Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 4027
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 4027
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Nursery: means all lands, premises, and buildings on or in which nursery stock is grown, transported, or offered for sale. See
- Nursery dealer: means any person who is in the business of selling, installing, or distributing nursery stock for commercial gain. See
- Nursery grower: means any person engaged in growing, propagating, or production of nursery stock for commercial gain. See
- Nursery stock: means all woody or herbaceous shrubs, trees, plants, and vines, including bulbs and rhizomes as well as buds, grafts, scions, and other parts capable of propagation whether wild, cultivated, or grown under artificial covering. See
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
- Secretary: means the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets or his or her designee. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 4027. Diseased or infested stock; stop-sale; destruction
(a) Only sound, healthy nursery stock that will maintain its vigor shall be offered for sale. Offering for sale stock that is diseased or infested with injurious pests is a violation of this chapter. Whenever the Secretary has reason to believe that any nursery, nursery grower, or nursery dealer in the State has produced, introduced, installed, sold, or offered for sale diseased or infested nursery stock, the Secretary shall inspect that nursery. If, upon inspection, the Secretary finds any diseased or infested stock, the Secretary may order the plants, either individually or in blocks, to be:
(1) put on stop-sale;
(2) treated in a particular manner; or
(3) destroyed according to the Secretary’s instructions.
(b) Plants ordered destroyed or placed on stop-sale must be clearly separable from noninfested stock. Any order to destroy or place plants on stop-sale may be made verbally and shall be issued in writing within seven days or as soon as practicable. The written order shall include the reason for action, a description of the nursery stock affected, instructions to separate and tag all nursery stock subject to the order, any recommended treatment, and a reference to the appeal rights set forth under subsection (c) of this section. Stop-sale tags may not be removed except by written permission of the Secretary or upon suitable disposal of the infested plants as determined by the Secretary.
(c) A person issued any order under subsection (a) of this section may appeal that order to the Secretary within 15 days after receiving the order. The person shall make an appeal by letter to the Secretary and shall state any grounds and designate the plants affected. (Added 1985, No. 57, § 1; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2009, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2023, No. 73, § 20, eff. July 1, 2023.)