution of higher education,...
• § 2-15-208 - Penalties.
  (a) (1) The State Plant Board may impose a civil penalty for violation of § 2-15-203. (2) The penalty shall not exceed one hundred...

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