Arizona Laws 3-204.01. Council plow-up request; civil penalty
A. At the request of the cotton research and protection council, the director, acting as an agent of the council, shall plow up cotton fields that are not in compliance with section 3-1086, subsection D. An injunction shall not be granted to stay this state from plowing up the fields. The director may request the cotton research and protection council to provide monies pursuant to section 3-1085, subsection B to help defray the costs of the plow up until the owner or person in charge reimburses the department for the actual costs of the plow up.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 3-204.01
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Department: means the Arizona department of agriculture. See Arizona Laws 3-101
- Diseases: includes any fungus, bacterium, virus or other organism of any kind and any unknown cause that is or may be found to be injurious, or likely to be or to become injurious to any domesticated or cultivated plant, or to the product of any such plant. See Arizona Laws 3-201
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Pests: includes all noxious weeds, insects, diseases, mites, spiders, nematodes and other animal or plant organisms found injurious, or likely to be or to become injurious, to any domesticated, cultivated, native or wild plant, or to the product of any such plant. See Arizona Laws 3-201
B. If the actual costs of the plow up are not paid within three months after the owner or person in charge receives notice of the amount of the costs, the department may impose a civil penalty of one hundred fifty per cent of the costs of the plow up. At the director’s request, the attorney general shall file an action in superior court to recover civil penalties assessed pursuant to this subsection.
C. A producer may appeal to the council the order of the council for the plow up of noncompliant cotton fields by the department pursuant to Title 41, Chapter 6, Article 10.
D. All costs and civil penalties collected under this section shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, in the dangerous plants, pests and diseases trust fund established by Section 3-214.01.