A person shall not knowingly propagate, sell, or offer for sale any nursery stock infested or infected with any plant pest. If the State Board of Agriculture finds any plant pest at any nursery or dealer’s facility, the Board shall notify the owner or person in control of the nursery or facility in writing. The Board shall issue a stop sale until treatment or destruction of the plant pest on nursery stock or in the facility is completed. No damages shall be awarded to the owner for the loss of infested or infected trees, plants, shrubs, or other plant material destroyed as a result of an order of the Board.
Added by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 3, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000.