80-7-912. Prohibited acts. (1) It is unlawful for a person to certify or sell as certified or as noxious weed seed free any forage as free of noxious weed seed within this state, unless the forage is identified under a department-approved process as "Montana certified" and the forage meets all the requirements of this part. A person may not designate forage as certified or use any other title, designation, words, letters, abbreviations, sign, card, or identifier tending to indicate that the forage is certified unless the forage meets all the requirements of this part.
(2) Forage certified under a reciprocal agreement between the department and another state or Canadian province and identified according to approved certification standards to be shipped into the state or shipped to another state or province must meet the requirements of this part.
(3) All forage products used by public utilities and local, county, state, or federal agencies, including but not limited to mulches, bedding materials, and erosion control barriers, must be certified as noxious weed seed free. All seeds used for reclamation purposes by public utilities and local, county, state, or federal agencies must be free of noxious weed seeds and be certified seed according to Title 80, chapter 5.
History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 521, L. 1995.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 7. Disease, Pest, and Weed Control
Part 9. Noxious Weed Seed Free Forage Act
80-7-904. Composition of advisory council
80-7-905. Powers and duties of department
80-7-908. Deposit and disbursement of funds -- records -- investment
80-7-910. Investigation and enforcement authority
80-7-911. Stop sale, use, or removal order
80-7-913. Creation of certification programs -- other materials
80-7-914. through 80-7-920 reserved
80-7-921. Penalty for nonpayment of fees