Arkansas Code Title 2, Subtitle 2, Chapter 16, Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act

• § 2-16-601 - Title.
  This subchapter shall be known as the "Arkansas Boll Weevil Suppression Eradication Act".
• § 2-16-602 - Declaration of Policy -- Purpose -- Construction.
  (a) The General Assembly has found and determined and does hereby declare that the boll weevil is a public nuisance, a pest, and a...
• § 2-16-603 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) "Assessment" means the amount charged to each cotton grower to finance, in whole or part, a program...
• § 2-16-604 - Criminal Penalties.
  (a) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this subchapter or the regulations promulgated hereunder, or who shall alter, forge, or...
• § 2-16-605 - Rules and Regulations.
  (a) (1) The State Plant Board may promulgate regulations restricting the pasturage of livestock, entry by persons, and location of honeybee colonies, or other...
• § 2-16-606 - Cooperative Programs Authorized.
  The State Plant Board is hereby authorized to carry out programs to suppress or eradicate the boll weevil in this state. The board is...
• § 2-16-607 - Entry of Premises -- Suppression or Eradication Activities -- Inspections.
  (a) The State Plant Board, or its authorized representatives, shall have authority to enter cotton fields, cotton processing facilities, and other premises in order...
• § 2-16-608 - Reports.
  Every person growing cotton in this state shall furnish to the State Plant Board, or its designated representative, on forms supplied by the board...
• § 2-16-609 - Quarantine.
  (a) The State Plant Board is authorized to promulgate regulations quarantining this state, or any portion thereof, and governing the storage or other handling...
• § 2-16-610 - Designation of Eradication Zones -- Prohibition of Planting of Cotton -- Participation in Suppression Eradication Program -- Penalties.
  (a) The State Plant Board may designate by regulation one (1) or more areas of this state as eradication zones where boll weevil eradication...
• § 2-16-611 - Destruction or Treatment of Volunteer or Other Noncommercial Cotton in Eradication Zones -- Liability.
  (a) The State Plant Board shall have authority to destroy, or, at its discretion, cause to be treated with pesticides, volunteer or other noncommercial...
• § 2-16-612 - Certification of Cotton Growers' Organization -- Requirements.
  (a) The State Plant Board may certify a cotton growers' organization for the purpose of entering into agreements with the State of Arkansas, other...
• § 2-16-613 - Certification of Cotton Growers' Organization -- Revocation.
  (a) (1) Upon determination by the State Plant Board that the organization meets the requirements of § 2-16-612, the board shall certify the organization...
• § 2-16-614 - Referendum -- Assessments.
  (a) (1) At the request of the certified cotton growers' organization, the State Plant Board shall authorize a referendum among cotton growers in a...
• § 2-16-615 - Conduct of Referendum.
  The arrangements for and management of any referendum held under this subchapter shall be under the direction of the certified organization. The organization shall...
• § 2-16-616 - Subsequent Referenda.
  (a) In the event any referendum conducted under this subchapter fails to receive the required number of affirmative votes, the certified organization may call...
• § 2-16-617 - Failure to Pay Assessments -- Extensions -- Exemption.
  (a) (1) A cotton grower who fails to pay when due and upon reasonable notice any assessment levied under this subchapter shall be subject...

Last modified: November 15, 2016