317.8 - DUTY OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE OR SECRETARY'S DESIGNEE. - Iowa Statutes

317.8 DUTY OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE OR SECRETARY'S DESIGNEE. The secretary of agriculture or the secretary's designee is vested with the following duties, powers and responsibilities: 1. The secretary or the secretary's designee shall serve as state weed commissioner, and shall co-operate with all boards of supervisors and weed commissioners, and shall furnish blank forms for reports made by the supervisors and commissioners. 2. The secretary or the secretary's designee may, upon recommendation of the state botanist, temporarily declare noxious any new weed appearing in the state which possesses the characteristics of a serious pest. 3. The secretary or the secretary's designee shall aid the supervisors in the interpretation of the weed law, and make suggestions to promote extermination of noxious weeds. 4. The secretary or the secretary's designee shall aid the supervisors in enforcement of the weed law as it applies to all state lands, state parks and primary roads, and may impose a maximum penalty of a ten dollar fine for each day, up to ten days, that the state agency in control of land fails to comply with an order for destruction of weeds made pursuant to this chapter.          Section History: Early Form [S13, § 1565-c, -d, -f; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 4817; C39, § 4829.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 317.8]          Section History: Recent Form 85 Acts, ch 171, §2; 87 Acts, ch 115, §48