Section 15-16-6-1 - Authority to organize horticulture and quarantine districts; purposes(a) Horticultural and quarantine districts may be organized under this chapter for any or all of the following purposes: (1) To prevent the spread of contagious diseases among fruit, fruit trees, and fruit bearing plants.(2) To provide for the prevention, treatment, cure, and extirpation of:(B) diseases of fruit, fruit trees, and fruit bearing plants.(3) To:(A) provide for the purchase and maintenance of spraying machines, wagons, or other necessary apparatus to adequately spray fruit trees or other fruit bearing plants;(B) hire workers and teams to perform the required labor; and(C) incur the necessary expense to carry out the purposes of this chapter.(4) To hire experts to: (A) inspect fruit trees and fruit bearing plants found within a horticultural and quarantine district; and(B) prescribe the proper methods of treatment of diseases of fruit trees or fruit bearing plants.(b) A horticultural and quarantine district shall be administered by a voluntary association that has three (3) elected directors.Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-7-1.
As added by P.L. 2-2008, SEC.7.