Title 15, TITLE 15. AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

Sec. 1. The Indiana state department of agriculture is established. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-9-2-1.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.120-2008, SEC.26.

Sec. 2. The director is the chief executive and administrative officer of the department. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-9-2-2.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.2.

Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section, "biomass" means agriculturally based sources of renewable energy, including the following: (1) Agricultural crops. (2) Agricultural wastes and residues. (3) Wood and wood byproducts, including the following: (A) Wood residue. (B) Forest thinni…

Sec. 4. The department shall work with: (1) automobile manufacturers to improve awareness and labeling of E85 fuel; and (2) the appropriate companies to include E85 fuel stations in updates of global positioning navigation software. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-9-2-4.] A…

Sec. 5. The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to carry out the duties, purposes, and functions of the department. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-9-2-4.5.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.2.

Sec. 6. (a) The general assembly declares that it is the policy of the state to conserve, protect, and encourage the development and improvement of agriculture, agricultural businesses, and agricultural land for the production of food, fuel, fiber, and other agricultural products…

Sec. 7. The department may keep records submitted to the department by a livestock producer under a voluntary certification program confidential. As added by P.L.120-2008, SEC.29.

Sec. 8. Before November 1 of each year, the department shall submit an annual report to the legislative council in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6. As added by P.L.130-2018, SEC.78.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "director" means the director of the Indiana state department of agriculture. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-7-2-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.120-2008, SEC.34.

corporation Sec. 2. The director is designated as the state official to make application to and receive from the United States Secretary of Agriculture, or any other proper federal official, under and subject to Public Law 499, 81st Congress, approved May 3, 1950, the trust asset…

Sec. 3. (a) The director may enter into agreements with the United States Secretary of Agriculture under Section 2(f) of Public Law 499, 81st Congress, upon the terms and conditions and for periods as may be mutually agreeable, authorizing the United States Secretary of Agricultu…

Sec. 4. Notwithstanding any other law, funds and the proceeds of the trust assets that are not authorized to be administered by the United States Secretary of Agriculture under section 3 of this chapter shall be received by the director under an application made under section 2 o…

Sec. 5. (a) The director may do the following: (1) Collect, compromise, adjust, or cancel claims and obligations arising out of or administered under: (A) this chapter; or (B) any mortgage, lease, contract, or agreement entered into or administered under this chapter. (2) If in t…

Sec. 6. The United States and the United States Secretary of Agriculture may not be held liable for the transfer of assets to the director under this chapter. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-7-2-5.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.3.

Sec. 1. (a) The state fair commission is established. (b) The commission: (1) is a separate body, corporate and politic; (2) is not a state agency; and (3) performs essential governmental functions. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-2-1.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4.…

Sec. 10. (a) The commission shall employ an executive director who is the chief administrative officer of the commission. (b) The executive director shall implement the policies of the commission and board. (c) The commission may delegate to the executive director any of the comm…

Sec. 11. The executive director may hire staff for the commission. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-2-10.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4.

Sec. 12. The executive director may delegate a power or duty of the executive director to a member of the staff. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-2-11.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4.

[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-2-10.5.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4. Repealed by P.L.177-2011, SEC.5.

Sec. 14. The commission shall pay the expenses of the commission from the money of the commission, including the fund. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-2-12.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4.

Sec. 15. (a) Before the issuance of any bonds under this chapter: (1) the executive director of the commission; (2) each member of the commission; and (3) any other employee or agent of the commission authorized by resolution of the commission to handle funds or sign checks; shal…

Sec. 2. (a) The commission consists of the following members: (1) Five (5) members appointed by the governor. (2) The presiding officer of the board. (3) The director of the Indiana state department of agriculture appointed under IC 15-11-3-1 or the director's designee. (4) The d…

Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), the term of an individual appointed under section 2(a)(1) of this chapter begins on the later of the following: (1) October 1 after the expiration of the term of the member whom the individual is appointed to succeed. (2) The day …

Sec. 4. (a) The governor shall appoint an individual qualified under sections 2 and 3 of this chapter to fill a vacancy on the commission. (b) An individual appointed by the governor under subsection (a) serves the remainder of the unexpired term of the member the individual repl…

Sec. 5. (a) The governor shall appoint a member appointed under section 2(a)(1) of this chapter to be the presiding officer of the commission. The presiding officer of the commission serves until the earlier of the following: (1) The member's term expires. (2) The member is repla…

Sec. 6. (a) Each member of the commission who is not a state employee is entitled to the minimum salary per diem provided by IC 4-10-11-2.1(b). The member is also entitled to reimbursement for traveling expenses as provided under IC 4-13-1-4 and other expenses actually incurred i…

Sec. 7. A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-2-13.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4.

Sec. 8. The commission shall administer this article. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-2-7.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4.

Sec. 9. The commission may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this article. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-2-8.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4.

corporate and politic; property Sec. 1. (a) A state, district, or county society of persons associated for horticultural purposes may incorporate in the following manner: (1) A state horticultural society may incorporate by depositing a certified copy of the society's articles of…

Sec. 2. (a) The state horticultural association organized under section 1 of this chapter shall hold, in Indianapolis or another location in Indiana to be selected by the association at the preceding meeting, an annual meeting, for the purpose of deliberating and consulting as to…

Sec. 3. (a) When the state horticultural association has complied with this chapter, the association is entitled to the occupancy and use of any unappropriated room in the state capitol or other building used or occupied by the state. (b) The room described in subsection (a) shal…

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to commercial fertilizers, barnyard manure, marl, lime, wood ashes, or plaster. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-4-4-9.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.6.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "person" means an individual, a firm, a limited liability company, a corporation, a trustee, a receiver, or an assignee for the benefit of creditors. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-4-4-10.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.6.

certificate; permit; grounds for refusal or cancellation of permit Sec. 3. (a) Before pure or mixed cultures of microorganisms or materials used for promoting plant growth are sold or offered for sale in Indiana, the manufacturer, dealer, importer, agent, or person that causes th…

Sec. 4. A person who manufactures, offers for sale, sells, displays for sale, or provides by sample, a pure or mixed culture of microorganisms or materials used for promoting plant growth shall affix or cause to be affixed, in a conspicuous place on the outside of every package o…

Sec. 5. (a) A person that: (1) offers for sale, sells, or provides by sample a package, a sample, or a quantity of a pure or mixed culture of microorganisms or materials used for promoting plant growth to which the label prescribed by section 4 of this chapter is not affixed; (2)…

Sec. 6. (a) The state chemist shall charge, collect, and receive a minimum fee of twenty-five dollars ($25): (1) at the time of registering a pure or mixed culture of microorganisms or materials described in section 3 of this chapter for each material or culture registered; and (…

Sec. 8. A person who prevents the state chemist or a person deputized by the state chemist from inspecting and obtaining samples of pure or mixed cultures of microorganisms or materials as provided in this chapter commits a Class C infraction. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 1…

Sec. 9. (a) The state chemist may: (1) prescribe and enforce rules necessary to implement this chapter; (2) refuse to issue a permit; or (3) refuse to register or cancel the registration of any product used for promoting plant growth or any pure or mixed cultures of microorganism…

Sec. 1. Because the department of biochemistry at Purdue University is particularly conversant with the purpose and procedures provided by this chapter, the general assembly desires that the governor appoint a professor of biochemistry at Purdue University as the state chemist. […

Sec. 1.5. (a) As used in this section, "manure based fertilizer" means processed manure based commercial fertilizer with a manure content of at least seventy-five percent (75%). (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) and sections 35 and 36 of this chapter, this chapter does not…

Sec. 10. As used in this chapter, "distributor" means a person who: (1) offers for sale; (2) sells; (3) barters; or (4) supplies; commercial fertilizers. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-3-3(10).] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7.

Sec. 11. As used in this chapter, "fertilizer material" means any substance containing nitrogen, phosphate, potash, or any recognized plant nutrient that: (1) is used for the plant nutrient content; and (2) has nutrient value in promoting plant growth. The term includes unmanipul…

Sec. 12. As used in this chapter, "grade" means the minimum percentages of the following elements stated in the following order: (1) Total nitrogen (N). (2) Available phosphate (P2O5). (3) Soluble potash (K2O). [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-3-3(5).] As added by P.L.2-20…

Sec. 13. As used in this chapter, "mixed fertilizer" means any combination or mixture of commercial fertilizers: (1) designed for use; or (2) claimed to have nutrient value; in promoting plant growth. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-3-3(2).] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7.…

Sec. 14. As used in this chapter, "official sample" means any sample of commercial fertilizer taken by the state chemist or the state chemist's agent. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-3-3(6).] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7.

Sec. 15. As used in this chapter, "permit" refers to a permit issued under section 34 of this chapter to report the tonnage of commercial fertilizer sold. [2008 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7.

Sec. 16. As used in this chapter, "percent" or "percentage" means the percentage by weight. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-3-3(8).] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7.

Sec. 17. As used in this chapter, "person" means: (1) an individual; (2) a partnership; (3) an association; (4) a firm; (5) a limited liability company; or (6) a corporation. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-3-3(9).] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7.…