Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act

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Section
69-37-1

Short title

Section
69-37-3

Purpose; liberal construction

Section
69-37-5

Definitions

Section
69-37-7

Authorization for programs to suppress or eradicate boll weevil; cooperation with other agencies or persons

Section
69-37-9

Entry upon premises to carry out provisions of chapter; monitoring, inspection, treatment with pesticides, and other activities; notice to owner; warrant

Section
69-37-11

All persons growing cotton to furnish information to commissioner and corporation

Section
69-37-13

Bureau may certify Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation for purpose of entering into agreements to effectuate purposes of chapter; eligibility for certification; corporation board of directors

Section
69-37-15

Certification of Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation as official administrative and regulatory body; effect; revocation; debts of corporation not a liability of bureau or department

Section
69-37-17

Referenda, at request of corporation, as to assessments on cotton growers; character and disposition of funds assessed; Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation Trust Fund

Section
69-37-19

Conduct of referenda; expenses

Section
69-37-21

Subsequent referenda; annual report; limitation on assessment of fees

Section
69-37-23

Liens to secure payment of assessments and penalties; destruction of untreatable commercial cotton as nuisance; compensation

Section
69-37-25

Quarantine, and control of movement of articles from infested areas in other states, by regulation of Bureau of Plant Industry

Section
69-37-27

Suppression, pre-eradication, eradication and no-growth zones; growers to share costs; notice, referenda, penalties, and appeal of penalties

Section
69-37-29

Destruction or treatment of cotton in eradication zones; compensation

Section
69-37-31

Regulations pertaining to livestock pasturage, human entry, honeybee colonies, and other activities affecting boll weevil control programs

Section
69-37-33

Penalties for violations

Section
69-37-35

Exemptions from assessment penalties for financial hardship; payment plan

Section
69-37-37

Extension of chapter to other cotton pests upon recommendation of the corporation

Section
69-37-39

Boll Weevil Management Fund; deposits; disbursements

Section
69-37-41

Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation to be certified as administering authority to plan and implement boll weevil management programs