Tennessee Plant Pest Act

The act governs the detection, control, and eradication of plant pests and the infested or infected plants, plant products, and other articles that carry them, placing administration in the hands of a designated state agency. It empowers that agency to adopt rules and collect fees, conduct inspections and enter land, officially mark infested material, issue hold orders, stop-sale orders, and control orders, declare and repeal quarantines covering regulated areas and articles, list regulated nonquarantine pests, and require permits, export certification, and compliance agreements — including restrictions on nonindigenous pest species. It also provides for crop management areas, research into pest problems, recovery of control and eradication costs through liens and other means, penalties for violations, and cooperation with other jurisdictions and with affected landowners.

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