N.D. Admin Code 7-04-01-01 - Definitions

The following terms as used in this chapter, except where the context otherwise requires, shall include both the singular and the plural and shall be construed to mean:

1. "Black stem rust" means the disease caused by the organism puccinia graminis pers.

2. "Certificate" means a document issued or authorized by the commissioner to allow movement of regulated articles to any destination.

3. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of agriculture of this state or any officer or employee of the department, or other person, to whom the authority to act in the commissioner's stead has been or hereafter may be delegated.

4. "Compliance agreement" means a written agreement between a person engaged in growing, handling, or moving regulated articles and the department of agriculture, wherein the former agrees to comply with the requirements of this chapter.

5. "Limited permit" means a document issued or authorized by the commissioner to allow movement of noncertified regulated articles to a specified destination for limited handling or utilization.

6. "Move" means to ship, offer for shipment, receive for transportation, carry, or otherwise transport, move, or allow to be moved.

7. "One year's growth" means the growth of a plant during all growing seasons of any calendar year.

8. "Person" means any individual, corporation, company, society, or association, or other organized group.

9. "Regulated article" means any article described in the quarantine.

10. "Restricted destination permit" means a document issued or authorized by the commissioner to allow the movement of regulated articles not certified under all applicable quarantines to a specific destination for other than scientific purposes.

11. "Rust-resistant plants" means berberis, mahoberberis, and mahonia plants listed as rust-resistant by the director of the plant protection division, United States department of agriculture in the "Manual of Administratively Authorized Procedures to be Used Under the Black Stem Rust Quarantine".

12. "Scientific permit" means a document issued by the commissioner to allow the movement of regulated articles to a specific destination for scientific purposes.

13. "Seedlings" mean any plant grown from seed within the genus berberis of less than two year's growth.

14. "Two year's growth" means the growth of a plant during all growing seasons of two successive calendar years.

General Authority:NDCC 4-33-02

Law Implemented:NDCC 4-33-01

Notes

N.D. Admin Code 7-04-01-01