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Title

06

:
Agriculture






Chapter

206

:
NURSERY INSPECTION











 

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4024. Nursery license

(a) No person

shall operate as a nursery grower or nursery dealer in the state without first

obtaining a nursery license from the secretary. A nursery grower or nursery

dealer shall apply annually for a nursery license on a form provided by the

secretary. The secretary shall establish by rule the conditions for the

issuance, suspension, or revocation of a nursery license, and may place any

restrictions or requirements upon the license which he or she deems necessary.

(b) A nursery

dealer licensed under section 4024 of this title shall pay the following fee

for a license:

(1) $50.00, if

the nursery owns or controls:

(A) a nursery of

one-half acre or more;

(B) greenhouse

space of 25,000 square feet or more; or

(C) retail space

of 25,000 square feet or more.

(2) $20.00 for

all other nursery dealers.

(c) Any person

soliciting orders for, offering for sale, or distributing nursery stock shall

have in his or her possession a copy of the nursery license required under

subsection (a) of this section, which he or she shall show upon demand to

prospective buyers or the secretary.

(d) A person

selling $1,000.00 or less of nursery stock in a year shall be exempt from the

requirement to obtain a license under this section. (Added 1985, No. 57, § 1;

amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2009, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)