Invasive plants prohibited — exception — penalty
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §317.25] 89 Acts, ch 193, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1111, §1; 91 Acts, ch 5, §1; 91 Acts, ch 258, §46; 2001 Acts, ch 91, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1050, §31; 2013 Acts, ch 74, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §72; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §90; 2017 Acts, ch 101, §4
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a. A person shall not import, sell, offer for sale, or distribute in this state in any form, including the seeds, any of the following plants:
- (1) Teasel (Dipsacus) biennial.
- (2) Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora).
- (3) Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria).
- (4) Purple loosestrife (Lythrum virgatum).
- (5) Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata).
- (6) Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus).
- (7) Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica).
- (8) Japanese hop (Humulus japonicus).
- (9) Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri).
- b. However, paragraph “a” does not prohibit the sale, offer for sale, or distribution of the multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora) used for understock for either cultivated roses or ornamental shrubs in gardens.
- 2. Any person violating subsection 1 commits a public offense and is subject to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §317.25] 89 Acts, ch 193, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1111, §1; 91 Acts, ch 5, §1; 91 Acts, ch 258, §46; 2001 Acts, ch 91, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1050, §31; 2013 Acts, ch 74, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §72; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §90; 2017 Acts, ch 101, §4