§ 19-5-998 - Arkansas Statutes

Second of 2 versions of this section

19-5-998. Abandoned Agricultural Pesticide and Plant Regulator Disposal Trust Fund. [Effective July 1, 2010.]

(a) Fund Created. (1) There is hereby created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State the "Abandoned Agricultural Pesticide and Plant Regulator Disposal Trust Fund" to consist of funds transferred therein from the Remedial Action Trust Fund and such other funds as are made available by law.

(2) The fund shall be used by the State Plant Board to defray the costs of developing and implementing a plan for the disposal of abandoned agricultural pesticides and plant regulators.

(b) Intent of Fund. The General Assembly intends to provide a method for disposal of agricultural pesticides which have been abandoned due to a change of ownership of the real property or a change in agricultural practices in a region of the state.

(c) Definitions. As used in this section:

(1) "Abandoned" means chemicals which are no longer used and for which there is no planned use;

(2) "Agricultural pesticide" means any substance or mixture of substances:

(A) (i) Intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pests; or

(ii) Intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant; and

(B) Intended to be used as a spray adjuvant; and

(3) (A) "Plant regulator" means any substance or mixture of substances intended through physiological action for accelerating or retarding the rate of growth or rate of maturation or for otherwise altering the behavior of plants or the produce thereof.

(B) The term shall not include substances to the extent that they are intended as plant nutrients, trace elements, nutritional chemicals, plant inoculants, or soil amendments.