HOUSE BILL No. 5582


     April 13, 2000, Introduced by Rep. Mead and referred to the Committee on Conservation and Outdoor Recreation.


        A bill to amend 1929 PA 313, entitled

   "An act to provide for the control and eradication of white pine
   blister rust; to provide for the destruction of trees, plants and
   bushes infected with white pine blister rust; to authorize the
   commissioner of agriculture to remove, appraise and pay for
   healthy host plants necessarily destroyed; to declare certain
   plants and bushes a public nuisance; to authorize the commis-
   sioner to set aside fruiting currant and gooseberry and white
   pine growing districts as control areas; to provide for
   co-operation between state departments; to authorize the promul-
   gation of rules and regulations; to provide funds for carrying
   out the purposes of this act; and to provide penalties for its
   violation,"

   by amending section 2 (MCL 286.102).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 2.  (1) The fungous disease commonly known as the white

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      pine blister rust caused by the organism Cronartium ribicola

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      Fischer  ,  is  hereby  declared to be a dangerous forest
   pest in

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      all its stages.  ; and it shall be the duty of the commissioner 





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           (2) THE DIRECTOR of THE DEPARTMENT OF agriculture  to  SHALL

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      enforce AND ADMINISTER the measures  hereinafter  specified IN

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      THIS ACT for the control of this pest.  The commissioner of

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      agriculture is hereby empowered to make such rules and regula-

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      tions as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act

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      and all 

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           (3) ALL state departments  co-operating with the state

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      department of agriculture  shall  issue and promulgate rules and

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      regulations for  COOPERATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN

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      the control and eradication of the white pine blister rust.  in

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      harmony with those issued and promulgated by the state department

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      of agriculture so that the work carried on may all be along the

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      same line. 































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