§1608.  Quarantine; rules and regulations

A.  The commission may adopt rules and regulations concerning quarantines including procedures for quarantining, the storage or other handling of regulated articles, and the movement of regulated articles into or from quarantined areas.

B.  The commission shall determine when such action is necessary, or appears reasonably necessary, to prevent or retard the spread of the boll weevil.

C.  The commission may adopt rules and regulations governing the movement of articles from other states or portions thereof into this state when such state is known to be infested with the boll weevil.

D.  The adoption of all rules and regulations shall be done in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and sound principles of quarantine.

Acts 1992, No. 58, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 124, §1.