Act No. 97

Public Acts of 2012

Approved by the Governor

April 10, 2012

Filed with the Secretary of State

April 12, 2012

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 12, 2012

STATE OF MICHIGAN

96TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2012

Introduced by Reps. LaFontaine, Daley, Muxlow, Rendon, Outman, McBroom, Johnson, Glardon, Tyler, Kurtz, Denby, Shaughnessy and Wayne Schmidt

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5212

AN ACT to amend 1931 PA 189, entitled “An act to regulate the sale and distribution of nursery stock, plants, and plant products; to prevent the introduction into and the dissemination within this state of insect pests and plant diseases; to provide for the destruction and control of insect pests and plant diseases; to provide for the destruction or treatment of certain plants or plant products; to provide for the licensure and inspection of certain persons and activities under certain circumstances; to impose certain powers and duties on the director of agriculture; to create certain restricted funds for certain department activities and to allow allocation of those funds throughout the department; to provide for the promulgation of rules; to prescribe penalties and civil sanctions; and to provide remedies,” (MCL 286.201 to 286.228) by adding section 23b.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 23b. R 285.607, R 285.611, R 285.613, and R 285.618 of the Michigan administrative code are rescinded.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor