80-6-113. Landowner apiary site registrations. (1) The department may grant landowner apiary site registrations under the following conditions:

(a) The applicant must be a landowner and must own the land upon which the apiary site will be located.

(b) The applicant must own the bees and the hives that will be placed on the apiary site.

(c) The bees and the hives must be personally managed and operated by the applicant.

(2) A certificate of registration of a landowner apiary site may not be leased, assigned, or transferred. A person, other than the landowner apiary site registrant, may not exercise any rights or privileges, directly or indirectly, authorized by the certificate of registration.

(3) The department shall attempt to notify any general apiarist with registered apiary sites located within 3 miles of a proposed landowner apiary site of the potential location of the landowner apiary site.

(4) When a landowner apiary business changes to a general apiary business, the landowner apiary sites established and registered with the department as landowner apiary sites under the department's rules in effect prior to July 1, 2009, remain valid regardless of location with regard to other apiary sites, including general apiary sites within 3 miles, as long as the registration of the landowner apiary sites has not been forfeited or abandoned pursuant to 80-6-102 or 80-6-104.