- (1) The Commissioner is authorized to stop a person and to inspect any article or means of transportation or conveyance moving into, within, or from the State of Tennessee when he has reasonable grounds or probable cause to believe that such items are infested with the boll weevil; and the Commissioner is authorized to seize, treat, destroy, or otherwise dispose of any articles found to be moving in violation of these rules
Authority: T.C.A. §§43-6-406 and 43-6-409. Administrative History: Original rule filed January 23, 1995; effective May 31, 1995. Amendment filed September 17, 1998; effective January 28, 1999.