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Tenn. Code Ann. § 44-15-109

Duty to report disease or pest — Authority to inspect

Known as the Tennessee Apiary Act

The act spans §§ 44-15-101 to 44-15-125 (25 sections).

Acts 1995, ch. 402, § 10; T.C.A. § 44-15-209.

(1) If a beekeeper knows that a colony of bees has a regulated bee disease or pest, the beekeeper shall immediately report to a state apiary inspector all facts known about the bee's disease or bee's pests.

(2) If any apiary inspector has substantial reason to believe that a feral colony of bees may be harboring any regulated bee disease or pest, the inspector has the authority to enter onto any property, public or private, to locate and examine that feral colony of bees. The examination of a feral colony and any subsequent regulatory activity must be conducted in accordance with rules established by the department.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.