Code of Alabama
Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.
Section 2-25-18 - Appeals to State Board From Findings or Orders of Commissioner.

The owner or person in charge may appeal the orders of the commissioner requiring treatment or destruction of plants, plant products or nursery stock by serving written notice of appeal on the commissioner within 10 days after receiving his orders or findings.
This appeal from the findings or orders of the commissioner shall lie to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, which shall, as soon as practicable, hear and determine the same. The order of the said board shall be enforced by the circuit court upon filing a complaint by the commissioner setting forth said order and requesting enforcement of the same.

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Code of Alabama

Title 2 - Agriculture.

Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.

Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.

Section 2-25-1 - Definitions.

Section 2-25-2 - Purposes of Article.

Section 2-25-3 - Power and Duty of Commissioner as to Protection of Agricultural and Horticultural Interests From Plant Pests and Noxious Weeds Generally.

Section 2-25-4 - Power and Duty of Board as to Protection of Agricultural and Horticultural Interests From Plant Pests and Noxious Weeds Generally.

Section 2-25-5 - Exercise of Quarantine Powers of Board by Commissioner.

Section 2-25-6 - Inspection Certificate Required for Nurserymen and Dealers in Nursery Stock; Fees.

Section 2-25-8 - When Commissioner May Refuse, Recall or Revoke Inspection Certificates.

Section 2-25-9 - Affixation of Official Tags to Boxes, Packages, etc., in Which Nursery Stock Shipped; Furnishing of Official Tags; Confiscation of Boxes, Packages, etc., Shipped Into State Without Official Tags.

Section 2-25-10 - Introduction Into State of Live Plant Pests, etc., or Specimens of Disease Injurious to Plants; Special Permit.

Section 2-25-11 - Common Carriers, etc., Not to Accept for Shipment or Deliver Nursery Stock, etc., Without Official Tags, Etc.

Section 2-25-12 - Common Carriers Not to Be Liable for Damages for Refusal to Receive, Deliver, etc., Boxes, Packages Without Official Tags, Etc.

Section 2-25-13 - Movement, Sale, etc., Into State or Within State of Plants, Plant Products, etc., During Quarantines; Confiscation by Commissioner; Plants, etc., Moved Into Quarantined Area.

Section 2-25-13.1 - Sale of Plants or Nursery Stock Which Is Not Viable Unlawful; "Viable" Defined.

Section 2-25-14 - Sale, Carriage, Shipment, etc., of Nursery Stock by Nurserymen or Dealers.

Section 2-25-15 - Importation, Sale, Possession, etc., of Fruits, Nuts, etc., Infested or Infected With Plant Pests or Noxious Weeds Likely to Cause Damage.

Section 2-25-15.1 - Receipt of Plants, Nursery Stock, etc., Not in Compliance With Law by Common Carriers, Et Alia; Duty to Inform Commissioner and Isolate and Hold Item.

Section 2-25-16 - Throwing Cuttings, Prunings, etc., Into Public Roads, Fields, etc.; Destruction of Cuttings, Prunings, etc., Containing Plant Pests or Noxious Weeds.

Section 2-25-17.1 - Procedures to Be Used When Plant, Nursery Stock, etc., Found to Contain Plant Pests or Noxious Weeds; Commissioner's Power, Upon Notice, to Order Removal, Destruction or Treatment; Refusal of Owner to Comply; Liability for Cost of...

Section 2-25-17.2 - Procedures for Fumigation or Treatment of Infested Plants, Etc.

Section 2-25-18 - Appeals to State Board From Findings or Orders of Commissioner.

Section 2-25-19.1 - Penalties, Temporary Restraining Orders or Injunctions for Violations Issued Without Bond; Form of Action; Approval of Attorney General; Assistance of District Attorneys or Their Deputies.

Section 2-25-19.2 - Acts of Officials, Agents, Employees, etc., Deemed Those of Principal as Well as of Individual.

Section 2-25-20 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations of Board or Commissioner; Admissibility in Evidence Thereof.

Section 2-25-21 - Review of Rules or Regulations by Board.

Section 2-25-22 - Violations of Article, Rules and Regulations, Notice or Order; Forgery, etc., of Certificates, Etc.