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Home » US Law » 2020 Mississippi Code » Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals » Chapter 25 - Plants, Plant and Bee Diseases » Article 1 - Division of Plant Industry; Plant Diseases and Pests

§ 69-25-47. Penalty for violations

Any person who shall violate any provisions or requirements of this article, or of the rules and regulations made or of any notice given pursuant thereto or shall forge, counterfeit, deface, destroy or wrongfully use any certificate provided for herein or in the rules and regulations made pursuant thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a […]

§ 69-25-5. Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry; State Entomologist

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall appoint a full-time executive secretary and director, hereinafter called the “Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry,” whose office shall be at Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. The director shall serve at the will and pleasure of the commissioner and shall receive a salary in […]

§ 69-25-7. Powers and duties of commissioner

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may conduct inspections and promulgate and enforce quarantine regulations as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this article. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall, from time to time, make rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions and requirements of this article, including rules and […]

§ 69-25-9. Duties of commissioner and persons having knowledge of infected plants

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall keep himself informed as to known varieties of insect pests, diseases and noxious weeds, their origin, locality, nature and appearance thereof, the manner in which they are disseminated, and approved methods of treatment and eradication. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, in his rules and regulations made pursuant […]