Arkansas § 2-16-609 Quarantine

Arkansas Statutes

§ 2-16-609 — Quarantine

Arkansas § 2-16-609

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Ark. Code Ann. § 2-16-609 (2026).

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(a)The State Plant Board is authorized to promulgate rules quarantining this state, or any portion thereof, and governing the storage or other handling in the quarantined areas of regulated articles and the movement of regulated articles into or from such areas. The board shall determine when such action is necessary, or appears reasonably necessary, to prevent or retard the spread of the boll weevil.

(b)The board is also authorized to promulgate rules governing the movement of regulated articles from other states or portions thereof into this state when such state is known to be infested with the boll weevil. The promulgation of these rules shall conform in all aspects to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., as amended, and sound principles of quarantines.

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(a) The State Plant Board is authorized to promulgate rules quarantining this state, or any portion thereof, and governing the storage or other handling in the quarantined areas of regulated articles and the movement of regulated articles into or from such areas. The board shall determine when such action is necessary, or appears reasonably necessary, to prevent or retard the spread of the boll weevil. (b) The board is also authorized to promulgate rules governing the movement of regulated articles from other states or portions thereof into this state when such state is known to be infested with the boll weevil. The promulgation of these rules shall conform in all aspects to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., as amended, and sound principles of quarantines.