41-20-24Control and mitigation of damage by forest insects and diseases.

The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, through the state forester, may take action to control or mitigate the damage caused by forest insects and diseases on all state and privately owned forestlands or privately owned lands, and to establish the maximum state-federal cost share assistance available to private landowners for such control measures.

Source: SL 2013, ch 196, § 15; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.