The Bureau of Plant Industry is authorized to promulgate regulations quarantining this state, or any portion thereof, and governing the storage, treatment, or other handling in the quarantined areas of regulated articles and the movement of regulated articles into or from such areas. The bureau shall determine when such action is necessary, or appears reasonably necessary, to prevent or retard the spread of the boll weevil. The bureau is also authorized to promulgate regulations governing the movement of regulated articles from other states or portions thereof into this state when such state is known to be infested with the boll weevil. The promulgation of these regulations shall conform in all aspects to the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, Sections 25-43-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, and sound principles of quarantines.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals
Chapter 37 - Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act
§ 69-37-3. Purpose; liberal construction
§ 69-37-11. All persons growing cotton to furnish information to commissioner and corporation
§ 69-37-19. Conduct of referenda; expenses
§ 69-37-29. Destruction or treatment of cotton in eradication zones; compensation
§ 69-37-35. Exemptions from assessment penalties for financial hardship; payment plan
§ 69-37-37. Extension of chapter to other cotton pests upon recommendation of the corporation
§ 69-37-39. Boll Weevil Management Fund; deposits; disbursements