Sec.22-84-5b. Survey and eradication program in infested areas of Connecticut

Nursery stock and other regulated items shall be examined by state inspectors or other persons authorized by the Director of The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Upon discovery of living Callidiellum rufipenne, state inspectors shall quarantine regulated items and survey public and private areas surrounding the initial point of infestation to determine the extent of the insect pest's geographic distribution. Infested trees or other regulated items shipped into Connecticut may be returned to the point of origin by the Connecticut receivers at the shipper's expense or, upon direction by authorized state officials, may be ordered destroyed by incineration, burning, burial or other approved methods or treated by acceptable procedures without expense to or indemnity paid by The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station or the State of Connecticut. When infested regulated items are received by state inspectors or authorized persons for the purpose of destruction, a certificate shall be given to the owner of said regulated items indicating the number of trees or amounts of regulated materials surrendered by the owner.

(Adopted effective June 24, 1999)