(a) The commissioner is authorized to declare a state of emergency if there is an epidemic or plague of such proportions to endanger public health and safety, or to threaten loss or severe damage to a crop. Under such conditions, the commissioner is authorized or empowered to permit additional commercial aerial applicators to operate within the state and shall issue temporary permits for the same. A fee of one hundred dollars ($100) shall accompany each application for a permit.(b) All nonresident licensees or nonresident persons issued temporary permits shall file with the department an acceptable liability insurance policy in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) guaranteeing an answer for damages resulting from custom application of pesticides. In addition, every nonresident licensee is required to appoint a resident service agent.Acts 1973, ch. 90, § 9; 1974, ch. 431, § 1; 1975, ch. 209, § 4; 1977, ch. 210, § 4; T.C.A., §§ 43-2909, 43-9-109.
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