Arizona Laws 3-218. Citrus budwood certification; fee
A. The director may direct a state citrus budwood certification program. Under the program, inspectors may:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 3-218
- 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
- Nursery: means real property or other premises on or in which nursery stock is propagated, grown or cultivated or from which source nursery stock is offered for distribution or sale. See Arizona Laws 3-201
- 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
1. Monitor the fumigation of blocks of citrus trees.
2. Monitor the transplanting of seedlings from the seed bed.
3. Monitor the cutting of budwood from mother blocks or other certified blocks within a twenty-four hour period.
4. Tag certified citrus trees with certified tags.
5. Map blocks in a certified nursery.
6. Audit records that are kept by the nursery and by private inspection associations.
B. The director may assess a fee of not more than ten cents per budwood to cover the costs of implementing the citrus budwood certification program. The director shall establish the amount of the fee by rule pursuant to a cooperative agreement among the department, private inspection associations and the university of Arizona, Yuma Mesa agricultural center. The director shall deposit revenues collected from the fee in the dangerous plants, pests and diseases trust fund established by Section 3-214.01.