Illinois Code § 2

§ 2.

Words used in this Act shall be construed to import either the plural or the singular, as the case demands. For the purposes of this Act, the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean: Compliance agreement - A written agreement between a person engaged in growing, handling, or moving nursery stock, plants, and plant products, plant insects, or any combination of those items and the Director, in which the former agrees to specified conditions, requirements, or both, in order to remain compliant with the terms of a plant or plant-insect quarantine. Devastating insect or plant disease - An insect or plant disease, for which a quarantine exists, that the Director determines could have a serious and devastating effect on the nursery industry or environment. Director - The Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture or his or her authorized representative. Department - The Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois. Insect Pests - Insects, crustaceans, arachnids and vermes injurious to plants, plant products, animals and man. Plant Diseases - Fungi bacteria, nematodes, protozoans and viruses injurious to plants and plant products, and the pathological condition in plants and plant products, caused by fungi bacteria, nematodes, protozoans and viruses. Nursery Stock - All field-grown and native trees, Christmas trees, sod, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit-pits and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs; also other plants and plant products for, or capable of, propagation, excepting field, vegetable and flower seeds, bedding plants, and other herbaceous plants, bulbs and roots. Plants and Plant Products - Trees, shrubs, vines, forage and cereal plants and all other plants; cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, and all other parts of plants; and fruit, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, wood, lumber, and all other parts of plants and plant products. Nursery - Any grounds or premises on or in which nursery stock is propagated and grown or from which nursery stock is collected for sale, or any grounds or premises on or in which nursery stock is being fumigated, treated, packed or stored. Nurseryman - Any person who owns, leases, manages, or is in charge of a nursery, and who propagates nursery stock. Nursery Dealer - Any person or landscaper not a grower of nursery stock in this State, who buys, sells, ships, or distributes nursery stock for commercial or monetary gain in the State of Illinois. Landscaper - Any person who is engaged in development and decorative planting of gardens and grounds for commercial or monetary gain and who uses nursery stock in his landscape development. Person - Includes a corporation, company, society, association, partnership, governmental agency and any individual or combination of individuals. (Source: P.A. 91-713, eff. 6-2-00.)