(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, give away, carry, ship, or deliver for carriage or shipment, within this state, any plants or plant products listed as required by this subchapter unless the plants and plant products have been officially inspected and a certificate has been issued by an inspector of the State Plant Board. This certificate shall state that the plants or plant products have been inspected and found to be apparently free from insect pests and diseases. It shall also be unlawful for any person to sell, give away, carry, ship, or deliver for carriage any plants or plant products unless the plants or plant products bear a certificate issued by an inspector of the board. This certificate shall show that the place on which the plants or plant products were grown has been inspected and found to be apparently free from insect pests and diseases and any other facts provided for in the rules made under this subchapter.
(b) This section shall not apply to plants and plant products not affected by rules made under § 2-16-211 when the plants or plant products are disposed of in local trade.
(c) When any person shall notify the board of impending shipments of plants or plant products and the board fails to provide the proper inspector to inspect the plants or plant products under the rules made under this subchapter, the person desiring to make the shipment may do so without being liable to provisions of this section.
(d) For the issuance of the certificate as provided for in this section, the board may require the payment of a reasonable fee to cover the expenses of the inspection and certification. If it shall be found at any time that a certificate of inspection, issued or accepted under the provisions of this section, is being used in connection with plants and plant products which are infested or infected with insect pests or diseases, its further use may be prohibited, subject to such inspection and other disposition of the plants and plant products involved as may be provided for by the board.
(e) All moneys collected by the board under this section or under § 2-16-211 or § 2-16-214 shall be deposited with the treasurer of the board and shall be used in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter.