KRS 249.040: Establishment of quarantines.

The state entomologist shall, with the advice and consent of the director and the

Commissioner, establish and maintain quarantines against the importation into this state

and against the transportation within this state, of any trees, plants, and parts of plants,

whether nursery-grown or not, from any state or from any county within the state where

the plants or parts of plants are known to be affected with dangerous insect pests or plant

diseases. He shall designate in announcements of quarantines the area quarantined,

whether it constitutes a part of this state or of some other state.