Indiana § 15-16-6-1 Authority to organize horticulture and quarantine districts; purposes

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§ 15-16-6-1 — Authority to organize horticulture and quarantine districts; purposes

Indiana § 15-16-6-1

Art. 16HORTICULTURE CONTROL

Ch. 6Organization of Horticultural and Quarantine Districts

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Ind. Code § 15-16-6-1 (2026).

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(a)Horticultural and quarantine districts may be organized under this chapter for any or all of the following purposes:

(1)To prevent the spread of contagious diseases among fruit, fruit trees, and fruit bearing plants.

(2)To provide for the prevention, treatment, cure, and extirpation of:

(A)fruit pests; and

(B)diseases of fruit, fruit trees, and fruit bearing plants.

(3)To:

(A)provide for the purchase and maintenance of spraying machines, wagons, or other necessary apparatus to adequately spray fruit trees or other fruit bearing plants;

(B)hire workers and teams to perform the required labor; and

(C)incur the necessary expense to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(4)To hire experts to:

(A)inspect fruit trees and fruit bearing plants found within a horticultural and quara

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(a) Horticultural and quarantine districts may
be organized under this chapter for any or all of the following purposes:
(1) To prevent the spread of contagious diseases among fruit, fruit
trees, and fruit bearing plants.
(2) To provide for the prevention, treatment, cure, and extirpation
of:
(A) fruit pests; and
(B) diseases of fruit, fruit trees, and fruit bearing plants.
(3) To:
(A) provide for the purchase and maintenance of spraying
machines, wagons, or other necessary apparatus to adequately
spray fruit trees or other fruit bearing plants;
(B) hire workers and teams to perform the required labor; and
(C) incur the necessary expense to carry out the purposes of this
chapter.
(4) To hire experts to:
(A) inspect fruit trees and fruit bearing plants found within a
horticultural and quarantine district; and
(B) prescribe the proper methods of treatment of diseases of
fruit trees or fruit bearing plants.
(b) A horticultural and quarantine district shall be administered by
a voluntary association that has three (3) elected directors.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-7-1.]