249.100 Plants to bear inspection certificate. Trees, plants, or parts of plants, whether nursery -grown or not, that are sold, shipped, or transported into this state shall bear a copy of a certificate of inspection from a state or United States government inspector. Transportation companies within the state shall notify the state entomologist at once when the trees or plants are received by them without a valid certificate. Nursery stock or other trees, plants, or parts of plants shipped into this state in violation of a state or United States quaranti ne may be seized and destroyed or returned to the shipper at the expense of the owner or possessor. Effective: July 15, 1996 History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 142, sec. 13, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 3, effective June 1 7, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1925a -7.
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