RCW 17.10.080
State noxious weed list—Hearing—Adoption—Guidelines for placing plants on the list—Dissemination.
(1) The state noxious weed control board shall each year or more often, following a hearing, adopt a state noxious weed list.
(2) The state noxious weed control board shall adopt guidelines by rule for placing plants on the state noxious weed list. These guidelines must include criteria for reconsideration of proposed new species that were not adopted by the state noxious weed control board, including the need for the board to be presented with additional data from scientific sources regarding any invasive and noxious qualities of the species and from existing positive economic benefits before taking any action.
(3) Any person may request during a comment period established by the state noxious weed control board the inclusion, deletion, or designation change of any plant to the state noxious weed list.
(4) The state noxious weed control board shall send a copy of the list to each activated county noxious weed control board, to each weed district, and to the county legislative authority of each county with an inactive noxious weed control board.
(5) The record of rule making must include the written findings of the board for the inclusion of each plant on the list. The findings shall be made available upon request to any interested person.
[ 2011 c 126 § 1; 1997 c 353 § 10; 1989 c 175 § 57; 1987 c 438 § 8; 1975 1st ex.s. c 13 § 5; 1969 ex.s. c 113 § 8.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests
Chapter 17.10 - Noxious Weeds—Control Boards.
17.10.007 - Purpose—Construction—1975 1st ex.s. c 13.
17.10.020 - County noxious weed control boards—Created—Jurisdiction—Inactive status.
17.10.040 - Activation of inactive county noxious weed control board.
17.10.070 - State noxious weed control board—Powers—Report.
17.10.090 - State noxious weed list—Selection of weeds for control by county board.
17.10.110 - Regional noxious weed control board—Creation.
17.10.130 - Regional noxious weed control board—Powers and duties.
17.10.134 - Liability of county and regional noxious weed control boards.
17.10.140 - Owner's duty to control spread of noxious weeds.
17.10.154 - Owners' agreements with county noxious weed control boards—Terms—Enforcement.
17.10.180 - Hearing on liability for expense of control—Notice—Review.
17.10.190 - Notice and information as to noxious weed control.
17.10.201 - Noxious weed control on federal and tribal lands—State and county cooperation.
17.10.205 - Control of noxious weeds in open areas.
17.10.210 - Quarantine of land—Order—Expense.
17.10.230 - Violations—Penalty.
17.10.250 - Applications for noxious weed control funds.
17.10.270 - Noxious weed control boards—Authority to obtain insurance or surety bonds.
17.10.280 - Lien for labor, material, equipment used in controlling noxious weeds.
17.10.290 - Lien for labor, material, equipment used in controlling noxious weeds—Notice of lien.
17.10.310 - Notice of infraction—Issuance.
17.10.350 - Infraction—Penalty.
17.10.890 - Deactivation of county noxious weed control board—Hearing.
17.10.900 - Weed districts—Continuation—Dissolution—Transfer of assessment funds.