Sec. 1. (a) Horticultural and quarantine districts may be organized under this chapter for any or all of the following purposes:

(1) To prevent the spread of contagious diseases among fruit, fruit trees, and fruit bearing plants.

(2) To provide for the prevention, treatment, cure, and extirpation of:

(A) fruit pests; and

(B) diseases of fruit, fruit trees, and fruit bearing plants.

(3) To:

(A) provide for the purchase and maintenance of spraying machines, wagons, or other necessary apparatus to adequately spray fruit trees or other fruit bearing plants;

(B) hire workers and teams to perform the required labor; and

(C) incur the necessary expense to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(4) To hire experts to:

(A) inspect fruit trees and fruit bearing plants found within a horticultural and quarantine district; and

(B) prescribe the proper methods of treatment of diseases of fruit trees or fruit bearing plants.

     (b) A horticultural and quarantine district shall be administered by a voluntary association that has three (3) elected directors.

[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-7-1.]

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7.