SENATE BILL No. 1075

March 8, 2000, Introduced by Senator MC COTTER and referred to the Committee on

Government Operations.

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:

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

2 pine blister rust caused by the organism Cronartium ribicola

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

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

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

2 enforce AND ADMINISTER the measures hereinafter specified IN

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

4 agriculture is hereby empowered to make such rules and regula-

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

6 and all

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

8 department of agriculture shall issue and promulgate rules and

9 regulations for COOPERATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN

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

11 harmony with those issued and promulgated by the state department

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

13 same line.

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