Title VIII, TRANSPORTATION (Ch. 306 - 330B)

The department shall be responsible for the development of qualifying projects under this chapter in the same manner as prescribed for primary road system improvements under chapter 313 , including surveys, plans, specifications, bids, contracts, supervision and inspection. The d…

As used in this chapter the term: 1. “Administrative rules” means all rules subject to the provisions of chapter 17A . 2. “Business” means any lawful activity, excepting a farm operation, conducted primarily: a. For the purchase, sale, lease and rental of personal and real proper…

Except for any federal or state law providing low-income housing assistance, a payment received by a displaced person under this chapter shall not be considered as income for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under an…

In order to prevent unnecessary expenses and duplications of functions, and to promote uniform and effective administration of relocation assistance programs for displaced persons, the displacing agency may enter into contracts with any individual, firm, association, or corporati…

1. Funds appropriated or otherwise available to any state agency for a program or project shall also be available to carry out the provisions of this chapter . 2. Payments and expenditures under this chapter for highway projects are incident to and arise out of the construction, …

The department may do all things necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and to secure federal grants to make the payments required by this chapter , but the absence of federal aid to make such payments shall not discharge the obligation to make the payments. The de…

1. The provisions of this chapter shall not affect the validity of any property acquisitions by purchase or condemnation. 2. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as creating in any condemnation proceedings brought under the power of eminent domain, any element of value or o…

1. The purpose of this chapter is to establish a uniform policy for the fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced as a result of federally assisted programs or projects in order that the persons shall not suffer disproportionate injuries as a result of programs or project…

1. If a program or project undertaken by a displacing agency will result in the displacement of a person, the displacing agency shall make a payment to the displaced person, upon proper application as approved by the displacing agency, for actual reasonable and necessary expenses…

1. In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this chapter , the displacing agency shall make an additional payment to a displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by the displaced person for not less than one hundred eighty days immediatel…

In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this chapter , the displacing agency shall make a payment to or for a displaced person, displaced from a dwelling, not eligible to receive a payment under section 316.5 , which dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by the displ…

1. A displacing agency shall ensure that relocation assistance advisory services are made available to all persons displaced by the displacing agency. If the displacing agency determines that a person occupying property adjacent to the real property where the displacing activity …

1. If a project cannot proceed on a timely basis because comparable replacement dwellings are not available, and the displacing agency determines that such dwellings cannot otherwise be made available, the displacing agency may take such action as is necessary or appropriate to p…

1. The department shall adopt administrative rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary to effect the provisions of this chapter and to assure: a. Compliance with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 , Pub. L. No. 91-646 , as amende…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Book” , “list” , “record” , or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1 . 2. “Commissioner” means t…

Each owner and each person in the possession or control of any lands shall cut, burn, or otherwise destroy, in whatever manner may be prescribed by the board of supervisors, all noxious weeds thereon as defined in this chapter at such times in each year and in such manner as shal…

1. The county boards of supervisors and the state department of transportation shall control or eradicate noxious weeds growing on the roads under their jurisdiction. 2. Nothing under this chapter shall prevent the landowner from harvesting, in proper season on or after July 15, …

All noxious weeds on railroad lands, public lands and within incorporated cities shall be treated in such manner, approved by the board of supervisors, as shall prevent seed production and either destroy or prevent the spread of noxious weeds to adjoining lands. Gravel pits infes…

1. 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 or eradication for purposes of complying with all sections of this chapter . The county board of supervisors o…

1. Notice of any order made pursuant to section 317.13 shall be given by one publication in the official newspapers of the county and shall be directed to all property owners. 2. The notice shall state: a. The time for destruction. b. The manner of destruction, if other than cutt…

The program for weed control established pursuant to section 317.13 , and any order issued under that program, shall not apply to the control or elimination of Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) on land enrolled in the conservation reserve program as described in 7 C.F.R. pt. 1…

The loss or damage to crops or property incurred by reason of such destruction shall be borne by the titleholder of said real estate, unless said real estate shall be sold under contract whereby possession has been delivered to the purchaser, in which event such purchaser shall b…

1. In case of a substantial failure to comply by the date prescribed in any order of destruction of weeds made pursuant to this chapter , the weed commissioner may do any of the following: a. Enter upon the land as provided in section 317.6 and provide for the destruction of the …

A county board of supervisors and the state department of transportation shall control or eradicate noxious weeds growing on the roads under their jurisdiction. A board of supervisors may order all noxious weeds, within the right-of-way of all roads under county jurisdiction be c…

1. The board of supervisors may appropriate moneys to be used for the purposes of controlling or eradicating weeds or brush within the right-of-way of roads under county jurisdiction in a manner consistent with the county’s program of weed control or eradication pursuant to secti…

1. The following weeds are hereby declared to be noxious and shall be divided into two classes, as follows: a. Primary noxious weeds, which shall include: (1) Quack grass (Elymus repens). (2) Perennial sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis). (3) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense). (4) Bull…

The secretary of agriculture may appoint a state weed commissioner to aid in the administration of this chapter and carry out other duties as assigned by the secretary of agriculture relating to the control or eradication of weeds. 2018 Acts, ch 1047, §3

1. The department shall assist commissioners, boards of supervisors, and cities in the interpretation of this chapter and the administration and enforcement of this chapter . 2. a. The department may adopt administrative rules, pursuant to chapter 17A , providing a list of plants…

This chapter does not apply to a plant or any part of the plant qualifying as hemp, if the hemp is produced on the USDA licensee’s lot in accordance with the federal hemp law, as those terms are defined in chapter 204A . 2019 Acts, ch 130, §30, 33 ; 2024 Acts, ch 1177, §51, 55

The board of supervisors may appropriate moneys for the purpose of purchasing weed eradicating equipment and materials to carry out the duties of the commissioner for use on all lands in the county, public or private, and for the payment of the necessary expenses and compensation…

When the commissioner destroys any weeds under the authority of section 317.16 , after failure of the landowner responsible to destroy such weeds pursuant to the order of the board of supervisors, the cost of the destruction shall be assessed against the land and collected from t…

All officers directly responsible for the care of public highways shall make a complaint to the weed commissioners or board of supervisors, if it appears that the provisions of this chapter may not be complied with in time to prevent the blooming and maturity of noxious weeds or …

It shall be the duty of the county attorney upon complaint of any citizen that any officer charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter has neglected or failed to perform the officer’s duty, to enforce the performance of such duty. [C24, 27, 31, 35, §4828; C39, …

Any officer referred to in this chapter who neglects or fails to perform the duties incumbent upon the officer under the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. [S13, §1565-i; C24, 27, 31, 35, §4829; C39, § 4829.22; C46, §317.23; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 7…

1. a. A person shall not import, sell, offer for sale, or distribute in this state in any form, including the seeds, any of the following plants: (1) Teasel (Dipsacus) biennial. (2) Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora). (3) Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria). (4) Purple loosestr…

The director of the department of natural resources, in cooperation with the secretary of agriculture and county conservation boards or the board of supervisors, shall develop and implement projects which utilize alternative practices in the remediation of noxious weeds and other…

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 t…

Each commissioner, subject to direction and control by the county board of supervisors, shall supervise the control and destruction of all noxious weeds in the county, including those growing within the limits of cities, within the confines of abandoned cemeteries, and along stre…

1. If there is a substantial failure by the owner or person in possession or control of any land to comply with any order of destruction pursuant to the provisions of this chapter , the county weed commissioner, including the weed commissioner’s deputies, or employees acting unde…

Each weed commissioner shall for the territory under the commissioner’s jurisdiction on or before the first day of November of each year make a written report to the board of supervisors. Said report shall state: 1. The name and location of all primary noxious weeds, and any new …

Unless otherwise provided, responsibility for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter shall be vested in the board of supervisors as to all of the following: 1. Farm lands. 2. Railroad lands. 3. Abandoned cemeteries. 4. State lands and state parks. 5. Primary and second…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Department” means the state department of transportation. 2. “Highway authority” means the county board of supervisors, in the case of secondary roads, and the department, in the case of primary roads. 3. “Highw…

1. A fence which constitutes an immediate and dangerous hazard shall, without notice or liability in damages, be removed by the highway authority. In all other cases where a fence is an obstruction in a highway right-of-way, notice in writing of not less than thirty days shall be…

1. No billboard or advertising sign or device, except a sign or device authorized by law or approved by the highway authority, shall be placed or erected upon a highway right-of-way. 2. A billboard or advertising sign, whether on public or private property, that obstructs the vie…

A highway authority shall enforce the provisions of this chapter by appropriate civil or criminal proceeding or by both such proceedings. 2006 Acts, ch 1097, §12

The purpose of this chapter is to enhance public safety for those traveling the public roads and allow economical maintenance of highway rights-of-way. 2006 Acts, ch 1097, §2