Utah Code § 4-15-102: Background and purpose.

The Legislature finds that:

(1) nursery stock can harbor and vector plant pests and diseases;

(2) unregulated production and shipping of nursery stock presents an unacceptable risk to the state's agricultural, forestry, and horticultural interests, and to the state's general environmental quality; and

(3) it is necessary to ensure that nurseries produce healthy plants and that nursery stock shipped to other nurseries, brokers, and out-of-state customers meets national nursery stock cleanliness standards.