A. It shall be unlawful for any person to store or handle any regulated article in an eradicated or other quarantined area, or to move into or from an eradicated or other quarantined area any regulated article, except under conditions as may be prescribed by the rules promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture.
B. Any person who, except in compliance with the rules of the Department, moves any regulated article into this state from any other state infested by boll weevils shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 3-50.20 of this title. Any person convicted of a violation may be required to pay restitution for damages caused by the violation.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 198, § 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 211, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.