Arkansas State Plant Board v. Bullock

Tom Glaze, Justice.

The Arkansas State Plant Board brings this appeal from the Arkansas County Circuit Court’s decision reversing the Board’s determination that Billy Paul Bullock, d/b/a Bullock Flying Service (BFS), a crop-dusting service, unlawfully used a pesticide in violation of Ark. Code Ann. § 20-20-214(a)(2) (Repl. 2000). We take jurisdiction of the appeal under Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 1 — 2(b)(6) because it involves a substantial question of law concerning the interpretation of a statute, Ark. Code. Ann. § 2-16-203(b) (Supp. 1999), and the Board’s penalty matrix regulation authorized under…