Download This Bill in Microsoft Word format
A25, R46, S613
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Grooms, Verdin, Leventis and Campsen
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20242sd07.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3777
Introduced in the Senate on March 27, 2007
Introduced in the House on April 10, 2007
Passed by the General Assembly on May 2, 2007
Governor's Action: May 14, 2007, Signed
Summary: Phytosanitary certificates
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3/27/2007 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-5
3/27/2007 Senate Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural
Resources SJ-5
3/28/2007 Senate Committee report: Favorable Agriculture and Natural
Resources SJ-29
4/3/2007 Senate Read second time SJ-25
4/4/2007 Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-9
4/10/2007 House Introduced and read first time HJ-23
4/10/2007 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Environmental Affairs HJ-23
4/25/2007 House Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural
Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-3
5/1/2007 House Read second time HJ-19
5/2/2007 House Read third time and enrolled HJ-21
5/9/2007 Ratified R 46
5/14/2007 Signed By Governor
5/16/2007 Copies available
5/16/2007 Effective date 05/14/07
5/22/2007 Act No. 25
View the latest legislative information at the LPITS web site
VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
(A25, R46, S613)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 46-33-85 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE OR A PERMIT MAY BE ISSUED BY AN INSPECTOR FOR INTRASTATE AND INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS OF CONIFER AND HARDWOOD SEEDLINGS TO VERIFY THAT THEY ARE APPARENTLY FREE OF PESTS AND DISEASES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT TO ENSURE PEST AND DISEASE-FREE PLANT MATERIAL, THE PREFERRED METHOD OF TREATMENT IS FUMIGATION USING METHYL BROMIDE IN SEEDLING PLANT BEDS PRIOR TO SEEDING.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Issuance of certificate or permit
SECTION 1. Chapter 33, Title 46 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 46-33-85. A phytosanitary certificate or a permit may be issued by an inspector for intrastate and interstate shipments of conifer and hardwood seedlings to verify that they are apparently free of pests and diseases. To ensure pest and disease-free plant material, the preferred method of treatment is fumigation using methyl bromide in seedling plant beds prior to seeding."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 9th day of May, 2007.
Approved the 14th day of May, 2007.
This web page was last updated on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 3:31 P.M.