Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)
Section 286.226 - Violation of Act; Penalty.

Sec. 26.
Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this act with reference to the sale, shipment, transportation, receipt or delivery of nursery stock without inspection or certificate, or with reference to treatment of nursery stock, plants, plant products, or other property, or who shall forge, counterfeit, deface, alter, destroy or wrongfully use a certificate provided for in this act, or who shall use a certificate belonging to another person without the consent of the commissioner of agriculture; or who shall use a certificate after it has been revoked or has expired; or who fails to secure a license as provided for in section 9 of this act; or who shall violate any quarantine, or rule, regulation or order of the commissioner of agriculture provided for in this act; or who shall maintain a nuisance after receiving notice from the commissioner of agriculture to abate the same, or shall fail or neglect to use such measures of arrest and control of injurious insect pests and plant diseases as are required of him by the commissioner of agriculture; or who shall offer any hindrance or resistance to the carrying out of this act, or shall violate any other provision thereof, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00 for each and every offense, or if the fine is not paid, a prison sentence in the county jail may be authorized at the discretion of the court.
History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- Am. 1933, Act 246, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1933 ;-- Am. 1935, Act 232, Eff. Sept. 21, 1935 ;-- CL 1948, 286.226 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry

Act 189 of 1931 - The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act (286.201 - 286.228)

Section 286.201 - Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act; Short Title.

Section 286.202 - Definitions.

Section 286.203 - Inspection of Nursery and Other Premises; Right of Access.

Section 286.204 - Inspection of Stock Before Sale; Application; Assumed Name.

Section 286.205 - Nursery Stock From Foreign Country; Inspection.

Section 286.206 - Inspections of Nurseries; Fee; Certificate of Inspection; Validity; Prohibitions; Basis for Charging Inspection Fee; Review and Adjustment of Fees Schedule.

Section 286.207 - Withholding Certificate; Precautions; Fraud, Investigation, Revocation of License.

Section 286.208 - Sale of Dead or Weakened Nursery Stock; Penalty.

Section 286.209 - License Required for Sale of Nursery Stock; Exception; Application; Fees; Agriculture Licensing and Inspection Fees Fund; Horticulture Fund; Creation and Administration; Horticulture Advisory Committee; Section Inapplicable to Certa...

Section 286.210 - Licenses to Sell Nursery Stock; Buyers and Dealers; Certificate to Deal in Inspected Stock, Number of Licenses.

Section 286.211 - Nonresident Nurseryman, Dealer, or Grower; License Required; Fee; Waiver; Reciprocal Agreements; Violation as Grounds for Denial of Right to Ship Nursery Stock.

Section 286.212 - Repealed. 2016, Act 254, Eff. Sept. 26, 2016.

Section 286.213 - Revocation, Suspension or Withholding of License or Certificate; Hearing; Appeal.

Section 286.214 - Revocation, Suspension or Withholding of License or Certificate; Hearing, Order of Revocation; Penalty for Wrongful Use of License on Certificate, Withholding.

Section 286.215 - Tags on Stock; Inspection of Imported Stock on Request; Expense.

Section 286.216 - Tags on Stock; Certificate of Inspection; Unlawful Transportation; Report to Commissioner.

Section 286.216a - Definitions; Sale, Distribution, or Use of Purple Loosestrife.

Section 286.217 - Sale of Nursery Stock; Inspection; Transportation of Nursery Stock, Wild Trees, Herbaceous Perennials, and Shrubs; Uninspected Stock; Shipping Documents.

Section 286.217a - Access to Markets for Nursery Stock; Certificate of Free Sale; Application; Fees; "Certificate of Free Sale" Defined.

Section 286.218 - Nuisances; Public Places Kept Free From Injurious Insect Pests and Plant Diseases; Insects, Fungi, Bacteria, Nematodes, Viruses or Living Plant Parasitic Organisms; Permits.

Section 286.219 - Barberry, Mahonia or Mahoberberis Bushes Subject to Black Stem Rust of Small Grains; Destruction; Rules.

Section 286.219a - Chokecherry Harmful to Peach or Cherry Trees Prohibited; Destruction; Rules.

Section 286.220 - Insect Pests and Plant Diseases; Eradication of Nuisances; Notice; Abatement; Inspection; Payment of Expenses.

Section 286.221 - Inspection of Public Grounds; Application, Payment of Expense.

Section 286.222 - Inspection of Plants and Plant Products Before Interstate Shipment; Request; Expenses; Certificate.

Section 286.223 - Quarantine; Enforcement, Hearing, Notice.

Section 286.223a - Rules.

Section 286.223b - Rescission of R 285.607, R 285.611, R 285.613, and R 285.618.

Section 286.224 - Violation of Act; Penalty, Quarantine, Misdemeanor.

Section 286.225 - Review of Rule or Order; Appeal to Circuit Court.

Section 286.226 - Violation of Act; Penalty.

Section 286.228 - Violation of Certain Laws, Rules, or Orders; Civil Infraction; Fines; Limitation; Misdemeanor; Felony; Liability; "Person" Defined; Applicability.