317.13 - PROGRAM OF CONTROL. - Iowa Statutes

317.13 PROGRAM OF CONTROL. The board of supervisors of each county may each year, upon recommendation of the county weed commissioner by resolution prescribe and order a program of weed control for purposes of complying with all sections of this chapter. The county board of supervisors of each county may also by adopting an integrated roadside vegetation management plan prescribe and order a program of weed control for purposes of complying with all sections of this chapter. The program for weed control ordered or adopted by the county board of supervisors shall provide that spraying for control of weeds shall be limited to those circumstances when it is not practical to mow or otherwise control the weeds. The program of weed control shall include a program of permits for the burning, mowing, or spraying of roadsides by private individuals. The county board of supervisors shall allow only that burning, mowing, or spraying of roadsides by private individuals that is consistent with the adopted integrated roadside vegetation management plan. This paragraph applies only to those roadside areas of a county which are included in an integrated roadside vegetation management plan.          Section History: Early Form [S13, § 1565-c, -d; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 4821; C39, § 4829.13; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 317.13]          Section History: Recent Form 85 Acts, ch 171, §3; 89 Acts, ch 246, §9; 90 Acts, ch 1267, § 36 Referred to in § 317.14