11-9-108. Cease and desist orders; quarantine; confiscation; destruction or removal of nursery stock; hearing; final orders; enforcement.

(a) The department is authorized to issue cease and desist orders to any nursery stock dealer, quarantine any place of nursery stock business or order confiscation, destruction or removal from the state, of any nursery stock the department determines poses a serious risk of introducing or spreading injurious insects, plant diseases, other pests or prohibited, restricted, regulated or designated noxious weeds within the state.

(b) All notices and orders required to be served by the department under this article shall be served by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the nursery stock dealer or may be served as provided by the Wyoming rules of civil procedure. The notice of an order issued by the department under this article shall include:

(i) A statement of the grounds for issuing the order, including a citation of the statute or rule involved;

(ii) A statement of the supporting facts;

(iii) A statement informing the nursery stock dealer subject to the order of the right to a hearing on the order before the director, right of appeal of any subsequent order in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and that failure to timely request a hearing shall result in the order becoming final; and

(iv) A copy of the order.

(c) A request for a hearing on a proposed order issued by the department under this article shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the director no later than seven (7) days after receipt of the notice from the department. The director shall hold the hearing not later than fifteen (15) days after receipt of the request for hearing, unless the nursery stock dealer subject to the proposed order requests an extension of time for good cause shown.

(d) A hearing on a proposed order issued under this article shall be a contested case hearing conducted in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. After the hearing, the director shall issue findings of fact and conclusions of law and a final decision either confirming or dismissing the proposed order. The director shall confirm a proposed order only if the director finds by a preponderance of the evidence that grounds exist under this article for issuing the proposed order. Otherwise, the director shall dismiss the proposed order. If the director confirms a proposed order it shall become a final order.

(e) The department shall serve a final order upon the nursery stock dealer who is the subject of the order. The final order shall take effect upon service and shall remain in effect until the department or a court of competent jurisdiction terminates the final order. The nursery stock dealer who is the subject of the final order may appeal the issuance of the final order in accordance with Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.

(f) On or after the effective date of a final order under this article, the attorney general, upon request from the department, may apply to the district court of the county in which the nursery is located or the county where the violations of this article occurred, for enforcement of the final order.