1.    The commissioner is authorized to cooperate with any agency of the federal government in operations and measures the commissioner deems necessary to     suppress, control, eradicate, prevent, or retard the spread of any plant pest including the right to expend state funds on federal lands.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 4.1-23-07

  • Commissioner: means the agriculture commissioner or the designee or authorized representative of the commissioner. See North Dakota Code 4.1-01-01
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49

2.    The commissioner is authorized to cooperate with agencies of adjacent states in such operations and measures the commissioner deems necessary to locate; to suppress, control, eradicate, prevent, or retard the spread of any pest, provided, that the use of funds appropriated to carry out this chapter, for operations in adjacent states, must be approved in advance by the governor or the governor’s designee.