AN ACT to regulate the sale and distribution of nursery stock, plants, and plant products; to prevent the introduction into and the dissemination within this state of insect pests and plant diseases; to provide for the destruction and control of insect pests and plant diseases; to provide for the destruction or treatment of certain plants or plant products; to provide for the licensure and inspection of certain persons and activities under certain circumstances; to impose certain powers and duties on the director of agriculture; to create certain restricted funds for certain department activities and to allow allocation of those funds throughout the department; to provide for the promulgation of rules; to prescribe penalties and civil sanctions; and to provide remedies.
History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 239, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 123, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1978 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 88, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1984 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 53, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2005 ;-- Am. 2007, Act 84, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2007