Effective: July 9, 1986
Latest Legislation: House Bill 76 - 116th General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, no person and no political subdivision, agency, department, or instrumentality of the state shall sell, offer for sale, or plant Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) plants or seed in this state without a permit issued by the director of agriculture. The director may issue permits to plant Lythrum salicaria for use in controlled experiments.
(B) The director, by rule, shall exempt from the permit requirement of division (A) of this section any variety of Lythrum salicaria that has been demonstrated to the director's satisfaction not to be a threat to the environment.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences
Chapter 927 | Nursery Stock; Plant Pests
Section 927.39 | Equipment and Supplies.
Section 927.40 | Inspection for Disease.
Section 927.41 | Treatment of Diseased Trees.
Section 927.42 | Assistance of Department of Agriculture - Issuance of Securities.
Section 927.51 | Plants and Nursery Stock Definitions.
Section 927.52 | Rules for Plants and Nursery Stock.
Section 927.521 | Effect of Child Support Default on License, Certificate or Permit.
Section 927.53 | License Fees.
Section 927.54 | Plant Pest Program Fund.
Section 927.55 | Fee Requirements Exemptions.
Section 927.56 | License for Foreign Nurserymen.
Section 927.58 | Notifying Director of Arrival of Foreign Nursery Stock.
Section 927.59 | Nursery Inspections.
Section 927.60 | Application for Inspection.
Section 927.61 | Certificate of Inspection.
Section 927.62 | False Declaration of Acreage - Concealment of Nursery Stock From Inspection.
Section 927.64 | Notice of Restricted or Condemned Nursery Stock.
Section 927.65 | Copy of License or Certificate of Inspection to Be Attached.
Section 927.67 | Sales, Claims or Advertising Prohibited.
Section 927.68 | Seizure of Nursery Stock.
Section 927.681 | Prohibitions Regarding Multiflora Rose Plants or Seed.
Section 927.682 | Lythrum Salicaria (Purple Loosestrife) Plants or Seed Permit.
Section 927.69 | Inspection of Nursery Premises.
Section 927.70 | Suppression of Harmful or Destructive Plant Pests.
Section 927.701 | Voluntary Gypsy Moth Suppression Program.
Section 927.71 | Quarantine of Nursery Stock.
Section 927.72 | Violations of Nursery Stock Laws.