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3-102 - Department organization

3-102 - Department organization 3-102. Department organization A. The Arizona department of agriculture is established consisting of the following divisions: 1. The animal services division, which is responsible for milk, dairy, livestock and aquaculture regulation, the state veterinarian, meat, poultry and egg inspection and performing the administrative functions authorized or contracted pursuant to law for the Arizona beef council. 2. The plant services division, which is responsible for entomological services. 3. The environmental services division, which is responsible for regulating seed, feed and agricultural chemicals, including pesticides and fertilizers, and for native plant protection. 4. The weights and measures services division, which is responsible for the inspection, testing and licensing of commercial weighing, measuring and counting devices. 5. The pest management division, which is responsible for regulating pest management and pest management services as defined in section 3-3601. 6. The citrus, fruit and vegetable division, which is responsible for the citrus, fruit and vegetable standardization and produce safety pr

11-862 - Advisory board; appointment; terms; duties

11-862 - Advisory board; appointment; terms; duties 11-862. Advisory board; appointment; terms; duties A. Any code adopted pursuant to this article shall contain a provision for an advisory board consisting of at least five members in order to determine the suitability of alternative materials and construction and to permit interpretations of the provisions of such code. The advisory board shall consist of at least five but not more than seven members and shall include at least members from the following categories, to the extent the persons meeting the qualifications are available within the county and are residents of such county: 1. An architect duly licensed in the state of Arizona. 2. A professional engineer duly licensed in the state of Arizona. 3. A general contractor duly licensed in the state of Arizona. 4. A person representing the public and a resident of the county. 5. A person engaged in the electrical, mechanical or plumbing trade. B. If the advisory board consists of more than five members, the additional members may be engaged in the construction and design industry. C. The county official charged with the enforcement

3-162 - Arizona register of heritage agriculture; qualifying criteria; definition

3-162 - Arizona register of heritage agriculture; qualifying criteria; definition 3-162. Arizona register of heritage agriculture; qualifying criteria; definition A. The Arizona register of heritage agriculture is established. B. Any person may apply in writing to the historical advisory commission to nominate agricultural property in this state for listing on the register. If the person nominating the property is not the current owner of the property, the nomination must include the current owner’s written assent to the nomination. C. To qualify for listing on the register, the agricultural property must meet both of the following requirements: 1. The property must comprise at least ten acres of real property that has been owned by the same family and in continuous commercial agricultural production for at least fifty years. Property that has been in active production may qualify regardless of occasional periods of inactivity due to: (a) Acts of God. (b) Federal farm conservation programs. (c) Crop rotation practices. (d) Generally accepted range management and pasture rotation practices. (e) Temporarily inadequate water s

3-363 - Rules

3-363 - Rules 3-363. Rules The director shall adopt rules to regulate pesticides that include provisions to: 1. Administer and implement this article. 2. Prescribe measures to control, monitor, inspect and govern pesticide use. 3. Prohibit or restrict pesticide use. 4. Restrict the areas in which pesticide use may occur. 5. Prescribe minimum qualifications for all persons who engage in pesticide use, including, as appropriate, requirements that the persons have valid licenses, permits or certificates, have adequate training, including continuing education requirements, and meet financial responsibility standards. 6. Prescribe appropriate recordkeeping and reporting requirements regarding pesticide use, except that the recordkeeping and reporting requirements for growers and certified private applicators who apply pesticides shall be equivalent to, but not more stringent than, the requirements prescribed under the federal insecticide, fungicide and rodenticide act (61 Stat. 163) and the food, agriculture, conservation and trade act of 1990 (P.L. 101-624; 104 Stat. 3359). 7. Prohibit pesticide use that is inconsistent with the pesticid

3-726 - Imported egg products; permit; inspection; certificate; containers; fee

3-726 - Imported egg products; permit; inspection; certificate; containers; fee 3-726. Imported egg products; permit; inspection; certificate; containers; fee A. A person shall not sell for human consumption in this state egg products imported into the state from without the United States until they have been inspected by an inspector and are found to be fit for human consumption and unless a permit authorizing the sale has been issued. An inspector shall cause an inspection of the egg products to be made, and if they are found to be fit for human consumption, the division shall issue to the importer or consignee a permit authorizing the sale thereof, together with certificates of inspection equal in number to the containers in which the egg products are packed. B. The certificates of inspection shall be in the form the division deems appropriate and shall have printed upon a white background in plain black letters not less than one inch high, frozen eggs, liquid eggs, dried eggs or egg products imported into the state of Arizona from without the United States, and inspected (inserting the date) by the Arizona department of agriculture. The certificates sha

3-127 - Agricultural workforce development program; rules; apprentices; costs; annual report; definitions

3-127 - Agricultural workforce development program; rules; apprentices; costs; annual report; definitions 3-127. Agricultural workforce development program; rules; apprentices; costs; annual report; definitions A. The university of Arizona cooperative extension office shall establish the agricultural workforce development program to provide incentives to food-producing agricultural organizations to hire apprentices by partially reimbursing apprenticeship costs. B. The director of the university of Arizona cooperative extension office shall adopt rules to carry out this section. At a minimum, the rules shall do all of the following: 1. Establish qualifications for food-producing agricultural organizations to participate in the program, including need and the ability to effectively supervise apprentices and provide the apprentices with meaningful work experience that is focused on agricultural food production. 2. Provide a preference for food-producing agricultural organizations owned or operated by farmers and ranchers who are located in rural or tribal areas or who are historically underserved. 3. Require participating food-producing agricultu

A.R.S. § 3-00102 — 3-102 - Department organization

3-102 - Department organization 3-102. Department organization A. The Arizona department of agriculture is established consisting of the following divisions: 1. The animal services division, which is responsible for milk, dairy, livestock and aquaculture regulation, the state veterinarian, meat, poultry and egg inspection and performing the administrative functions authorized or contracted pursuant to law for the Arizona beef council. 2. The plant services division, which is responsible for entomological services. 3. The environmental services division, which is responsible for regulating seed, feed and agricultural chemicals, including pesticides and fertilizers, and for native plant protection. 4. The weights and measures services division, which is responsible for the inspection, testing and licensing of commercial weighing, measuring and counting devices. 5. The pest management division, which is responsible for regulating pest management and pest management services as defined in section 3-3601. 6. The citrus, fruit and vegetable division, which is responsible for the citrus, fruit and vegetable standardization and produce safety program under chapter 3, articles 2, 4, 4.1 and 4.3 of this title. B. The following are established in addition to and separate from the divisions of the department: 1. The state agricultural laboratory. 2. The office of agriculture safety. 3. The office of inspections. 4. The office of commodity development and promotion. C. The department shall have a central administrative service office providing: 1. Data processing, accounting and budgeting, records management, publications, property control and personnel services and training. 2. A program to cross-train appropriate personnel to enable them to perform similar functions or comparable work for different administrative units in the department.

A.R.S. § 11-00862 — 11-862 - Advisory board; appointment; terms; duties

11-862 - Advisory board; appointment; terms; duties 11-862. Advisory board; appointment; terms; duties A. Any code adopted pursuant to this article shall contain a provision for an advisory board consisting of at least five members in order to determine the suitability of alternative materials and construction and to permit interpretations of the provisions of such code. The advisory board shall consist of at least five but not more than seven members and shall include at least members from the following categories, to the extent the persons meeting the qualifications are available within the county and are residents of such county: 1. An architect duly licensed in the state of Arizona. 2. A professional engineer duly licensed in the state of Arizona. 3. A general contractor duly licensed in the state of Arizona. 4. A person representing the public and a resident of the county. 5. A person engaged in the electrical, mechanical or plumbing trade. B. If the advisory board consists of more than five members, the additional members may be engaged in the construction and design industry. C. The county official charged with the enforcement of the code shall serve, without vote, as an ex officio member of the board and shall act as secretary. D. Each appointee shall have substantial experience in the field covered by the particular code. Except as provided in subsection F of this section, members of the advisory board shall be appointed by the board of supervisors. Members shall be appointed for a term of four years, staggered so that at least one but no more than two terms expire each year. Vacancies shall be filled for an unexpired term in the manner in which original appointments are required to be made. E. The functions and duties of the advisory board may be specified by regulation by the board of supervisors. F. If the county and a city or town contract to provide for enforcement of codes pursuant to section 11-863, by intergovernmental agreement pursuant to chapter 7, article 3 of this title, the manner in which appointments are made to the advisory board may be specified in the agreement.

A.R.S. § 3-00127 — 3-127 - Agricultural workforce development program; rules; apprentices; costs; annual report; definitions

3-127 - Agricultural workforce development program; rules; apprentices; costs; annual report; definitions 3-127. Agricultural workforce development program; rules; apprentices; costs; annual report; definitions A. The university of Arizona cooperative extension office shall establish the agricultural workforce development program to provide incentives to food-producing agricultural organizations to hire apprentices by partially reimbursing apprenticeship costs. B. The director of the university of Arizona cooperative extension office shall adopt rules to carry out this section. At a minimum, the rules shall do all of the following: 1. Establish qualifications for food-producing agricultural organizations to participate in the program, including need and the ability to effectively supervise apprentices and provide the apprentices with meaningful work experience that is focused on agricultural food production. 2. Provide a preference for food-producing agricultural organizations owned or operated by farmers and ranchers who are located in rural or tribal areas or who are historically underserved. 3. Require participating food-producing agricultural organizations to pay apprentices an hourly wage rate that is at least the minimum wage established by this state pursuant to section 23-363. 4. Establish criteria for participating food-producing agricultural organizations to select qualified apprentices, including required educational experience and the ability to perform meaningful work. 5. Establish the process and time frame for selecting qualified food-producing agricultural organizations and qualified apprentices. 6. Establish accounting requirements for tracking apprenticeship costs. 7. Establish the process for participating food-producing agricultural organizations to seek reimbursement. 8. Seek input from community stakeholders to establish and administer the program. C. Subject to legislative appropriation, the cooperative extension office may reimburse a participating food-producing agricultural organization up to the amount of the actual cost to the food-producing agricultural organization to employ an apprentice. Based on the annual legislative appropriation for the program, the director shall determine the number of apprenticeships to approve, the amount of reimbursement per apprenticeship and whether a participating food-producing agricultural organization may be reimbursed for more than one apprenticeship in the same fiscal year. D. The cooperative extension office may use up to ten percent of the monies appropriated for the program for the administrative costs of this section. E. On or before December 1 each year, the cooperative extension office shall submit a report regarding the effectiveness of the program in achieving the program's purpose to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state. F. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Actual cost" means the wages paid to an apprentice, a reasonable allocation of fixed overhead expenses and all incidental costs directly related to the apprenticeship. 2. "Agricultural organization" means a business, nonprofit organization, community college or state university program related to agriculture. 3. "Historically underserved": (a) Means a beginning farmer or rancher, a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher or a veteran farmer or rancher as defined in 7 United States Code section 2279. (b) Includes other limited-resource farmers or ranchers.

A.R.S. § 3-00162 — 3-162 - Arizona register of heritage agriculture; qualifying criteria; definition

3-162 - Arizona register of heritage agriculture; qualifying criteria; definition 3-162. Arizona register of heritage agriculture; qualifying criteria; definition A. The Arizona register of heritage agriculture is established. B. Any person may apply in writing to the historical advisory commission to nominate agricultural property in this state for listing on the register. If the person nominating the property is not the current owner of the property, the nomination must include the current owner’s written assent to the nomination. C. To qualify for listing on the register, the agricultural property must meet both of the following requirements: 1. The property must comprise at least ten acres of real property that has been owned by the same family and in continuous commercial agricultural production for at least fifty years. Property that has been in active production may qualify regardless of occasional periods of inactivity due to: (a) Acts of God. (b) Federal farm conservation programs. (c) Crop rotation practices. (d) Generally accepted range management and pasture rotation practices. (e) Temporarily inadequate water supplies. 2. The property must include at least one house, barn, shed, crib, granary, silo, windmill or fence that is at least twenty-five years old. D. For purposes of this section, "family" includes individuals or a trust, estate, corporation, partnership, joint venture or similar entity or combination of entities, if the individuals or at least eighty per cent of the beneficiaries, shareholders, partners or joint venturers share a family relationship as parents or ancestors of parents, children or descendants of children, siblings, cousins of the first degree, aunts, uncles, nieces or nephews of the first degree, spouses of any of the listed relatives and listed relatives by the half-blood or by adoption.

A.R.S. § 3-00363 — 3-363 - Rules

3-363 - Rules 3-363. Rules The director shall adopt rules to regulate pesticides that include provisions to: 1. Administer and implement this article. 2. Prescribe measures to control, monitor, inspect and govern pesticide use. 3. Prohibit or restrict pesticide use. 4. Restrict the areas in which pesticide use may occur. 5. Prescribe minimum qualifications for all persons who engage in pesticide use, including, as appropriate, requirements that the persons have valid licenses, permits or certificates, have adequate training, including continuing education requirements, and meet financial responsibility standards. 6. Prescribe appropriate recordkeeping and reporting requirements regarding pesticide use, except that the recordkeeping and reporting requirements for growers and certified private applicators who apply pesticides shall be equivalent to, but not more stringent than, the requirements prescribed under the federal insecticide, fungicide and rodenticide act (61 Stat. 163) and the food, agriculture, conservation and trade act of 1990 (P.L. 101-624; 104 Stat. 3359). 7. Prohibit pesticide use that is inconsistent with the pesticide label as required under the federal insecticide, fungicide and rodenticide act (61 Stat. 163). 8. Exempt from regulation under this article pesticide use that is regulated in chapter 20 of this title. 9. Issue licenses, permits and certificates for pesticide use, as appropriate, having terms of one or more years. 10. Charge and collect the following fees for each permit, license and certification under this article: (a) Not more than twenty dollars per year for a grower permit. (b) Not more than one hundred dollars per year for a seller permit. (c) Not more than one hundred dollars per year for a custom applicator license. (d) Not more than fifty dollars per year for a pilot license. (e) Not more than fifty dollars per year for a pest control advisor license. (f) Not more than twenty-five dollars per year for a piece of equipment used to apply pesticides by a custom applicator. (g) Not more than fifty dollars per year for restricted use certification. (h) Not more than the amount set by the director by rule for a license or certificate for pesticide use on golf courses. 11. Establish a nonexclusive list of acts and omissions that constitute serious, nonserious and de minimis violations of this article. 12. Establish a system of administrative penalties and fines for violations of this article and any rules adopted under this article.  Under this system: (a) Violators shall be assessed a number of points for each violation, depending on such factors as: (i) Potential and actual consequences of the violation on public and worker health and safety and the environment. (ii) The wrongfulness of the conduct. (iii) The degree of culpability of the violator. (iv) The duration of the violation. (v) Prior violations or citations. (b) Penalties shall be assessed depending on the number of points accrued by the violator.

A.R.S. § 3-00726 — 3-726 - Imported egg products; permit; inspection; certificate; containers; fee

3-726 - Imported egg products; permit; inspection; certificate; containers; fee 3-726. Imported egg products; permit; inspection; certificate; containers; fee A. A person shall not sell for human consumption in this state egg products imported into the state from without the United States until they have been inspected by an inspector and are found to be fit for human consumption and unless a permit authorizing the sale has been issued. An inspector shall cause an inspection of the egg products to be made, and if they are found to be fit for human consumption, the division shall issue to the importer or consignee a permit authorizing the sale thereof, together with certificates of inspection equal in number to the containers in which the egg products are packed. B. The certificates of inspection shall be in the form the division deems appropriate and shall have printed upon a white background in plain black letters not less than one inch high, frozen eggs, liquid eggs, dried eggs or egg products imported into the state of Arizona from without the United States, and inspected (inserting the date) by the Arizona department of agriculture. The certificates shall be printed upon gummed, adhesive labels, and the importer or consignee shall affix or cause to be affixed one certificate to each container so that the inspection certificate shall be plainly visible to the buyer. C. The egg products referred to in subsection A imported into the state from without the United States shall be sold only in or from the original container. No certificate of inspection shall be removed from the container or defaced, and no container upon which an inspection certificate has been affixed shall be used as a receptacle for egg products imported into the state from without the United States which have not been inspected and pronounced fit for human consumption. D. The importer or consignee shall pay in advance for the inspection. The inspection fee for each certificate shall be fixed by the director in accordance with the fees and charges of the United States department of agriculture.