80-11-401. Findings -- purpose. (1) The legislature finds that:
     (a) It is in the best interest of the people of Montana that the abundant natural resources of the state be protected, fully developed, and uniformly distributed.
     (b) Plant and pest diseases threaten the mint oil industry in Montana because of a lack of regulatory enforcement capability.
     (c) It is in the interest of the people and to the benefit of the general welfare of the state that avoidable economic waste be eliminated as a result of mint growers having at their disposal all available information on the best and most advanced methods of culture, growing, and harvesting mint and controlling mint diseases and pests.
     (2) The purpose of this part is to promote the general welfare of the people of Montana by:
     (a) improving the culture and production of mint grown in this state;
     (b) developing and improving control measures for diseases and pests that attack mint in order to maintain disease-free Montana mint; and
     (c) disseminating appropriate information to Montana mint growers.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 182, L. 1989.