Sweet potato seed, sweet potato plants or sweet potato table stock found infested with any pests which presents a potential hazard to the sweet potato industry, or which is otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be declared to be a public nuisance and shall be suspended from sale, confiscated, ordered to be destroyed, or destroyed by the commissioner. The cost for removal and destruction of sweet potato seed, or sweet potato plants, declared to be a public nuisance shall be borne by the owner, shipper, or person in charge of such sweet potato seed, or sweet potato plants. At the discretion of the commissioner, the sweet potato seed, or sweet potato plants, or sweet potato table stock declared a public nuisance may be shipped out of Alabama at the expense of the owner, shipper, or person in charge of sweet potato seed, sweet potato plants, or sweet potato table stock.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-10-2-.10
Author: Charles H. Barnes
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 2-25-1, etseq.