MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      1595

only be made available to the General
Assembly in order to save tax dollars. The
provision requiring the report to be
published in the same manner as reports of
other State organizations and distributed
among the people of the State is repealed by
amendment because it is considered
unnecessary. The last phrase is proposed for
deletion as obsolete. The only other changes
made are in style.

SEC. 5-304. QUARANTINE OF INFESTED OR INFECTED AREAS;
RULES AND REGULATIONS.

IN ORDER TO CONTROL, RETARD, OR ERADICATE
DANGEROUSLY INJURIOUS INSECTS, OTHER ANIMAL PESTS, OR
PLANT DISEASES, THE SECRETARY MAY:

(1)   ESTABLISH OR RESCIND QUARANTINES AGAINST
THE INTRODUCTION INTO THE STATE OF ANY PLANT MATERIAL
KNOWN TO BE INFESTED OR INFECTED OR WHICH REASONABLY
MAY BE BELIEVED TO BE INFESTED OR INFECTED;

(2)   QUARANTINE ANY AREA OF THE STATE KNOWN
OR REASONABLY BELIEVED TO BE INFESTED OR INFECTED WITH
DANGEROUSLY INJURIOUS INSECTS, OTHER ANIMAL PESTS, OR
PLANT DISEASES;

(3)   REGULATE THE MOVEMENT OF INFESTED OR
INFECTED PLANT MATERIAL OR NONPLANT MATERIAL LIKELY TO
TRANSFER THE INFESTATION OR INFECTION FROM A
QUARANTINED AREA TO A NONINFESTED OR NONINFECTED AREA;

(4)   REMOVE ANY QUARANTINE WHEN THE PURPOSE
FOR WHICH IT WAS ESTABLISHED IS ACHIEVED;

(5)   REGULATE OR PROHIBIT THE PLANTING OF ANY
CROP IN A QUARANTINED AREA WHICH THE SECRETARY
DETERMINES WOULD PREVENT OR LIMIT THE CONTROL,
RETARDATION, OR ERADICATION OF ANY DANGEROUSLY
INJURIOUS INSECT, OTHER ANIMAL PEST, OR PLANT DISEASE
FOR WHICH THE QUARANTINE IS ESTABLISHED; AND

(6)    ISSUE DIRECTIVES FOR ANY QUARANTINED
AREA AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE QUARANTINE ORDER
RELATING TO TREATMENT OF INFESTED OR INFECTED CROPS
AND TO TREATMENT OF SOIL, IMPLEMENTS, STORAGE
FACILITIES, OR ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT OR MATERIALS IN THE
AREA THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE A FACTOR IN TRANSMITTING
ANY DANGEROUSLY INJURIOUS INSECT, OTHER ANIMAL PEST,
OR PLANT DISEASE TO OTHER NONQUARANTINED AREAS IN THE