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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="9-202" title_number="9" title_name="Regulation and Supervision of Seeds, Turf Grass, Sod, Potatoes, Ginseng and Noxious Weeds" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Regulation of Sale and Transportation of Seed">
  <text>The Secretary shall:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Inspect, sample, analyze, test, and examine any seed transported, sold, offered, or exposed for sale in the State for planting purposes, at any time and place and to any extent he deems necessary to determine whether the agricultural, vegetable, herb, flower, tree, or shrub seed complies with the provisions of this subtitle;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Notify promptly the person who transported, sold, offered or exposed the seed for sale, of any violation of this subtitle;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Prescribe, and after public hearing following reasonable notice, adopt rules and regulations governing the methods of inspecting, sampling, analyzing, testing, and examining agricultural, vegetable, herb, flower, tree, and shrub seed, and the tolerances to be followed in administering this subtitle, and any other rule or regulation necessary to enforce this subtitle;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Prescribe, and after public hearing following reasonable notice, adopt or amend by rule or regulation a prohibited and restricted noxious weed list;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>Prescribe, and after public hearing following reasonable notice, adopt rules and regulations establishing reasonable standards of germination for seed;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>Establish and maintain or make provisions for laboratory and field testing of seeds, to employ qualified persons, and incur expenses necessary to comply with these provisions;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>Make or provide for making purity analyses, germination tests, and examinations of seeds for farmers and dealers on request;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>Prescribe rules and regulations governing the analyses, tests, and examinations;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>Fix and collect charges for the analyses, tests, and examinations;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="10">
    <text>Publish the results of the analyses, tests, and examinations made under the provisions of this subtitle, together with any other information deemed advisable;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="11">
    <text>Cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture in seed law enforcement; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="12">
    <text>Direct seed certification work in the State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
