190C.21 - GENERAL ENFORCEMENT.

        190C.21  GENERAL ENFORCEMENT.
         1.  The department acting as a state certifying agent and on
      behalf of the secretary who elects to act as the state organic
      program's governing state official shall enforce this chapter.
         2.  To the extent authorized by the national organic program, the
      attorney general shall assist the department in enforcing this
      chapter.  The department or the attorney general may commence legal
      proceedings in district court to enforce a provision of this chapter.
      If the attorney general assists the department under this section,
      the attorney general may commence the legal proceedings at the
      request of the department or upon the attorney general's own
      initiative.
         3.  This chapter does not require the department or attorney
      general to institute a proceeding for a minor violation if the
      department or attorney general concludes that the public interest
      will be best served by a suitable notice of warning in writing.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         98 Acts, ch 1205, §11, 20; 2003 Acts, ch 104, §12, 21
         Referred to in § 190C.3, 190C.26