Boll Weevil Exterior Quarantine

PURPOSE: This rule is to prevent the reintroduction and spread of boll weevil from other states. (1) In order to prevent the reintroduction of boll weevil from other states, upon implementation of an eradication program, an exterior quarantine is hereby established against boll weevil throughout the following states: (A) Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and any other area where cotton is grown; and (B) Any regulated article moving into an eradication zone, or an area declared to be free of boll weevil in the state of Missouri, must be certified free of boll weevil and a copy of the certificate must accompany the article. AUTHORITY: sections 263.505 and 263.515, RSMo Supp. 1998.* Original rule filed June 29, 1999, effective Dec. 30, 1999. *Original authority: 263.505, RSMo 1995 and 263.515, RSMo 1995.