Section 4-15-102 - Background and purposeThe Legislature finds that:
(1) nursery stock can harbor and vector plant pests and diseases;(2) unregulated production and shipping of nursery stock presents an unacceptable risk to the state's agricultural, forestry, and horticultural interests, and to the state's general environmental quality; and(3) it is necessary to ensure that nurseries produce healthy plants and that nursery stock shipped to other nurseries, brokers, and out-of-state customers meets national nursery stock cleanliness standards.Renumbered from § 4-15-1.5 and amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session ,§ 161, eff. 7/1/2017.Added by Chapter 411, 2014 General Session ,§ 12, eff. 5/13/2014.