CHAPTER 150A

PLANT AND NON-DOMESTIC ANIMAL QUARANTINE

AND MICROORGANISM IMPORT

 

        Part I.  General Provisions

Section

   150A-1 Short title

   150A-2 Definitions

   150A-3 Delegation of duties

   150A-4 Effect on department of land and natural resources and

          the department of health

 150A-4.5 Pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund

 

        Part II.  Regulation of Importation

   150A-5 Conditions of importation

 150A-5.3 Inspection, quarantine, and eradication service fee

          and charge

 150A-5.5 What constitutes importation

 150A-5.6 Exceptions to the right to import

   150A-6 Soil, plants, animals, etc., importation or possession

          prohibited

 150A-6.1 Plant import

 150A-6.2 Animal import

 150A-6.3 Microorganism import

 150A-6.4 Permit and other import document issuance; requirements

 150A-6.5 Animals; prohibition against possession, etc.;

          exception

 150A-6.6 Import lists amendment

 150A-6.7 Permit revolving fund

   150A-7 Disposition

 150A-7.5 User fees

   150A-8 Transporting in State

   150A-9 Rules and regulations

 150A-9.5 Interim rules

  150A-10 Advisory committee on plants and animals

  150A-11 Enforcement

150A-11.5 Entry of private property for enforcement

  150A-12 Citation and summons

  150A-13 Administration of oath

  150A-14 Penalty

  150A-15 Failure to obey summons

 

        Part III.  Nursery Stock Export Shipments

  150A-21 Certification for shipment

  150A-22 Responsibility for treatment

  150A-23 Nursery stock certificate

 

        Part IV.  Other Exports

  150A-31 Certificate for shipment

 

        Part V.  Certified Importes of Microorganisms

  150A-41 Microorganism import

  150A-42 Certificate

  150A-43 Suspension or revocation of certificate

  150A-44 Summary suspension

  150A-45 Emergency remediation

  150A-46 Conditions of importation under certification

  150A-47 Penalties

  150A-48 Microorganism import certification revolving fund

 

        Part VI. Biosecurity Program

  150A-51 Biosecurity program; establishment

  150A-52 Objectives of biosecurity program

  150A-53 General actions to achieve objectives

  150A-54 Biosecurity program; charges; costs

  150A-55 Federal and other funds

  150A-56 Schedule of appropriations and expenditures for program

  150A-57 Annual report

 

Note

 

  Chapter heading amended by L 2002, c 61, §1.

 

Cross References

 

  Coqui frog; designation as pest, see §141-3.

  Invasive species council, see chapter 194.

  Landowners liability for access to control invasive species, see chapter 520A.

  Quarantine of domestic animals, see chapter 142, part I.

 

Attorney General Opinions

 

  Department of agriculture has responsibility to keep State free of imported agricultural pests, and may receive gifts to assist in preventing entry of brown tree snakes into State.  Att. Gen. Op. 92-04.

 

Case Notes

 

  While this chapter and the board's microorganism import rules may have vested the board with exclusive authority to approve marine biotechnology firm's proposal to import and grow genetically engineered algae at the State's research and technology park, as the demonstration project constituted an action that proposed the use of state land, §343-5 plainly and unambiguously required the preparation of an environmental assessment before the board could approve firm's application.  118 H. 247 (App.), 188 P.3d 761.