Code of Alabama
Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.
Section 2-25-5 - Exercise of Quarantine Powers of Board by Commissioner.

All powers and authority as to the declaration and imposition of quarantines granted in Section 2-25-4 to the board may be exercised by the commissioner, acting independently of the board, during the intervening time between the meetings of the board; provided, that when the same are exercised by the commissioner, such quarantines shall be subject to review by the board, which shall have the power to revoke or annul the same; but, until so revoked or annulled by the board, all such quarantines of the commissioner shall be held legal and binding and of full force and effect.

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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.