Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 2-18-102 - Penalty - Revocation of certificate(a)(1) Any person shall be guilty of a violation who:(A) Falsely advertises or proclaims that seed has been certified by the State Plant Board;(B) Uses any emblem, label, or language for the purpose of misleading a person into believing that seed has been certified by the board when it has not;(C) Misuses any tag, label, or certificate issued by the board;(D) Obtains or attempts to obtain certification for seed or plants by making false statements or misrepresentations to the board or to the board's inspectors, deputies, or agents;(E) Having received a certificate, violates any of the rules of the board made under this chapter; or(F) Violates any agreement made as a condition for receiving a certificate.(2) Upon conviction, an offender shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense.(b)(1) When the person holds a certificate from the board, the certificate, after a hearing before the Director of the State Plant Board has been given to the person, shall be revoked by the director regardless of whether a prosecution is commenced.(2)(A) Any person whose certificate is revoked by the director shall be entitled to an appeal to the board.(B) The board's decision shall be final.Acts 1931, No. 73, § 7; Pope's Dig., § 12354; A.S.A. 1947, § 77-320; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 10.