The Commissioner may intercept and inspect, while in transit or after arrival at destination, all plants, plant products, or other things or substances likely to carry plant pests being moved in this state or brought into this state from another state or territory of the United States or from any foreign country. If, upon inspection, such plants, plant products, or other things or substances are found to be infested or infected with an injurious plant pest or are believed to be likely to communicate or transmit same or are being transported in violation of any of the rules and regulations of the Commissioner, then such plants, plant products, or other things or substances may be treated if necessary and released, returned to the sender, or destroyed, their disposition to be determined under rules and regulations prescribed by the Commissioner.
History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 659, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 329, § 9.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 7 - Plant Disease, Pest Control, and Pesticides
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 2-7-3. Division of Entomology Established
§ 2-7-5. Duty of Commissioner Generally
§ 2-7-6. Publication of Information and Advice
§ 2-7-7. Cooperative Agreements
§ 2-7-8. Purchases and Expenditures
§ 2-7-9. Investigations Authorized; Employment of Experts; Rental, Lease, or Purchase of Land
§ 2-7-10. Inspection of Plants and Other Things Capable of Disseminating or Carrying Plant Pests
§ 2-7-11. Nursery Inspections; Rules Governing Nursery Stock and Plants in Transit
§ 2-7-14. Demand for Information; Penalty
§ 2-7-15. Declaration of Public Nuisance Authorized
§ 2-7-16. Notice of Declaration of Nuisance; Prescription of Treatment; Right of Appeal
§ 2-7-20. Declaration of Quarantine; Violation Unlawful
§ 2-7-21. Registration of Certain Growers
§ 2-7-23. Promulgation of Rules and Regulations; Publication Thereof
§ 2-7-24. Administrative Review of Rules and Notices
§ 2-7-25. Required Compliance With Article and Rules
§ 2-7-26. Importation of Injurious Insect or Plant Disease Without Permit Prohibited
§ 2-7-27. Report of Violations; Investigation and Disposition
§ 2-7-28. Act of Agent Imputed to Principal
§ 2-7-29. Enforcement of Article Generally; Criminal Proceedings; Subpoena Powers