Title 3 — Agriculture

The director shall administer and oversee the enforcement of this chapter.

A. The protected group of native plants shall include, and protected native plants shall be, any plant or part of a plant, except, unless otherwise specifically included, its seeds or fruit, which is growing wild on state land or public land or on privately owned land without bei…

A. This chapter does not prevent the destruction of protected native plants or clearing of land or cleaning or removing protected native plants by the owner of the land or the owner's agent if: 1. The land is in private ownership. 2. The protected native plants are not transporte…

A. Except in an emergency or as the state forester determines is necessary for the Arizona department of forestry and fire management to prevent, manage or suppress wildfires pursuant to section 37-1303, if a state agency proposes to remove or destroy protected native plants over…

A. Except as provided in this chapter a person shall not take, transport or possess any protected native plant taken from the original growing site in this state without possessing a valid permit issued by the division. The division shall issue permits in either a name or busines…

A. The division shall provide harvest or wood permits, and wood receipts with each wood permit, authorizing the taking, transporting or possessing of harvest restricted native plants cut or removed for manufacturing or processing purposes, for their by-products, fiber or wood. It…

A. Except as provided in this chapter, it is unlawful for a person to destroy, dig up, mutilate, collect, cut, harvest or take any living highly safeguarded native plant or the living parts of any highly safeguarded native plant, including seeds or fruit, or any other living prot…

A. No person or common carrier may transport a plant, or any part of a plant, belonging to the protected group, nor receive or possess a protected native plant for transportation within or without this state, except for manufactured wood articles, unless the person offering the p…

A. At the request of any person, including a state or federal agency, and if the person provides the department with a suitable description of the land in question, the director may enter into agreements with any such person to conduct native plant surveys on the applicable priva…

A. The department may conserve the highly safeguarded native plants including the use, and encouraging the use, of all methods and procedures that are necessary to bring the highly safeguarded native plants to the point where they are no longer in need of federal protection as en…

A. The director shall adopt rules to enforce this chapter pursuant to title 41, chapter 6. B. In addition to the notice requirements prescribed in title 41, chapter 6, at least thirty days before any hearing at which a new rule or a change in a rule will be considered the departm…

A. The department shall collect nonrefundable fees for issuing permits, tags, seals and receipts under this article, except for scientific purposes, from landowners moving protected plants from one of their properties to another, or from the independent owner of residential prope…

The board of supervisors of each county is authorized to adopt and enforce ordinances not in conflict with law for the preservation of protected groups of plants.

This chapter does not apply to: 1. Existing canals, laterals, ditches, electrical transmission and distribution facilities, rights-of-way and other facilities, structures or equipment owned, operated, used or otherwise possessed by public service corporations and special district…

A. A homeowners’ association or any other community based nonprofit organization may collect and salvage native plants under this section without obtaining a permit, tag, seal or receipt or paying a fee otherwise required by this chapter. Native plants may be obtained under this …

A. An employee, officer or agent of the department may enter in or on any premises or other place, train, vehicle or other means of transportation within or entering this state, if he has reason to believe there is present or on such premises or means of transportation a protecte…

A. A person commits theft of protected native plants if, without the express consent of the landowner, the person knowingly removes or destroys any protected native plants from private or state land. Theft of protected native plants with a value of: 1. One thousand five hundred d…

A. The knowing violation of this chapter or a rule, order or ordinance issued or adopted under this chapter is punishable by a civil penalty in an amount of not more than five thousand dollars. B. The director may bring an action in superior court in the county in which a violati…

A. The department's legal counsel, on request of a private party or the director, or the county attorney of the county in which a violation of this chapter or any rule or order issued or adopted under section 3-912 or 3-914 is alleged to have occurred may bring an action in the c…

A. There shall be an Arizona exposition and state fair board consisting of five members appointed by the governor. Each member shall serve for a term of five years. No more than three of such members shall be of the same political party. No more than two of such members shall be …

A. Board members shall not receive compensation for their services. B. No board member or employee shall, either directly or indirectly, have any financial interest in a contract made by the board. C. A person violating any provisions of this section is guilty of a class 1 misdem…

A. The Arizona exposition and state fair board shall: 1. Have exclusive custody and direction of all state fair property, construct and maintain necessary improvements in connection therewith, and assist in raising funds therefor. 2. Direct and conduct state fairs, exhibits, cont…

A. The executive director shall be qualified by having at least five years' experience in, and a working knowledge of, coliseum or similar auditorium type operational management, including fair, agricultural and livestock exposition experience. B. The coliseum manager shall be qu…

A. The executive director shall be: 1. The chief executive and administrative officer of the Arizona coliseum and exposition center, including the Arizona state fair. 2. Responsible for organizing and prescribing the duties of all positions and departmental units in the Arizona c…

The board may apply to and contract with the United States or any department or agency thereof to obtain funds appropriated by the federal government. The contract shall not obligate the state to advance any funds other than from the Arizona coliseum and exposition center fund, a…

B. On notice from the executive director, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the Arizona exposition and state fair fund in obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States or any of the senior debt of its agencies, sponsored agencies, corporations, sponsor…

A. Except as may be otherwise provided by the terms of this chapter, all of the powers and duties of the Arizona state fair commission are vested in the Arizona exposition and state fair board. Whenever the name "state fair commission" or "commission", denoting the Arizona state …

A. In addition to the powers which it may now have, the Arizona exposition and state fair board shall have power: 1. To acquire by purchase or gift and to hold and dispose of personal property, or rights or interest therein. 2. To construct all proper exhibition halls, auditorium…

The state fair commission shall designate and name the auditorium or coliseum now under construction in honor and memory of all Arizona war veterans. There shall be in the auditorium a display of flags, trophies or war mementos.

A. Bonds issued under this article shall be authorized by resolution of the Arizona exposition and state fair board and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear the date of their issuance, mature at such time or times during a period of not to exceed thirty years from d…

The Arizona exposition and state fair board, in connection with the issuance of bonds and in order to secure the payment of the bonds and the interest thereon, shall have power by resolution: 1. To fix and maintain fees, rentals and other charges of stalls, pens, stables and rent…

A. A resolution pertaining to issuance of bonds under this article may contain covenants as to: 1. The purpose to which the proceeds of sale of the bonds may be applied and to the use and disposition thereof. 2. The use and disposition of the revenues of the project for which the…

A. Bonds issued under this article and bearing the signatures of officers in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and binding obligations, notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all of the persons whose signatures appear t…

A. Except as otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the bonds, all bonds of the same issue under this article shall have a prior and paramount lien on the revenues of the Arizona coliseum and exposition center and its facilities for which the bonds have been issued over…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires, "council" means the cotton research and protection council.

A. The cotton research and protection council is established and is composed of nine active cotton producers to be appointed by the governor. The members shall be appointed as follows: 1. Two each who are residents of: (a) Maricopa county. (b) Pinal county. (c) The Yuma, La Paz a…

A. The council shall: 1. Receive and disburse monies to be used in administering this article. 2. Meet at least once each calendar quarter and more frequently on the call of the chairman or by five members of the council. 3. Annually elect a chairman from among its members. 4. El…

A. The council may employ staff, including a staff director, at a rate of compensation determined by the council, to serve at the pleasure of the council and shall prescribe the terms and conditions of employment of employees as necessary to perform the functions prescribed by th…

A. The cotton research and protection council fund is established for the purpose of administering this article. The council shall administer the fund. The fund consists of penalties, fees and other income collected pursuant to this article. B. The director may request the use of…

A. The council, on or before July 1 of each calendar year, shall assess a fee of not to exceed one dollar per bale of cotton produced in this state on land above twenty-seven hundred feet in elevation and not to exceed five dollars per bale of cotton produced in this state on lan…

A. On or before July 1 of each year: 1. The department shall submit a proposed budget to the council for enforcing rules regarding colored cotton production. 2. The council may assess a fee of not more than three dollars per bale of colored cotton produced in this state to provid…

A. The council may organize and implement a pink bollworm eradication program. The council shall conduct a referendum among eligible cotton producers, as determined by the council, with the assistance of the department and appropriate federal agencies, on the question of establis…

A. Monies collected pursuant to sections 3-1086, 3-1086.01 and 3-1086.02 shall be deposited and held in trust in the council's accounts and disbursed as approved by the council for the purposes prescribed in this article. B. The council may use monies collected under section 3-10…

A. A producer required to pay fees pursuant to section 3-1086 who fails to pay the fee shall be assessed a penalty of ten per cent of the total fee. The producer may request a hearing before the council to dispute or determine the amount of a fee or penalty imposed. B. The counci…

A. The council shall put to a vote of the cotton producers in this state the question of whether the council should recommend to the legislature that the council be terminated if either of the following occurs: 1. The council, by a two-thirds vote of its membership, determines th…

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Aquaculture" means the controlled propagation, growth and harvest of aquatic animals or plants, including fish, amphibians, shellfish, mollusks, crustaceans, algae and vascular plants. 2. "Associate director" means the a…

A. The animal services division council, established pursuant to section 3-105, shall be composed of members who are qualified electors. No more than three members from any one county may serve on the council at any time. The members shall represent the following categories: 1. T…

A. The director or the director's authorized representative shall exercise general supervision over the livestock interests of the state, protect the livestock industry from theft and the livestock and poultry industries from contagious and infectious diseases and protect the pub…

A. The director or his authorized representative shall exercise general supervision over the sheep and goat industries of the state and shall do all things practicable to protect the industries from and to prevent disease among sheep and goats. B. The director shall prepare and a…

A. When advised of the occurrence of a disease of animals or poultry which constitutes a threat to the livestock or poultry industries, the director may issue lawful orders and adopt rules he deems necessary. B. The state veterinarian may enter any place where a suspected animal …