317.3 Weed commissioner — standards for noxious weed control.
1. The board of supervisors of each county may annually appoint a county weed commissioner who may be a person otherwise employed by the county and who passes minimum standards established by the department of agriculture and land stewardship for noxious weed identification and the recognized methods for noxious weed control and elimination. The county weed commissioner’s appointment shall be effective as of March 1 and shall continue for a term at the discretion of the board of supervisors unless the commissioner is removed from office as provided for by law. The name and address of the person appointed as county weed commissioner shall be certified to the county auditor and to the secretary of agriculture within ten days of the appointment.
2. The board of supervisors shall fix the compensation of the county weed commissioner and deputies. Compensation shall be for the period of actual work only, although a weed commissioner assigned other duties not related to weed eradication may receive an annual salary. The board of supervisors shall likewise determine whether employment shall be by hour, day, or month and the rate of pay for the employment time. In addition to compensation, the commissioner and deputies shall be paid their necessary travel expenses.
3. At the discretion of the board of supervisors, the weed commissioner shall attend a seminar or school conducted or approved by the department of agriculture and land stewardship relating to the identification, control, and elimination of noxious weeds. The county weed commissioner may, with the approval of the board of supervisors, require that commercial applicators and their appropriate employees pass the same standards for noxious weed identification as established by the department of agriculture and land stewardship.
4. The board of supervisors shall prescribe the time of year the weed commissioner shall perform the powers and duties of county weed commissioner under this chapter which may be during that time of year when noxious weeds can effectively be killed.
[S13, §1565-c, -d, -f; C24, 27, §4817; C31, 35, §4817, 4817-d1; C39, §4829.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §317.3]
83 Acts, ch 123, §119, 209; 85 Acts, ch 160, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1173, §14; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §80
Referred to in §331.321
Structure Iowa Code
Section 317.1A - Noxious weeds.
Section 317.1B - State weed commissioner.
Section 317.1C - Department — powers and duties.
Section 317.1D - Exemption — Iowa hemp Act.
Section 317.2 - State botanist.
Section 317.3 - Weed commissioner — standards for noxious weed control.
Section 317.4 - Direction and control.
Section 317.5 - Weeds in abandoned cemeteries.
Section 317.6 - Entering land to destroy weeds — notice.
Section 317.7 - Report to board.
Section 317.8 - Duty of secretary of agriculture or secretary’s designee.
Section 317.9 - Duty of board to enforce.
Section 317.10 - Duty of owner or tenant.
Section 317.11 - Weeds on roads — harvesting of grass.
Section 317.12 - Weeds on railroad or public lands and gravel pits.
Section 317.13 - Program of control or eradication.
Section 317.14 - Notice of program.
Section 317.15 - Loss or damage to crops.
Section 317.16 - Failure to comply.
Section 317.17 - Additional noxious weeds.
Section 317.18 - Order for weed control or eradication on roads.
Section 317.19 - Road clearing appropriation.
Section 317.20 - Equipment and materials — use on private property.
Section 317.21 - Cost of weed destruction.
Section 317.22 - Duty of highway maintenance personnel.
Section 317.23 - Duty of county attorney.
Section 317.24 - Punishment of officer.
Section 317.25 - Invasive plants prohibited — exception — penalty.