Nebraska Statutes 2-10,105. Optional inspections; nursery stock distributor’s license; optionalissuance
(1) Optional inspections of plants may be conducted by the department upon request by any persons desiring such inspection. A fee as set forth in subsection (2) of section 2-1095 shall be charged for such an inspection.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 2-10,105
- Department: shall mean the Department of Agriculture. See Nebraska Statutes 2-1078
- Distribute: shall mean selling, exchanging, bartering, moving, or transporting. See Nebraska Statutes 2-1079
- Grow: shall mean to produce a plant or plant product, by propagation or cultivation, including, but not limited to, division, transplant, seed, or cutting, generally over a period of one year or greater. See Nebraska Statutes 2-1079.03
- Nursery: shall mean any property where nursery stock is grown, propagated, collected, or distributed and shall include, but not be limited to, private property or any property owned, leased, or managed by any agency of the United States, the State of Nebraska or its political subdivisions, or any other state or its political subdivisions where nursery stock is fumigated, treated, packed, or stored by any person. See Nebraska Statutes 2-1082
- Person: shall mean any body politic or corporate, society, community, the public generally, any individual, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, or association, or any agent of any such entity. See Nebraska Statutes 2-1084
- Plant: shall mean any plant, plant product, plant part, or reproductive or propagative part of a plant, plant product, or plant part including, but not limited to, trees, shrubs, vines, forage and cereal plants, fruit, seeds, grain, wood, or lumber. See Nebraska Statutes 2-1085
- Plant pest: shall mean any insect, arthropod, nematode, mollusk, fungus, bacteria, virus, mycoplasma, parasitic plant, physiological disorder, or other infectious agent which can directly or indirectly injure or cause damage or a pathological condition to plants. See Nebraska Statutes 2-1086
(2) Any person who desires a nursery stock distributor’s license for any greenhouse plants grown for indoor use, annual plants, florist stock, cut flowers, sod, turf, onions, or potatoes, or seeds of any such plant, may apply for such license to the department. The inspection of such plants shall conform to the same requirements that apply to the inspection of nursery stock as set forth in section 2-1095. For persons who grow or distribute both nursery stock and greenhouse plants grown for indoor use, annual plants, florist stock, cut flowers, sod, turf, onions, or potatoes, or seeds of any such plant, one license shall be issued if the annual inspection of such plants is conducted concurrently with the nursery stock inspection and the other requirements of the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act are met. If a reinspection trip is required, the applicant shall be assessed a reinspection fee as outlined in subsection (2) of section 2-1095.