Title 3 — Agriculture

In this title, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Department" means the Arizona department of agriculture. 2. "Director" means the director of the department.

A. The Arizona department of agriculture is established consisting of the following divisions: 1. The animal services division, which is responsible for milk, dairy, livestock and aquaculture regulation, the state veterinarian, meat, poultry and egg inspection and performing the …

A. The governor shall appoint a director of the department pursuant to section 38-211 to serve at the pleasure of the governor. B. The qualifications of candidates for appointment as director shall be reviewed by a committee of five persons selected by the governor. Two of the me…

A. The governor shall appoint a department of agriculture advisory council consisting of five members appointed to terms of five years. A member may continue to serve until his successor is appointed and assumes office. A member may not be appointed to more than one full term plu…

A. The director may appoint a division council within any division of the department, and shall appoint an animal services division council and a weights and measures services division council, consisting of representatives of the various industries and commodities regulated by t…

A. The director or, by delegation, the associate director of a division may appoint ad hoc advisory committees to consider, assist and make recommendations to the associate director or division council on any issue under the division's jurisdiction. The director or, by delegation…

A. The director shall: 1. Formulate the program and policies of the department and adopt administrative rules to effect its program and policies. 2. Ensure coordination and cooperation in the department in order to achieve a unified policy of administering and executing its respo…

A. A department of agriculture administrative support fund is established. All monies collected pursuant to any interagency agreement with the department pursuant to section 3-588, subsection A shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, in the fund. B. All monies…

A. An officer, inspector or other employee of this state authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this title who knowingly accepts any money, gift or other thing of value from any person, firm or corporation or their officers, agents or employees given with intent to…

A. The director shall develop and implement an agricultural consulting and training program using on-site visits to establishments that are regulated under this title and title 5, chapter 1 to consult with and advise the establishment's owner, operator, lessee or independent cont…

A. The office of commodity development and promotion shall provide for programs to stimulate, educate, encourage and foster the production and consumption of Arizona agricultural products domestically and abroad. B. The office may provide authorized or contracted administrative f…

1. Not eligible for funding from another federal or state program. 2. Partially funded by another federal or state program. B. The department shall: 1. Develop guidelines and criteria to implement the program, including an application process that includes a description of the in…

(Rpld. 1/1/29) A. The agriculture and water innovation fund pilot program is established to provide grants and collect data for water-focused innovation in agriculture. The department shall administer the pilot program. B. The agriculture and water innovation fund is established …

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Agricultural operations" means all activities by the owner, lessee, agent, independent contractor and supplier conducted on any facility for the production of crops, livestock, poultry, livestock products or poultry prod…

A. Agricultural operations conducted on farmland that are consistent with good agricultural practices and established before surrounding nonagricultural uses are presumed to be reasonable and do not constitute a nuisance unless the agricultural operation has a substantial adverse…

A. A producer, shipper, or an association that represents producers or shippers, of perishable agricultural food products that suffers damages as a result of malicious public dissemination of false information that the food product is not safe for human consumption may bring an a…

A. A person who knowingly damages, destroys or removes any legal crop or crop product that is grown for commercial purposes or for testing or research purposes in the context of a product development program in conjunction or coordination with a private research facility, a unive…

A. The assent of the state is given to the provisions and requirements of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several states," known as the Smith-Lever act. B. The board of regents of …

Upon duly itemized and sworn claims, approved by the president of the university of Arizona or his delegated agent, there shall be paid out of the general appropriation for the university of Arizona, as other claims against the state are paid, an amount equal to but not limited t…

Cooperative agricultural extension work shall consist of giving practical demonstrations in agriculture and home economics, and imparting information on those subjects through field demonstrations, publications and otherwise. The work shall be carried on in such manner as is mutu…

A. The board of supervisors of each county shall appoint seven persons, who are residents of the county, to a county agricultural extension board, four of whom have as their principal business the production of agricultural commodities, and the other three of whom shall be repres…

The director of the agricultural extension service of the university of Arizona shall annually present a plan of extension work in the state for the ensuing year, for the approval of the board of regents. The county agent-in-charge in each county shall annually present to and for…

A. The Arizona board of regents shall have prepared for each county an annual financial budget covering the total cost including the county's share of the cost of the extension work which, if adopted by a majority vote of the respective county agricultural extension board at a re…

A. The university of Arizona cooperative extension office shall establish the agricultural workforce development program to provide incentives to food-producing agricultural organizations to hire apprentices by partially reimbursing apprenticeship costs. B. The director of the un…

A. For the purpose of aiding counties in support of the agricultural extension program, the board of regents shall have prepared an annual financial budget covering the university of Arizona's share of the cost of extension work in each county and after approval thereof may expen…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Agricultural laboratory services" means the following services: (a) Providing a residue analysis of: (i) Raw, processed or manufactured agricultural commodities and products. (ii) Soil. (iii) Plant or animal tissue. (iv)…

There is established a state agricultural laboratory in the department to provide laboratory services to the department and others as provided by law or pursuant to contract.

A. The assistant director for the state agricultural laboratory is responsible for the administration, operation and control of the state agricultural laboratory. B. The assistant director shall have all the following qualifications: 1. A master's degree in chemistry or its equiv…

A. The state agricultural laboratory is established and maintained to carry out this article and for laboratory examinations, diagnosis, analysis, testing, quantifying and identification necessary to perform the functions and duties prescribed by this article. B. The state agricu…

A. A person who establishes, conducts or maintains a laboratory that provides agricultural laboratory services to agencies or departments of this state or its political subdivisions shall apply for a certificate from the state agricultural laboratory as proof that the laboratory …

The director may establish by rule and the assistant director shall collect in advance the following nonrefundable fees: 1. For an initial laboratory certificate, not more than nine hundred dollars. 2. For a renewal of a laboratory certificate, not more than nine hundred dollars.…

A. The director shall adopt reasonable rules for certification of laboratories that perform agricultural laboratory testing. Rules shall be prescribed only insofar as they affect the precision and accuracy of laboratory results. The rules shall include: 1. Acceptable methods of s…

A. The assistant director may refuse to grant or renew a certificate or may suspend or revoke a certificate if the assistant director has reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant or registrant is not in compliance with adopted rules relating to the certification of labora…

Test results certified by the assistant director are prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the results.

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Commission" means the historical advisory commission established by section 41-151.20. 2. "Register" means the Arizona register of heritage agriculture.

A. The Arizona register of heritage agriculture is established. B. Any person may apply in writing to the historical advisory commission to nominate agricultural property in this state for listing on the register. If the person nominating the property is not the current owner of …

A. An applicant must provide documentary evidence that property meets the qualifications prescribed by this article for listing on the register of heritage agriculture. The commission may require additional information as necessary to support the application. B. The commission sh…

A. The commission shall provide written notification to the owner, and applicant if different from the owner, of its decision on listing the property on the register. B. If the commission lists the property on the register: 1. The commission shall include, with the notice under s…

A. A person may use the designation "Arizona heritage agriculture property" or "heritage agriculture" only with the approval of the commission as provided by this article. A person may not use the designation "Arizona heritage agriculture property" or "heritage agriculture" for a…