The commission or its authorized agent may destroy or in its discretion treat with pesticides, volunteer or other noncommercial cotton, and establish procedures by regulation for the purchase and destruction of commercial cotton when such action is deemed necessary to implement the purposes of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-10-90
Treatment or destruction of cotton
Known as the South Carolina Boll Weevil Eradication Act
The act spans §§ 46–46 (14 sections).
1976 Act No. 649 SECTION 8; 1983 Act No. 36 SECTION 6.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.