Title 4, Title 4: Utah Agricultural Code

4-16-103. Department authorized to make and enforce rules -- Cooperation with state and federal agencies authorized. (1) The department is authorized, subject to, to make and enforce rules. Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act (2) The department may cooperate …

4-16-201. Labeling requirements. (1) A container of seed that is transported, sold, offered, or exposed for sale within this state shall bear on the container or have attached to the container a printed label that: is in a conspicuous place; is plainly written in the English lang…

4-16-202. Distribution of seeds -- Germination tests required -- Date to appear on label -- Seed to be free of noxious weed seed -- Special requirements for treated seeds -- Prohibitions. (1) A person in this state may not offer or expose for sale or sowing any seed for sprouting…

4-16-203. Inspection -- Samples -- Analysis -- Seed testing facilities to be maintained -- Rules to control offensive seeds -- Notice of offending seeds -- Warrants. (1) The department shall periodically enter public or private premises from which seeds are distributed, offered, …

4-16-301. Enforcement -- Stop sale, use, or removal authorized -- Court action -- Procedures -- Costs. (1) The department may issue a "stop sale, use, or removal order" to the distributor, owner, or person in possession of any designated agricultural, vegetable, flower, or tree a…

4-16-302. False or misleading advertising with respect to seed quality prohibited. Unless agricultural, vegetable, flower, or tree and shrub seeds or seeds for sprouting sold, advertised, or exposed or offered for sale in this state for propagation or planting have been registere…

4-16-303. Distributors of seed to keep record of each lot of seed distributed. (1) Each person whose name appears on the label of agricultural, vegetable, flower, or tree and shrub seeds or seeds for sprouting shall keep: a complete record of each lot of agricultural, vegetable, …

4-16-401. Designation of official testing agency for certification of seed. (1) The agricultural experiment station at Utah State University is designated as the official state agency responsible for the production, approval, and testing of foundation seeds in this state. (2) Thi…

4-16-501. Chapter does not apply to seed not intended for sowing, to seed at seed processing plant, or to seed transported or delivered for transportation in the ordinary course of business. (1) This chapter does not apply to: seed or grain not intended for sowing; subject to Sub…

4-17-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the county legislative body of each county of this state. (2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture and food or the commissioner's representative. (3) "County noxious weed" means any plant that …

4-17-103. Commissioner -- Functions, powers, and duties. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall: (1) investigate and designate noxious weeds on a statewide basis; (2) compile and publish annually a list of statewide noxious weeds; (3) coordinate and assist in inter…

4-17-104. Creation of State Weed Committee -- Membership -- Powers and duties -- Expenses. (1) There is created a State Weed Committee composed of eight members, with each member representing one of the following: the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Section; 4-2-102…

4-17-105. County weed control board -- Appointment -- Composition -- Terms -- Removal -- Compensation. (1) A county executive of a county may, with the advice and consent of the county legislative body, appoint a county weed control board comprised of not less than three nor more…

4-17-106. Commissioner may require county weed control board to justify failure to enforce provisions. If the commissioner determines that the weed control board of any county has failed to perform the board's duties under this chapter, the commissioner may require the board to j…

4-17-107. County weed control board responsible for control of noxious weeds -- Cooperation with other county boards -- Authority to designate noxious weed -- Public hearing before removal of noxious weed from state list. (1) A county weed control board is responsible, under the …

4-17-108. Weed control supervisor -- Qualification -- Appointment -- Duties. (1) Each commission may employ one or more weed control supervisors qualified to: detect and treat noxious weeds; and direct the weed control program for the county weed control board. A person may be a …

4-17-109. Notice of noxious weeds to be published annually in county -- Notice to particular property owners to control noxious weeds -- Methods of prevention or control specified -- Failure to control noxious weeds considered public nuisance. (1) Each county weed control board b…

4-17-110. Noxious weeds -- Failure to control after notice of nuisance -- Notice and hearing -- Control at county expense -- Owner liable for county costs -- Charges lien against property. (1) If the owner or person in possession of the property fails to take action to control or…

4-17-111. Hearing before county weed control board -- Appeal of decision to the county legislative body -- Judicial review. (1) Any person served with notice to control noxious weeds may request a hearing to appeal the terms of the notice before the county weed control board with…

4-17-112. Jurisdiction of state and local agencies to control weeds. The departments or agencies of state and local governments shall develop, implement, and pursue an effective program for the control and containment of noxious weeds on all lands under the department's or agency…

4-17-113. County noxious weed control fund authorized. A commission may establish and maintain a noxious weed control fund in each county for use in the administration of this chapter.

4-17-115. Cooperative agreements and grants to rehabilitate areas infested with or threatened by invasive species. The department may: (1) enter into a cooperative agreement with a political subdivision, a state agency, a federal agency, a tribe, a county weed board, a cooperativ…

4-18-102. Findings and declarations -- Duties. (1) In addition to the policy provided in Section, the Legislature finds and declares that: 4-46-101 the soil and water resources of this state constitute one of the state's basic assets; and the preservation of soil and water resour…

4-18-103. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Agricultural discharge" means the release of agriculture water from the property of a farm, ranch, or feedlot that: pollutes a surface body of water, including a stream, lake, pond, marshland, watercourse, waterway, river, ditc…

4-18-104. Conservation Commission created -- Composition -- Appointment -- Terms -- Compensation -- Attorney general to provide legal assistance. (1) There is created within the department the Conservation Commission to perform the functions specified in this chapter. (2) The Con…

4-18-105. Conservation Commission -- Functions and duties. (1) The commission shall: facilitate the development and implementation of the strategies and programs necessary to: protect, conserve, use, and develop the soil, water, and air resources of the state; and promote the pro…

4-18-106. Agriculture Resource Development Fund -- Contents -- Use of fund money -- Advisory board. (1) As used in this section: "Disaster" means an extraordinary circumstance, including a flood, drought, or fire, that results in: the president of the United States declaring an e…

4-18-108. Grants for environmental improvement projects -- Criteria for award -- Duties of commission. (1) The commission may make a grant from the Agriculture Resource Development Fund, or from funds appropriated by the federal government, Legislature, or another entity, to an e…

4-18-201. Definitions. As used in this part, "Colorado River Salinity Offset Program" means a program, administered by the Division of Water Quality, allowing oil, gas, or mining companies and other entities to provide money to finance salinity reduction projects in the Colorado …

4-18-202. Salinity Offset Fund. (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the "Salinity Offset Fund." The fund shall consist of: money received from the Division of Water Quality that has been collected as part of the Colorado River Salinity Offset Program;…

4-18-302. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Agricultural producer" means a person engaged in the production of a product of agriculture, as defined in Section. 4-1-109 (2) "Commission" means the Conservation Commission created in Section. 4-18-104 (3) "Commissioner" means t…

4-18-303. Creates Utah Soil Health Program -- Program and purposes. (1) Under the commission there is created the Utah Soil Health Program. (2) The program shall: encourage widespread adoption of soil health practices by producers; promote environmental benefits; advance the unde…

4-18-304. Program development. (1) In consultation with the Soil Health Advisory Committee created in Sectionand in accordance with Subsection, the commission may establish the following programs: 4-18-306 4-18-305(1)(e) a grant program for eligible entities to engage in soil hea…

4-18-305. Powers and duties. (1) In carrying out the provisions of this part, including for the soil health grant program, the commission may: subject to Subsection, accept grants, gifts, services, donations, or other resources from: (2) the United States government or a corporat…

4-18-306. Soil Health Advisory Committee. (1) The Soil Health Advisory Committee is created under the commission. (2) The Soil Health Advisory Committee shall assist the commission in administering the program. (3) The Soil Health Advisory Committee shall maintain no less than se…

4-18-307. Producer and landowner information - confidentiality. (1) With regard to information that constitutes a record under, notwithstanding that act, the department may not disclose a record, including analyses or a map, compiled or maintained pursuant to this part that is re…

4-18-308. Reporting requirement. (1) Each year, before November 1, the department shall prepare and make available to the public a report on the department's official website that contains the following information: an accounting of money received and spent for the program; a des…

4-19-102. Department responsible for conduct and administration of rural rehabilitation program. The department shall conduct and administer the rural rehabilitation program within the state in accordance with the agreement entered into in January 1975, between the United States …

4-19-103. Department authorized to approve and make grants and loans, acquire property, and lease or operate property. The department, in conjunction with the administration of the rural rehabilitation program, may: (1) approve and make a loan to a farm or agricultural cooperativ…

4-19-104. Loans -- Not to exceed period of 10 years -- Agricultural Advisory Board executive committee to approve loans and renewals, methods of payments, and interest rates -- Guidelines in fixing interest rates declared. (1) The department may not make a loan authorized under t…

4-19-105. Utah Rural Rehabilitation Fund. (1) The department shall deposit all income generated from the administration of the rural rehabilitation program in a separate fund known as the "Utah Rural Rehabilitation Fund." (2) The Division of Finance shall maintain the Utah Rural …

4-20-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Cooperative weed management association" means a multigovernmental association cooperating to control noxious weeds in a geographic area that includes some portion of Utah. (2) "Fees" means the revenue collected by the United S…

4-20-103. Utah Grazing Improvement Program Advisory Board -- Duties. (1) There is created within the department the Utah Grazing Improvement Program Advisory Board. The commissioner shall appoint the following members: one member from each regional board; one member from the Cons…

4-20-104. Regional grazing advisory boards -- Duties. (1) The commissioner shall appoint members to a regional board for each grazing district from nominations submitted by: the Utah Cattlemen's Association; the Utah Woolgrowers Association; the Utah Farm Bureau Federation; and a…

4-20-105. Rangeland Improvement Account -- Administered by department. (1) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the "Rangeland Improvement Account." The restricted account shall consist of: money received by the state from the United States Secre…

4-20-106. Rangeland Improvement Account distribution. (1) The department shall distribute restricted account money as provided in this section. The department shall: distribute pro rata to each school district the money received by the state under Subsectionfrom the sale or lease…