CHAPTER 2. Pest Seeds [7501. - 7603.]
Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.
§§ 7501–7603 · 21 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 7501–7503 · 3 sections
- § 7501 It is unlawful for any person to disseminate the seed of any pest within this state.
- § 7502 The enforcement of this chapter is under the supervision of the director. He shall make such regulations as he may deem necessary to properly carry out the…
- § 7503 The provisions of this chapter are in addition to the requirements which are specified in the following provisions of this code: (a) Article 1 (commencing with…
ARTICLE 2. Certificates §§ 7531–7534 · 4 sections
- § 7531 To prevent the dissemination of the seed of any pest through the medium of crop seed for planting, the commissioner of each county may issue certificates which…
- § 7532 The commissioner may issue the certificate if all of the following requirements are complied with: (a) The applicant is the grower of any crop seed within this…
- § 7533 The commissioner, upon receipt of a notice from any person who is the grower of any crop seed within the commissioner’s jurisdiction of such person’s intention…
- § 7534 It is unlawful for any person to alter, deface, or otherwise misuse a certificate which is issued pursuant to this article.
ARTICLE 3. Seed Screenings and Cleanings §§ 7571–7581 · 11 sections
- § 7571 Except as otherwise provided in Section 7572, it is unlawful for any person to move any seed screenings or cleanings from crop seed from the place where they…
- § 7572 The commissioner may permit the movement of seed screenings or cleanings for the purpose of destruction or processing.
- § 7573 If, upon inspection by the commissioner, any seed screenings or cleanings from crop seed are found to contain the seed of any pest, the commissioner shall give…
- § 7574 If the person that is notified by the commissioner is not the owner of the screenings or cleanings, the person so notified shall forthwith transmit the notice…
- § 7575 If the owner fails or neglects to direct the disposition of the screenings or cleanings within 10 days after the notice has been transmitted to him, the person…
- § 7576 Any lot of seed screenings or cleanings from crop seed which contains the seed of any pest, together with its containers, is a public nuisance. If such lot is…
- § 7577 The district attorney of the county in which the nuisance is found, at the request of the director or the commissioner, shall maintain, in the name of the…
- § 7578 Upon judgment and by order of the court, the lot which is a nuisance shall be handled in one of the following ways: (a) Condemned and destroyed in the manner…
- § 7579 If the owner fails to comply with the order of the court within the time which is specified in the order, the court may order disposal, or sale, under such…
- § 7580 If the court orders the sale of any of the seed screenings or cleanings from crop seed, or containers, which can be salvaged, the cost of disposal shall be…
- § 7581 A proceeding pursuant to this article where the value of the property seized amounts to thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) or less is a limited civil case.
ARTICLE 4. Crop Seed Cleaning Business §§ 7601–7603 · 3 sections
- § 7601 Every person, before engaging for hire in the business of cleaning crop seed, shall obtain a permit from the commissioner to operate each separate portable…
- § 7602 Upon application by the owner for such permit or if the commissioner deems it necessary to determine that the cleaner is free from the seed of any pest, the…
- § 7603 The permit may be suspended or revoked by the commissioner at any time the permittee does not comply with any of the provisions of this division, or any…