[§150A-11.2] Federal and state quarantines; enforcement; cooperative agreements. (a) The department may enter into cooperative agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture and other federal, state, or county agencies to assist in the enforcement of federal quarantines. The department may seize, destroy, or require treatment of articles moved from a federally regulated area if the articles were not moved in accordance with the federal quarantine rules or, if certified, the articles were found to be infested with the pest.
(b) Interstate shipments for entry into this State shall be subject to the following:
(1) A regulated or restricted article shall not enter this State if it is prohibited from interstate movement pursuant to a federal quarantine; or
(2) The owner or carrier of regulated or restricted articles that are reportedly originating in nonregulated areas of a quarantined state shall provide proof of origin of the regulated or restricted articles through a waybill, or other shipping document, unless otherwise required in title 7 Code of Federal Regulations part 301.
"Federal quarantine" means a regulatory action imposed by the federal government, including the United States Department of Agriculture or the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, to prevent the introduction, spread, or dissemination of pests in the United States.
"Quarantined state" means any state or any portion thereof, designated as a quarantined area in accordance with any federal regulation or order of the United States Secretary of Agriculture or the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
"Regulated or restricted article" means any article identified as a regulated article by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture or the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
"State" means any of the several states of the United States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, or any other territory or possession of the United States. [L 2025, c 190, §2]