§ 249.005 Purpose of group of sections within chapter
§ 249.010 Definitions for chapter
§ 249.020 State entomologist — Deputy — Inspectors
§ 249.030 Authority for administrative regulations — Publication of data
§ 249.040 Establishment of quarantines
§ 249.050 Inspection of articles and premises — Diseased plants to be destroyed — Hindering inspection prohibited
§ 249.060 Nurseries and dealers to be licensed — Fees
§ 249.070 Entomologist to inspect nurseries and order management of plant pests — Shipment of affected stock prohibited — Exception
§ 249.080 Entomologist to issue certificate for stock free from insects and fungus
§ 249.090 Shipments to be accompanied by inspection certificate or license
§ 249.100 Plants to bear inspection certificate
§ 249.101 Nursery records — Prohibitions
§ 249.102 Authority to issue permit for shipment of injurious plant pests
§ 249.103 Nursery dealer’s license — Application — Exemption
§ 249.104 False declaration of acreage and concealment of nursery stock prohibited
§ 249.105 Inspection of shipments
§ 249.350 Control and elimination of mosquitoes — Duty of Commissioner
§ 249.400 Definitions for KRS 249.400 to 249.430
§ 249.410 Division of Environmental Services — Supervision
§ 249.420 Duties
§ 249.430 Authority of division
§ 249.990 Penalties
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 249 - Trees, Plants, Weeds, and Pests

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Animal: includes every warm-blooded living creature except a human being. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture. See Kentucky Statutes 249.010
  • Department: means the Department of Agriculture. See Kentucky Statutes 249.010
  • Director: means the director of the agricultural experiment station. See Kentucky Statutes 249.010
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Insect: means any of the numerous small invertebrate animals generally having the body more or less obviously segmented, for the most part belonging to the class Insecta, comprising six (6) legged, usually winged forms, as for example, beetles, bugs, bees, wasps, flies, and other allied classes of arthropods whose members are wingless and usually have more than six (6) legs, as for example, spiders, mites, ticks, centipedes, and wood lice, and any other invertebrates which are destructive, constitute a liability, and may be classed as pests. See Kentucky Statutes 249.010
  • Livestock: means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, alpacas, llamas, buffaloes, or any other animals of the bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, equine, or camelid species. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Nursery dealer: means any person or landscaper not a grower of nursery stock in this Commonwealth who:
    (a) Buys, sells, ships, or distributes nursery stock for commercial or monetary gain in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. See Kentucky Statutes 249.010
  • Nursery stock: means all field or container-grown and native trees, sod, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit-pits, and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs. See Kentucky Statutes 249.010
  • Nurseryperson: means any person who owns, leases, manages, or is in charge of a nursery, and who propagates nursery stock. See Kentucky Statutes 249.010
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, association, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See Kentucky Statutes 249.010
  • Pest: means any insect, snail, slug, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed. See Kentucky Statutes 249.010
  • Plants and plant products: means any trees, shrubs, vines, forage and cereal plants, and fruit, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, wood, lumber, and all other parts of plants or plant products. See Kentucky Statutes 249.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Weed: means any plant which grows where not wanted. See Kentucky Statutes 249.010
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010