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.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-37-25
Quarantine, and control of movement of articles from infested areas in other states, by regulation of Bureau of Plant Industry
Known as the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Act
The act spans §§ 69–69 (21 sections).
Laws, 1993, ch. 345, § 13, eff from and after July 1, 1993.
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.