Sec. 5.
(1) The director shall establish and administer a ginseng management program to promote the production and harvest of cultivated ginseng and the legal collection of wild ginseng, if allowed, and to prohibit acts detrimental to the survival of the indigenous ginseng population. The ginseng management program shall regulate ginseng collecting, harvesting, certification, transportation, and sale.
(2) The state treasurer shall establish in the state treasury the ginseng management program fund. A fee, fine, penalty, or forfeited money from a conviction, confiscation, or other action taken under this act, or a licensing fee or inspection fee under this act, shall be paid to the state treasurer and deposited in the ginseng management program fund. Money in the fund shall be used only for the administration of this act.
(3) The director may promulgate rules to implement this act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History: 1994, Act 184, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards
Act 184 of 1994 - Michigan Ginseng Act (290.751 - 290.781)
Section 290.751 - Short Title.
Section 290.753 - Definitions.
Section 290.758 - Ginseng Certificate Required; Prohibited Conduct.
Section 290.759 - Ginseng Plants or Plant Parts Sold for Propagation.
Section 290.761 - Sale of Cultivated Ginseng by Grower.
Section 290.763 - Wild Ginseng.
Section 290.765 - Grower's License; Dealer's License; Fee; Expiration; Requirement.
Section 290.767 - Prohibited Conduct by Dealer.
Section 290.769 - Cultivated and Wild Ginseng Submitted for Weighing.
Section 290.771 - Record of Sale.
Section 290.773 - Retention of Record; Availability for Inspection.
Section 290.777 - Prohibited Conduct.