§150A-6.1  Plant import.  (a)  The boardshall maintain a list of restricted plants that require a permit for entry intothe State.  Restricted plants or any portion thereof shall not be imported intothe State without a permit issued pursuant to rules.

(b)  The department shall designate, by rule,as restricted plants, specific plants that may be detrimental or potentiallyharmful to agriculture, horticulture, the environment, or animal or publichealth, or that spread or may be likely to spread an infestation or infectionof an insect, pest, or disease that is detrimental or potentially harmful toagriculture, horticulture, the environment, or animal or public health.  Inaddition, plant species designated by rule as noxious weeds are designated asrestricted plants.

(c)  The department may regulate or prohibitthe sale of specific plants on the list of restricted plants by rule.

(d)  Noxious weeds may be imported only forresearch, by permit, and shall not be offered for sale or sold in the State.

(e)  No person shall import, offer for sale, orsell within the State any plant or propagative portion of Salvinia molesta orSalvinia minima and Pistia stratiotes. [L 2000, c 211, pt of §1; am L 2003, c85, §9; am L 2004, c 10, §16; am L 2008, c 40, §2]