Plant Inspection - Laws and Regulations

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• 330 CMR 9.00: PLANT QUARANTINES (including currant and gooseberry quarantine)

• Chapter 128, Section 16. Abatement of plant diseases; entry upon public or private grounds; contracts.
• Chapter 128, Section 17. Inspection of nurseries; certificate; suppression of pests.
• Chapter 128, Section 18. Licensing of nursery agents; application; revocation.
• Chapter 128, Section 19. Sale of nursery stock; grower's certificate.
• Chapter 128, Section 20. Importation of nursery stock; certificate of inspection.
• Chapter 128, Section 20A. Spread or growth of plants of water chestnut.
• Chapter 128, Section 21. Inspection of nursery stock, fruits and plants at points of destination; destruction; notice to director
• Chapter 128, Section 22. Repealed, 1952, 480, Sec. 2.
• Chapter 128, Section 23. Compensation for destruction of cultivated berry-bearing shrubbery; notice; investigation; arbitration; award; certification.
• Chapter 128, Section 24. Inspection of orchards, etc. for noxious weeds, insect pests or plant diseases; notice to landowners, et al.; abatement; cost of treatment.
• Chapter 128, Section 24A. Repealed, 1949, 761, Sec. 13.
• Chapter 128, Section 25. Appeal from proposed action.
• Chapter 128, Section 26. Proceedings after appeal; notice.
• Chapter 128, Section 27. Powers of director.
• Chapter 128, Section 28. Exemption of gypsy and brown tail moths.
• Chapter 128, Section 29. Violations.
• Chapter 128, Section 30. Prosecutions.
• Chapter 128, Section 31. European corn borer infestation; hearing; order; publication.
• Chapter 128, Section 31A. Disposition of corn stubble; destruction; postponement.