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Michigan

Chapter 286 — Agricultural Industry
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286.71 Certification of seeds; definitions.
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286.72 Director as legal seed certifying officer; rules; standards; sale and advertising for sale of group of seed having common characteristics within species; condition
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286.73 Official seed certifying agencies; designation; fees; liability.
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286.74 Repealed.
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286.75 Violation of act; penalty; seizure of mislabeled seeds.
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286.81 Protection of cherry crops.
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286.82 Control regulations; enforcement.
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286.83 Right of access; unlawful acts.
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286.84 Violation of act; penalty.
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286.85 Treatment by owner or commissioner; expense, enforcement of payment.
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286.86 Liability of agent or employe.
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286.87 Commissioner's appointment of assistants and employes.
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286.101 White pine blister rust; definitions.
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286.102 White pine blister rust; declared dangerous pest; enforcement of act; other state departments.
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286.103 White pine blister rust; destruction of plants.
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286.104 Cultivated black currant declared public nuisance; destruction.
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286.105 White pine blister rust; blister rust control areas; fruiting currant and gooseberry control areas; destruction of plants, expense.
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286.106 White pine blister rust; destruction of plants; compensation to owner; noxious weeds.
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286.107 Right of entry by commissioner of agriculture.
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286.108 White pine blister rust; co-operation; rust control on state lands.
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286.109 Entry or movement of certain plants.
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286.112 Violation of act; penalty.
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286.121 Extermination of grasshoppers, similar pests; county appropriation.
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286.122 Extermination of grasshoppers, similar pests; township appropriation.
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286.123 Expense; payment.
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286.201 Insect pest and plant disease act; short title.
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286.202 Definitions.
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286.203 Inspection of nursery and other premises; right of access.
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286.204 Inspection of stock before sale; application; assumed name.
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286.205 Nursery stock from foreign country; inspection.
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286.206 Inspections of nurseries; fee; certificate of inspection; validity; prohibitions; basis for charging inspection fee; review and adjustment of fees schedule.
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286.207 Withholding certificate; precautions; fraud, investigation, revocation of license.
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286.208 Sale of dead or weakened nursery stock; penalty.
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286.209 License required for sale of nursery stock; exception; application; fees; agriculture licensing and inspection fees fund; horticulture fund; creation and administ
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286.210 Licenses to sell nursery stock; buyers and dealers; certificate to deal in inspected stock, number of licenses.
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286.211 Nonresident nurseryman, dealer, or grower; license required; fee; waiver; reciprocal agreements; violation as grounds for denial of right to ship nursery stock.
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286.212 Repealed.
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286.213 Revocation, suspension or withholding of license or certificate; hearing; appeal.
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286.214 Revocation, suspension or withholding of license or certificate; hearing, order of revocation; penalty for wrongful use of license on certificate, withholding.
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286.215 Tags on stock; inspection of imported stock on request; expense.
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286.216 Tags on stock; certificate of inspection; unlawful transportation; report to commissioner.
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286.216a Definitions; sale, distribution, or use of purple loosestrife.
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286.217 Sale of nursery stock; inspection; transportation of nursery stock, wild trees, herbaceous perennials, and shrubs; uninspected stock; shipping documents.
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286.217a Access to markets for nursery stock; certificate of free sale; application; fees; "certificate of free sale" defined.
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286.218 Nuisances; public places kept free from injurious insect pests and plant diseases; insects, fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses or living plant parasitic organism
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286.219 Barberry, mahonia or mahoberberis bushes subject to black stem rust of small grains; destruction; rules.
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286.219a Chokecherry harmful to peach or cherry trees prohibited; destruction; rules.
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286.220 Insect pests and plant diseases; eradication of nuisances; notice; abatement; inspection; payment of expenses.
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286.221 Inspection of public grounds; application, payment of expense.
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286.222 Inspection of plants and plant products before interstate shipment; request; expenses; certificate.
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286.223 Quarantine; enforcement, hearing, notice.
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286.223a Rules.
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286.223b Rescission of R 285.607, R 285.611, R 285.613, and R 285.618.
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286.224 Violation of act; penalty, quarantine, misdemeanor.
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286.225 Review of rule or order; appeal to circuit court.
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286.226 Violation of act; penalty.
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286.228 Violation of certain laws, rules, or orders; civil infraction; fines; limitation; misdemeanor; felony; liability; "person" defined; applicability.
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286.251 Examinations for insects or infectious diseases; marking; notice to destroy, posting; appeals.
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286.252 Orders of commissioner; refusal to carry out.
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286.253 Declaration as public nuisances.
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286.254 Report of inspections.
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286.255 Authority to enter upon premises; treatment to prevent spread of disease; owners recompensed for loss.
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286.256 Commissioner may make rules and regulations; quarantines.
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286.257 Liability of agent.
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286.259 Violation of act; misdemeanor; penalty; applicability of subsection (1).
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286.260 Violation of rule or order; civil infraction; fine; misdemeanor; felony; penalties; liability.
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286.341 Chemical laboratories; fruit growing sections; poisonous spray residue; examination, certificate, fees.
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286.342 Chemical laboratories; voluntary submission of samples; fee; certificate.
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286.343 Chemical laboratories; establishment by private concerns; supervision, regulations.
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286.344 Appropriation for state chemical laboratories.
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286.345 Rules and regulations; enforcement by commissioner of agriculture.
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286.371 Definitions.
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286.372 Controlled atmosphere storage for fruits and vegetables; prohibited representations.
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286.372a Construction of storage room, space, or building; installation and maintenance of thermometer; accessibility of gas analyzer.
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286.373 Record; location; contents; review.
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286.374 Rules and regulations.
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286.374a Sealed storage room; conditions.
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286.375 Controlled atmosphere storage for fruits and vegetables; license, application, fee, inspection, expiration, renewal, exemption.
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286.376 License; denial, suspension, or revocation; notice and opportunity for hearing; administrative fine; warning; action by attorney general to recover fine; injuncti
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286.377, 286.378 Repealed.
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286.379 Violation of act as misdemeanor; penalty.
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286.401 Grape growers; chemical substances; definitions.
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286.402 Chemical substances; petition by grape grower for prohibition.
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286.403 Chemical substances; hearing, posting of notice.
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286.404 Chemical substances; director's findings; damage; orders, continuing effect.
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286.405 Chemical substances; orders, effective date.
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286.406 Chemical substances; penalty for violation.
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286.431 Short title.
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286.432 Definitions.
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286.433 Qualified agricultural loan origination program; establishment; requirements; use of work project funds appropriated.
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286.434 Actions by state treasurer; approval of legal form of documents by attorney general; duties of qualified institution; forwarding and destruction of affidavits; pr
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286.435 Appropriation.
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286.471 Short title.
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286.472 Definitions.
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286.473 Farm or farm operation as public or private nuisance; review and revision of practices; finding; conditions.
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286.473a Repealed.
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286.473b Recovery of costs and expenses.
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286.473c Property subject to disclosure; contents of statement.
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286.474 Investigation of complaints involving farm or farm operation; memorandum of understanding; generally accepted agricultural and management practices; unverified co
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286.501 Pest control compact; findings, definitions, insurance fund, assistance, committees, relations, finance, entrance and withdrawal, construction.
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286.502 Cooperation by state departments, agencies and officers with insurance fund.
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286.503 Bylaws and amendments; filing.
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286.504 Compact administrator; duties.
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286.505 Insurance fund; application for assistance.
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286.506 Credit to account of department liable for expenditure.
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286.507 Executive head; definition.
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286.601 Transportation of migrant agricultural workers; minimum safety standards, rules and regulations.
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286.602 Encouragement of compliance with safety regulations.
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286.641 Overnight rest camps for migrant agricultural workers; selection of sites.
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286.642 Minimum size of camp, and minimum facilities; time of operation.
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286.643 Rules and regulations; promulgation.
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286.644 Authorization or expenditure of federal and other funds, limitation.
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286.651 Emigrant agents; definition.
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286.652 Exemption from act of certain employment agencies.
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286.653 License; necessity; application; form; fee; bond; cancellation, hearing, grounds.
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286.654 Weekly report; filing; failure to file; contents.
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286.655 Agent to carry license; inspection.
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286.656 Violation of act; penalty.
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286.657 Effective date.
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286.681 Short title.
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286.682 Definitions.
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286.683 Distribution of certified seed potatoes; documents.
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286.684 Planting seed potatoes in combined seed lots; certified seed required; exception; conditions; permission.
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286.685 Growing potatoes in combined seed lots of 1 acre or greater; notification to director; records; contents; review; conduct by independent auditor; notice of allege
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286.686 Seed potato advisory commission; creation; membership; qualifications; terms; vacancy; compensation or expenses; powers and duties.
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286.687 Additional duties of director.
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286.688 Compliance with act; investigation by director; inspection; copies of records; failure or refusal to obey subpoena or court order; contempt; complaint closed to p
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286.689 Violation of act or rule; administrative fine; notice and hearing; recovery of unpaid fine; payment to state treasurer.
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286.701 Michigan seed law; short title.
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286.702 Definitions.
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286.703 Agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed container; label or tag; information.
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286.704 Agricultural seed, mixtures of agricultural seed, and vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound; required information.
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286.705 Vegetable seed in containers of 1 pound or less and flower seed; required information; seed sold outside original container; treated vegetable and flower seed.
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286.706 Forest tree seed; required information.
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286.707 Seed treated with substance harmful to vertebrate animals; color; label information; description of treated seed not harmful to vertebrate animals.
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286.707a Field beans.
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286.708 Correction of erroneous or unlawful seed labels; removal of seed from sale; obtaining and replacing labels.
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286.709 Seed; circumstances prohibiting selling, offering for sale, advertising, exposing, or transporting for sale; prohibited conduct.
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286.710 Applicability of MCL 286.703.
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286.711 Duties of director; field bean seeds inspections and analyses performed by person or agency; liability; "rule" defined.
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286.711a Field bean advisory committee.
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286.712, 286.713 Repealed.
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286.714 Prohibition or regulation of labeling, sale, storage, transportation, distribution, use, or planting of certain seeds; ordinances by local government prohibited;
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286.715 Violation as misdemeanor; penalty; stop sale order; appeal; hearing; seizure of seed; condemnation of seed; application for release of seed or permission to condi
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286.716 Repealed.
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286.771 Short title.
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286.773 Definitions.
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286.775 AASSPs; issuance by commission; safe and secure storage practices; consideration to information and recommendations.
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286.801 Definitions.
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286.802-286.804 Repealed.
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286.805 Repealed.
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286.805a-286.808 Repealed.
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286.808a Control or eradication of bee disease; order to destroy colonies; indemnification.
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286.809, 286.810 Repealed.
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286.811 Bees; quarantine; rules.
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286.812, 286.813 Repealed.
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286.814 Shipping bees or beekeeping equipment into another state or country; application for inspection; acknowledgment to pay expenses; compliance with request.
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286.815, 286.816 Repealed.
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286.821 Repeal of MCL 286.1 to 286.22.
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286.841 Short title.
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286.842 Definitions.
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286.843 Industrial hemp; growing, cultivating, or transporting; grants.
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286.844 Industrial hemp research and development fund; creation; deposit of money or other assets; investment; interest and earnings; money remaining in fund at close of
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286.845 Industrial hemp licensing and registration program; industrial hemp licensing and registration fund; creation; deposit of money or other assets; investment; inter
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286.846 Grower of industrial hemp; registration required; exception for college or university; application; form and contents; fees.
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286.847 Processor-handler of industrial hemp; license required; exception for college or university; application; form and contents; fees.
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286.848 Approval or denial of registration or license application; grounds for denial; notice.
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286.849 Notification of denial of registration or license; appeal; hearing.
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286.850 Duties and responsibilities of a grower; prohibited conduct; post signage; conditions for sale of industrial hemp to processor.
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286.851 Duties and responsibilities of a processor-handler; prohibited conduct.
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286.852 Conditions for suspension of registration or license; notification of suspension; cease of activities.
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286.853 Revocation of registration or license; hearing to appeal; preponderance of evidence; destruction or confiscation of all cannabis upon revocation; lifting of suspe
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286.854 Testing required before harvesting or destroying an industrial hemp crop; failure to comply; certified report of testing results; rules; falsified sample; felony;
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286.855 Modification or alteration of site; request form; fee; written approval.
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286.856 Fees.
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286.857 Violation of act or rules; administrative fines.
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286.858 Rules; implementation of act.
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286.859 Preemption.
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286.871 Short title.
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286.872 Definitions.
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286.873 Administration of act; assistance by department.
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286.874 Aquaculture as agricultural enterprise; products as property of aquaculturist; riparian rights for water diversion; exemption from certain restrictions; limitatio
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286.875 Approved species for aquaculture production; list.
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286.876 Registration required; exceptions; records; documentation.
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286.877 Initial application; submission; inspection; issuance of registration or permit; denial; notice; second inspection; hearing; return of registration or permit fee
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286.878 Research of aquaculture species not on approved list; research permit; approval of protocol.
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286.879 Inspection of facilities by department; access; conduct; conditions.
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286.880 Prohibited conduct.
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286.881 Failure to comply with act or rules; authority of department to deny, suspend, revoke, or limit registration or permit; conduct of proceeding.
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286.882 Rules.
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286.883 Violation as misdemeanor; penalty; costs; attorney fees; authority of director; actions brought by attorney general or director.
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286.884 Effective date.
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286.901 Short title.
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286.903 Definitions; A to D.
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286.905 Definitions; G to L.
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286.907 Definitions; M to P.
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286.909 Definitions; R to W.
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286.911 Authority of department to regulate, promote, and assist organic industry; sale, offer for sale, or representation as organic product; registration required.
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286.913 Production, sale, or handling of organic products; certification required; exceptions; retail food establishments.
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286.915 Registration as certifying agent; fee; demonstration of compliance; expiration; renewal.
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286.917 Registration as certifying agent; demonstration of compliance; requirements.
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286.919 Registration of handler; application; fee; basis; schedule; coordination of registration procedures.
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286.920 Organic products fund; establishment in state treasury; receipt, deposit, and expenditure of funds; carrying forward unexpended funds.
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286.921 Rules; scope.
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286.922 Reciprocity agreement with another state, country, or private certifying organization.
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286.923 Labeling and advertisement; requirements; circumstances considered as mislabeling.
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286.925 Organic advisory committee; creation; powers and duties; membership; terms; travel reimbursement; election of officers and adoption of rules; quorum; meetings; pr
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286.927 Complaints and investigations; penalties or remedies; rules; denial of application; suspension or revocation of registration; seizure of product; disposition; wri
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286.929 Violation of act or rule; administrative fine; misdemeanor; penalty; affirmative defense; felony.
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286.931 Effective date.
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286.941 Short title.
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286.942 Definitions.
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286.943 Rural development fund board; creation; qualifications; appointment; terms; compensation; oath of office; election of chairperson and officers; personnel; quorum;
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286.944 Board members as public servants and public officers; discharge of duties in nonpartisan manner; conflict of interest; noncompliance with subsection (4).
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286.945 Rural development fund.
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286.946 Evaluation of project proposals; criteria; review and update; posting on department's website and printed materials.
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286.947 Expenditures; requests for project proposals; determinations; prohibited expenditures; matching funds.
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