Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 3 - Agriculture
§ 3-714 - Annual licensing; application; fee; display; exceptions

3-714. Annual licensing; application; fee; display; exceptions
A. No person shall act as a dealer, producer-dealer or manufacturer engaged in the business of buying, candling, grading, peddling, distributing, dealing in or trading in eggs or egg products for resale within this state or engage in the business of breaking eggs for resale within this state without first obtaining a license from the division.
B. Applications for the license shall be made in writing upon forms obtained from the division, accompanied by a license fee as provided by this section.
C. The annual license fee shall be twenty-five dollars for each place or location where the business of the applicant is being or will be conducted. An exclusive retailer selling to consumers only is exempt from the license fee. The license shall be conspicuously displayed and posted at each place or location where the business of the licensee is conducted. Licenses shall expire on February 28 following the issuance thereof. A new license may be obtained for an additional period of one year upon written application and payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars for each place or location where the business is being or will be conducted.
D. Each applicant for a license shall state the name and address of the applicant, the location of each place or location where the business of the applicant is being or is intended to be conducted and that the applicant will in the conduct of the business comply with this article and the rules adopted pursuant to this article.
E. The provisions of this section shall not apply to consumers or persons who are exclusively retailers of egg products.
F. Persons handling eggs in a retail establishment for retail sale only to a consumer, or eggs which have been candled, graded and sold by a producer or a licensed person under this section, having proper refrigeration facilities for handling and storing the eggs at their retail place of business, shall not be subject to the licensing provisions of this section.
G. The licensing provisions of this section shall not apply to retailers complying with section 3-715, subsection A.

Structure Arizona Revised Statutes

Arizona Revised Statutes

Title 3 - Agriculture

§ 3-101 - Definitions

§ 3-102 - Department organization

§ 3-103 - Director; search committee; qualifications; deputy director and associate and assistant directors; legal counsel

§ 3-104 - Advisory council

§ 3-105 - Division councils

§ 3-106 - Advisory committees

§ 3-107 - Organizational and administrative powers and duties of the director

§ 3-108 - Administrative support fund; use; exemption

§ 3-109 - Unlawful influence; classification

§ 3-109.01 - Agricultural consulting and training program

§ 3-109.02 - Office of commodity development and promotion; fees; commodity promotion fund; definition

§ 3-109.03 - Livestock operator fire and flood assistance grant program; requirements; fund; exemption; definition

§ 3-111 - Definitions

§ 3-112 - Agricultural operations; nuisance liability: damages; state preemption

§ 3-113 - Action for false claims against perishable agricultural food product; limitation; definitions

§ 3-114 - Liability for unauthorized destruction of field crop product; damages; definition

§ 3-121 - Smith-Lever act accepted; authority of board of regents

§ 3-122 - Expenditure from university appropriation to match federal grant

§ 3-123 - Agricultural extension work

§ 3-124 - County agricultural extension board; members; appointment; term; qualifications; office space

§ 3-125 - Plan of extension work; annual report

§ 3-126 - Annual county agricultural extension budget; tax levy; collection; expenditures

§ 3-127 - Agricultural workforce development program; rules; apprentices; costs; annual report; definitions

§ 3-128 - Expenditures of university of Arizona funds

§ 3-141 - Definitions

§ 3-142 - State agricultural laboratory

§ 3-143 - Assistant director; powers and duties

§ 3-144 - State agricultural laboratory; maintenance and purpose; fees

§ 3-145 - Mandatory and voluntary certification; sampling procedures; application; expiration; renewal

§ 3-146 - Certificate fees

§ 3-147 - Rules; advisory committee

§ 3-148 - Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of a certificate; review and appeal

§ 3-149 - Evidentiary effect of test results certified by the assistant director

§ 3-161 - Definitions

§ 3-162 - Arizona register of heritage agriculture; qualifying criteria; definition

§ 3-163 - Application

§ 3-164 - Listing property on register

§ 3-165 - Restricted use of designation; violation; classification

§ 3-201 - Definitions

§ 3-201.01 - Associate director; powers and duties

§ 3-202 - Infested or infected plants as public nuisances

§ 3-203 - Quarantine of infected and diseased plants; notice; hearing

§ 3-204 - Summary abatement of imminently dangerous nuisance; procedure; expense; lien; public sale; reimbursement costs and penalties to state for certain abatements; civil penalty

§ 3-204.01 - Council plow-up request; civil penalty

§ 3-205 - Abatement of nuisance not imminently dangerous; procedure; lien; foreclosure; release of lien; reimbursement costs and penalties to state for certain abatements; civil penalty

§ 3-205.01 - Summary abatement of noxious weeds, crop pests or diseases under preapproved programs

§ 3-205.02 - Regulating production of colored cotton; civil penalties

§ 3-206 - Destruction of noninfected crops on abatement of nuisance; procedure; hearing; evidence

§ 3-207 - Crop pest or disease menacing state; notice of hearing; publication

§ 3-208 - Hearing on plant menace; evidence; quarantine zones; violation

§ 3-209 - Quarantines; notice to common carriers; duty to hold for inspection; certificate of release; inspection

§ 3-210 - Destruction of infected shipments

§ 3-211 - Imported nursery stock; labeling; certificate of inspection

§ 3-212 - Infested plants; sale or transportation prohibited; disposition of infested or wormy apples and pears

§ 3-213 - Concealment of plants or agricultural products

§ 3-214 - Failure to stop at inspection station

§ 3-214.01 - Dangerous plants, pests and diseases trust fund

§ 3-215 - Violations; classification

§ 3-215.01 - Violation; civil penalty

§ 3-216 - Enforcement powers of deputy, inspector or agent; cooperation

§ 3-217 - Nursery or nursery stock certification; fee; denial, revocation or suspension; hearing

§ 3-218 - Citrus budwood certification; fee

§ 3-221 - Agreements for joint exercise of powers; review by attorney general; continuing obligation

§ 3-222 - Employees assigned to adjoining state

§ 3-223 - Interdivision livestock inspection

§ 3-231 - Definitions

§ 3-232 - Enforcement of article

§ 3-233 - Powers and duties; fees; penalty

§ 3-234 - Seed law trust fund

§ 3-235 - Seed dealer and labeler licenses; fee; exception

§ 3-236 - Retention of invoices and records

§ 3-237 - Label requirements; rules

§ 3-238 - Cease and desist order; appeal

§ 3-239 - Seizure and disposition of noncomplying seed

§ 3-240 - Prosecutions; classification; publication of results; injunction

§ 3-241 - Exemptions; exceptions

§ 3-242 - Violations; civil penalties

§ 3-243 - Seed labeling regulation; state preemption

§ 3-261 - Applicability of article

§ 3-262 - Definitions

§ 3-263 - Fertilizer labeling regulation; state preemption

§ 3-264 - Enforcement and administrative powers

§ 3-265 - Rules; advisory committee

§ 3-266 - Annual reports and publications; membership in professional organizations

§ 3-267 - Inspections; official samples; analysis; report

§ 3-268 - Inspection fees and reports; violations; classification

§ 3-269 - Fertilizer materials trust fund

§ 3-271 - Restrictions upon enforcing officers

§ 3-272 - Commercial fertilizer license; specialty fertilizers

§ 3-273 - Labeling

§ 3-274 - Label as warranty

§ 3-275 - Guaranteed analysis required in licensing and labeling

§ 3-276 - Deficiencies in guaranteed analysis; penalties payable to consumer

§ 3-278 - Materials containing unavailable plant food and undesirable substances

§ 3-279 - Cease and desist order

§ 3-280 - Seizure, condemnation and sale of noncomplying materials

§ 3-281 - False or misleading statements

§ 3-282 - Short weight

§ 3-283 - Violations; notice; criminal classification; injunctive relief

§ 3-284 - Exchanges between manufacturers

§ 3-301 - Developing and adopting the program; advisory committee

§ 3-311 - Definitions

§ 3-312 - Legislative findings; purpose; authorization

§ 3-313 - Rulemaking; fees; intent

§ 3-314 - Industrial hemp licenses; applications; fees; fingerprinting requirements; renewal; revocation

§ 3-315 - Industrial hemp trust fund

§ 3-316 - Recordkeeping, inspection, transportation and distribution requirements

§ 3-317 - Corrective actions; hearing

§ 3-318 - Industrial hemp advisory council; members; duties

§ 3-319 - Violations; classification; civil penalties

§ 3-320 - Affirmative defense

§ 3-341 - Definitions

§ 3-343 - Enforcement and administrative powers

§ 3-344 - Advisory committee; membership; appointment; duties; uniformity of labeling and standards of pesticides

§ 3-345 - Publications; membership in professional organizations

§ 3-346 - Agreements with other agencies and states

§ 3-347 - Delegation of duties

§ 3-349 - Restrictions upon enforcing officers

§ 3-350 - Pesticide trust fund

§ 3-350.01 - Experimental use permits

§ 3-351 - Registration; fee; confidential information

§ 3-352 - Prohibited acts

§ 3-353 - Exemptions

§ 3-354 - Cease and desist orders; condemnation and destruction or sale of noncomplying pesticides or devices

§ 3-355 - Enforcement procedures

§ 3-356 - Violations; criminal classification; injunctive relief

§ 3-361 - Definitions

§ 3-362 - Powers and duties

§ 3-363 - Rules

§ 3-363.01 - Reporting requirements; interagency agreement

§ 3-364 - Inspection powers; notice

§ 3-365 - Buffer zones

§ 3-366 - Pesticide management areas

§ 3-367 - Private right of action

§ 3-367.01 - Report of loss, damage or nonperformance; effect of failure to file

§ 3-367.02 - Notification by beekeepers of bees located in a commercial agricultural area

§ 3-368 - Enforcement; consultation with attorney general; citations and notices of violation

§ 3-370 - Civil penalty; criminal violation; classification

§ 3-371 - Cease and desist order

§ 3-372 - Emergency use of pesticides

§ 3-373 - Annual pesticide report

§ 3-374 - Availability of information to the public

§ 3-375 - Preservation of rights

§ 3-376 - Discrimination prohibited

§ 3-377 - Local regulation

§ 3-381 - Integrated pest management program

§ 3-382 - Program structure; responsibilities

§ 3-383 - Powers

§ 3-401 - Definitions

§ 3-402 - Policy or purpose

§ 3-403 - Exemptions

§ 3-404 - Marketing order and marketing agreement programs

§ 3-405 - Contents of a marketing order

§ 3-406 - Initiation of the marketing order process

§ 3-407 - Official department list

§ 3-408 - Public meeting; notice

§ 3-409 - Findings

§ 3-410 - Election procedures

§ 3-411 - Adoption of a marketing order

§ 3-412 - Terminating a marketing order

§ 3-413 - Marketing commission; appointment; term

§ 3-414 - Powers and duties of a marketing commission or marketing committee

§ 3-415 - Administrative services; interagency agreements; reimbursement

§ 3-416 - Indemnification of marketing commission or marketing committee members

§ 3-417 - Assessments; collection; budget

§ 3-418 - Failure to pay assessment; penalty; hearing; violation; classification

§ 3-419 - Deposit of assessments; use on termination

§ 3-420 - Inspection and enforcement

§ 3-421 - Violations; civil penalties; hearing; court action

§ 3-422 - Records and reports

§ 3-423 - Payment of costs of hearing on a marketing order

§ 3-424 - Initiation of the marketing agreement process; contents

§ 3-425 - Public meeting; notice; findings

§ 3-426 - Marketing committee

§ 3-427 - Application of marketing order provisions to marketing agreements

§ 3-428 - Approval of a marketing agreement; amendments; term

§ 3-429 - Application of administrative procedures act

§ 3-430 - Transfer of property on termination

§ 3-441 - Definitions

§ 3-442 - Purpose and scope of article

§ 3-443 - Associate director; inspectors

§ 3-444 - Inspectors; powers and enforcement procedures; warning notice; disposal notice; civil penalty

§ 3-445 - Rulemaking; definition

§ 3-446 - Adopting new or revised standards; exception

§ 3-447 - Citrus, fruit and vegetable trust fund; administration

§ 3-448 - Assessments; procedures; failure to pay; penalty and interest; hearing; definition

§ 3-449 - Annual licensing; fees; application; penalty

§ 3-449.02 - Denial or revocation of license; hearing

§ 3-449.03 - Recordkeeping; confidentiality; inspection

§ 3-449.04 - Appeals from inspections; fee

§ 3-449.05 - Unlawful possession; inspection; proof of ownership; seizure; exceptions

§ 3-450 - Exemption from citrus fruit standardization; definitions

§ 3-458 - Interstate shipments; requirements; out-of-state inspection certificates; irregular containers

§ 3-459 - Rejection of shipment by carriers

§ 3-460 - Bulk transfers

§ 3-461 - Unlawful packing or sale of fruit

§ 3-462 - False pack or labeling; reuse of containers

§ 3-463 - Mixing of inferior fruit prohibited

§ 3-464 - Wrongful performance of duty; improper influence; classification

§ 3-465 - Venue of criminal actions

§ 3-466 - Civil penalties; hearing

§ 3-468 - Definitions

§ 3-468.01 - Arizona citrus research council; appointment; term

§ 3-468.02 - Powers and duties of the council

§ 3-468.03 - Administrative services; reimbursement

§ 3-468.04 - Fees; collection; budget

§ 3-468.05 - Failure to pay fee; penalty; hearing; violation; classification

§ 3-468.06 - Arizona citrus trust fund

§ 3-468.07 - Indemnification of council members

§ 3-468.08 - Termination of council

§ 3-481 - Definitions

§ 3-483 - Associate director; qualifications

§ 3-484 - Deputies and clerks; compensation; expenses

§ 3-485 - Relationship of standardization and marketing order programs

§ 3-486 - Inspectors; powers and enforcement procedures; warning notice; disposal notice; civil penalty

§ 3-487 - Rulemaking; definition

§ 3-488 - Confidentiality of records; inspection of records

§ 3-489 - Requests for inspection by unlicensed or unregistered persons; fees

§ 3-490 - Unlawful possession; inspection; proof of ownership; seizure; exceptions

§ 3-491 - Exemption from fruit or vegetable standardization; definitions

§ 3-492 - Licensing dealers and shippers; application; fees; penalty

§ 3-494 - Denial or revocation of license; hearing

§ 3-496 - List of licensees; display of license

§ 3-497 - Adopting new or revised standards; exception

§ 3-498 - Appeals from inspection; fee

§ 3-499 - Shipping point and terminal market inspections; fees; Arizona federal-state inspection fund

§ 3-518 - Exempt transactions

§ 3-519 - Rejection by carriers

§ 3-520 - Wrongful performance of duty by inspector; improper influence; classification

§ 3-521 - Civil penalties; hearing

§ 3-523 - Venue of criminal actions

§ 3-525 - Definitions

§ 3-525.01 - Produce safety rule; state administration; powers and duties; advisory council

§ 3-525.02 - Produce safety trust fund

§ 3-525.03 - Inventory of farms; covered farms; information requirements; qualified exemptions

§ 3-525.04 - Inspections and investigations; records; notice; report

§ 3-525.05 - Production and harvesting standards; violations; corrective actions; civil penalty; appeals

§ 3-525.06 - Access to public information; exceptions; disclosure

§ 3-525.07 - Violations; classification; injunctive relief

§ 3-525.08 - Rules

§ 3-526 - Definitions

§ 3-526.01 - Arizona iceberg lettuce research council; appointment; term

§ 3-526.02 - Powers and duties of the council

§ 3-526.03 - Administrative services; reimbursement

§ 3-526.04 - Fees; collection; budget

§ 3-526.05 - Failure to pay fee; penalty; hearing; violation; classification

§ 3-526.06 - Iceberg lettuce trust fund

§ 3-526.07 - Indemnification of council members

§ 3-526.08 - Termination of council

§ 3-527 - Definitions

§ 3-527.01 - Citrus, fruit and vegetable advisory council; membership; terms; vacancy; compensation; definition

§ 3-527.02 - Powers and duties of the council

§ 3-527.03 - Administrative services; reimbursement

§ 3-527.04 - Indemnification of council members

§ 3-561 - Definitions

§ 3-562 - Restrictions on sales by food producers prohibited

§ 3-563 - Tax, license or fee against producers and purchasers prohibited

§ 3-581 - Definitions

§ 3-582 - Arizona grain research and promotion council; appointment; term

§ 3-584 - Powers and duties of the council

§ 3-585 - Indemnification of council members

§ 3-586 - Records of the council

§ 3-587 - Budget and fees; report

§ 3-588 - Administrative services; reimbursement

§ 3-589 - Pledge or mortgage of grain; deduction of fee

§ 3-590 - Arizona grain research trust fund

§ 3-591 - Failure to make report

§ 3-592 - Refund of fees

§ 3-593 - Association of producers

§ 3-594 - Petition and election to terminate council

§ 3-601 - Definitions

§ 3-601.01 - Product standards; rules

§ 3-603 - Powers and duties; state dairy supervisor; qualifications; production of papers; formal requirements of complaints

§ 3-604 - Dairy inspectors; duties; powers; local officers

§ 3-605 - Federal milk ordinance; health and sanitation provisions; exemption

§ 3-606 - Sale of milk, milk products, raw milk and raw milk products; regulation

§ 3-607 - Annual licenses; inspections; revocation; fees; exceptions

§ 3-608 - Distributing and manufacturing plants; records

§ 3-609 - Financial condition of milk handlers; security; recovery on default; definition

§ 3-610 - Diseased handlers of dairy products prohibited; health examination

§ 3-611 - Tuberculin testing of dairy herds; veterinarian's certificate; other diseases; exclusion of animals from herds

§ 3-612 - Dairy cows suspected of disease; quarantine; examination

§ 3-613 - Importation of diseased animals

§ 3-614 - Sale of products from diseased cow; classification

§ 3-615 - Milk holding tanks; structural requirements; measuring device

§ 3-616 - Milk holding tanks; tolerances of measuring devices

§ 3-617 - Fat content; determination; fee; inspection of records and equipment

§ 3-618 - Sampling by purchaser; preservation; records

§ 3-619 - Qualification of sampler; license; certificate of proficiency; revocation

§ 3-620 - Bacterial count; method; inspection of equipment

§ 3-621 - Butterfat content; disagreement; procedure

§ 3-622 - Regulation of manufactured milk products

§ 3-623 - Manufacturing milk or cream; operating requirements; sanitation; sediment test tolerance; pasteurization

§ 3-624 - Cheese; ingredients; pasteurized cheese; part-skim cheese; labeling; cottage cheese excepted

§ 3-625 - Frozen desserts; coloring matter; weight; butterfat content; ices and sherbets

§ 3-627 - Brands for butter; labeling of dairy products; restrictions on use

§ 3-628 - Misbranding

§ 3-629 - Oleomargarine; sale; representation as butter or milk product prohibited

§ 3-630 - Adulterated products prohibited; exception; containers for poultry or stock feed; labeling

§ 3-631 - Restraint of competition prohibited; discrimination against localities prohibited; allowances

§ 3-632 - Unlawful acts

§ 3-633 - Enforcement duties of attorney general and county attorneys

§ 3-634 - Violation; classification; injunctive relief; evidence of violation

§ 3-661 - Definitions

§ 3-662 - Manufacture or sale not prohibited

§ 3-663 - Labeling and advertising

§ 3-665 - Plant licensing

§ 3-667 - Rules and orders; delegation of duties; regulation of interstate products

§ 3-669 - Deposit of monies; appropriation

§ 3-670 - Violation; classification; injunctive relief and penalty for contempt

§ 3-671 - Conformity

§ 3-701 - Definitions

§ 3-703 - Definitions of inedible eggs

§ 3-704 - Descriptive terms in general

§ 3-705 - Standards of quality

§ 3-706 - Grade tolerances

§ 3-707 - Allowances of tolerances

§ 3-708 - Standards of size; determination by weight

§ 3-709 - Supervisor of egg inspection; egg inspectors

§ 3-710 - Powers and duties; state preemption; egg promotion program

§ 3-712 - Sampling; methods; sample as evidence

§ 3-713 - Presumption of sale from possession

§ 3-714 - Annual licensing; application; fee; display; exceptions

§ 3-715 - Sales of nest run eggs; unlawful designations

§ 3-716 - Inspection fees; report and payment by dealers; exception; penalty; collection

§ 3-717 - State egg inspection trust fund

§ 3-718 - Sale of eggs; invoice; deterioration of eggs below grade; exceptions

§ 3-719 - Reuse of standard cases and other containers; identification of eggs; expiration date markings; exceptions

§ 3-720 - Containers not requiring markings; department of agriculture grades

§ 3-721 - Trade-mark; filing; reuse

§ 3-722 - Bulk lots; prohibition

§ 3-723 - Price advertisements; designation of size and grade of eggs

§ 3-724 - Misrepresentation of quality

§ 3-725 - Egg products; rules; out-of-state products; sanitary certificate

§ 3-726 - Imported egg products; permit; inspection; certificate; containers; fee

§ 3-727 - Refrigeration of eggs and egg products

§ 3-728 - Nonconforming eggs; refusal of carrier to ship; reservation in bill of lading

§ 3-729 - Violation by transporting agency

§ 3-730 - Nonconforming eggs as nuisance; procedure for handling and abatement

§ 3-731 - Injunction

§ 3-732 - Eggs bearing warning tag or notice; removal of tag or movement of containers prohibited

§ 3-733 - Unlawful acts and conduct

§ 3-734 - Prosecutions by attorney general or county attorneys

§ 3-735 - Arrests; appearance before magistrate; notice; written promise to appear; bail

§ 3-736 - Venue; evidence

§ 3-737 - Violations; classification

§ 3-738 - Appeal inspections

§ 3-739 - Violations; civil penalties; exception

§ 3-901 - Definitions

§ 3-902 - Administration and enforcement

§ 3-903 - Protected group of plants; botanical names govern; categories of protected plants; power to add or remove plants; annual hearing

§ 3-904 - Destruction of protected plants by private landowners; notice; exception

§ 3-905 - Destruction of protected plants by state

§ 3-906 - Collection and salvage of protected plants; procedures, permits, tags and seals; duration; exception

§ 3-907 - Cutting or removal of harvest restricted plants for their by-products, fiber or wood; procedures; exceptions

§ 3-908 - Prohibited acts; use of permits, tags, seals and receipts

§ 3-909 - Shipment of plants; exhibition of permit and certificate of inspection to carrier; sale of highly safeguarded plants

§ 3-910 - Compiling information; reports; native plant surveys; investigations; technical advisory board

§ 3-911 - Conservation and public education

§ 3-912 - Rules; additional notice requirements

§ 3-913 - Fiscal provisions; fees; Arizona protected native plant trust fund

§ 3-914 - Board of supervisors; power to preserve plants

§ 3-915 - Exemptions

§ 3-916 - Salvage of native plants by homeowners' association or other nonprofit organization; definition

§ 3-931 - Enforcement powers and procedures

§ 3-932 - Violation; classification; penalties

§ 3-933 - Violation; civil penalty

§ 3-934 - Injunction; violation; civil penalty

§ 3-1001 - Arizona exposition and state fair board; members; appointment; terms; vacancy; removal; oath; bond; meetings; report

§ 3-1002 - Compensation of members; personal interest in contracts prohibited; classification

§ 3-1003 - Arizona exposition and state fair board; powers and duties; compensation of employees

§ 3-1003.01 - Qualifications of executive director, coliseum manager, and comptroller

§ 3-1003.02 - Duties of the executive director and comptroller

§ 3-1004 - Contracts with federal agencies

§ 3-1005 - Arizona exposition and state fair fund

§ 3-1006 - Change of name; body corporate

§ 3-1007 - Additional powers

§ 3-1007.01 - Naming of coliseum or auditorium in honor of war veterans

§ 3-1008 - Issuance of revenue bonds; provisions of bonds; sale

§ 3-1009 - Power to secure bonds

§ 3-1010 - Provision of bond resolution; covenants

§ 3-1011 - Validity of bonds

§ 3-1012 - Prior lien of bonds

§ 3-1081 - Definition

§ 3-1082 - Cotton research and protection council; membership; terms; vacancy; compensation

§ 3-1083 - Council powers and duties

§ 3-1084 - Council staff; administrative services

§ 3-1085 - Cotton research and protection council fund; use by director

§ 3-1086 - Fees; collection; plow-up enforcement; budget; civil penalty

§ 3-1086.01 - Colored cotton fee

§ 3-1086.02 - Pink bollworm eradication program; fee; registration; civil penalties

§ 3-1087 - Deposit of fees; rebates; use of monies on termination

§ 3-1088 - Failure to pay fee; penalty; hearing; violation; classification

§ 3-1090 - Recommendation for termination of council; election

§ 3-1201 - Definitions

§ 3-1202 - Division council; members

§ 3-1203 - General powers and duties; civil penalties

§ 3-1204 - Powers and duties relating to the sheep and goat industries