HB 195 — Session Law

… e 1 of 4 CHAPTER 181 FORMERLY HOUSE BILL NO. 195 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE: Section 1. Amend Chapter 75 of Title 3 of the …

… an foul brood or any other infectious or contagious disease pronounced detrimental to beekeeping by the Department of Agriculture or the State Apiarist. (5) "Bee equipment" means hives, supers, frames, sections, wax foundation, wax, comb and hone …

… tement, containment, eradication, extermination or suppression. (13) “Department” means the Delaware Department of Agriculture. (14) “Eradication” means to burn or discard of bees, combs, and frames, or other equipment. (15) “Exotic mite” me …

… taken. Page 2 of 4 § 7502 State Apiarist and inspectors; appointment, duties and powers. (a) The Department of Agriculture shall appoint a competent State Apiarist, who shall have adequate experience in practical beekeeping, and who shall w …

… § 7503 Inspection; quarantine; destruction of bees; appeal. For the enforcement of this chapter, the Department of Agriculture, the State Apiarist and the state bee inspectors may enter upon any public or private premises, and shall have access …

… ey bee exists in such apiaries, the State Apiarist or the bee inspector, subject to the approval of the Department of Agriculture, shall declare such apiaries to be each the center of a quarantine zone in the form of a circle 3three miles in radiu …

… ne regulation issued hereunder, or interferes in any way with the duly-appointed representatives of the Department of Agriculture in the discharge of the duties spe cified in this chapter shall be subject to the assessment of a civil penalty of no …

… should be assessed. No civil penalty shall be imposed until an administrative hearing is held before the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary's designee. No civil penalty shall be assessed unless the person charged shall have bee n given noti …