Michigan Laws 290.755 – Ginseng management program; establishment; administration; purpose; ginseng management program fund; payment, deposit, and use of money; rules
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(1) The director shall establish and administer a ginseng management program to promote the production and harvest of cultivated ginseng and the legal collection of wild ginseng, if allowed, and to prohibit acts detrimental to the survival of the indigenous ginseng population. The ginseng management program shall regulate ginseng collecting, harvesting, certification, transportation, and sale.
(2) The state treasurer shall establish in the state treasury the ginseng management program fund. A fee, fine, penalty, or forfeited money from a conviction, confiscation, or other action taken under this act, or a licensing fee or inspection fee under this act, shall be paid to the state treasurer and deposited in the ginseng management program fund. Money in the fund shall be used only for the administration of this act.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 290.755
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Cultivated ginseng: means ginseng growing or grown in managed beds under artificial or natural shade and cultivated according to recognized ginseng horticultural practices. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- Director: means the director of the department of agriculture or an authorized representative of the director. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- Ginseng: means Panaxquinquefolius L. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- Harvest: means to cut, pick, dig, root up, or gather ginseng. See Michigan Laws 290.753
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- Wild ginseng: means ginseng growing or grown in an uncultivated state or harvested from its natural habitat. See Michigan Laws 290.753
(3) The director may promulgate rules to implement this act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being section 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.