Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

18.78 NOXIOUS WEEDS CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Generally. A person owning land, a person occupying land, or a person responsible for the maintenance of public land must manage all noxious weeds, according to the noxious weed categories under section 18.771, on the la…

18.79 DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER. § Subdivision 1.Enforcement. The commissioner shall administer and enforce sections 18.76 to 18.91. § Subd. 2.Authorized agents. County agricultural inspectors may administer and enforce sections 18.76 to 18.91. A county-designated employee may enfor…

18.80 INSPECTORS. § Subdivision 1.County agricultural inspectors and county-designated employees. The county board shall either appoint at least one county agricultural inspector to carry out the duties specified under section 18.81, subdivisions 1a and 1b, or a county-designated…

18.81 DUTIES OF INSPECTORS AND COUNTY-DESIGNATED EMPLOYEES. § Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2009 c 94 art 1 s 107] § Subd. 1a.Duties; county agricultural inspectors and county-designated employees. The county agricultural inspector or county-designated employee shall be responsible f…

18.82 TRANSPORTATION OF NOXIOUS WEED PROPAGATING PARTS. § Subdivision 1.Permits. Transporting noxious weed propagating parts without a permit is prohibited, except as provided in section 21.74. If a person wants to transport noxious weed propagating parts along a public roadway, …

18.83 CONTROL; ERADICATION; NOTICES; EXPENSES. § Subdivision 1.General weed notice. A general notice for noxious weed control or eradication must be published on or before May 15 of each year. Failure of the county agricultural weed inspector or county-designated employee to publ…

18.84 LIABILITY; APPEALS. § Subdivision 1.Counties and municipalities. Counties and municipalities are not liable for damages from the noxious weed control program for actions conducted in accordance with sections 18.76 to 18.91. § Subd. 2.Appeal of charges to county board. A per…

18.86 UNLAWFUL ACTS. No person may: (1) hinder or obstruct in any way an inspector or county-designated employee in the performance of duties under sections 18.76 to 18.91 or related rules; (2) neglect, fail, or refuse to comply with section 18.82 or related rules in the transpor…

18.87 PENALTY. A violation of section 18.86 or a rule adopted under that section is a misdemeanor. Inspectors, county-designated employees, or their appointed assistants are not subject to the penalties of this section for failure, neglect, or refusal to perform duties imposed on…

18.88 NOXIOUS WEED PROGRAM FUNDING. § Subdivision 1.County. The county board shall pay, from the general revenue or other fund for the county, the expenses for the county agricultural inspector position or county-designated employee, for noxious weed control or eradication on all…

18.89 NOXIOUS WEED AND INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT. The noxious weed and invasive plant species assistance account is created in the agricultural fund. The account may be used to carry out the purposes of section 18.90. Any money transferred or appropriated to the a…

18.90 GRANT PROGRAM. (a) From funds available in the noxious weed and invasive plant species assistance account established in section 18.89, the commissioner shall administer a grant program to assist counties and municipalities and other weed management entities in the cost of …

18.91 ADVISORY COMMITTEE; MEMBERSHIP. § Subdivision 1.Duties. The commissioner shall consult with the Noxious Weed Advisory Committee to advise the commissioner concerning responsibilities under the noxious weed control program. The committee shall evaluate species for invasivene…

89.51 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.341] 89.51 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. For the purposes of sections 89.51 to 89.64, the terms described in this section have the meanings ascribed to them. § Subd. 2.Person. "Person" shall include any individual, firm, partnership, cor…

89.52 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.351] 89.52 SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS. The commissioner shall make surveys and investigations to determine the presence of infestations of forest pests or shade tree pests. For this purpose, duly designated representatives of the commissioner may ente…

89.53 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.361] 89.53 CONTROL OF FOREST PESTS AND SHADE TREE PESTS. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner's duties; notice of control measures. Whenever the commissioner finds that an area in the state is infested or threatened to be infested with forest pests or shade t…

89.54 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.371] 89.54 ZONES OF INFESTATION; ESTABLISHMENT. Upon the decision by the commissioner that the establishment of a zone of infestation is necessary, the commissioner shall make a written order establishing the zone, and upon making the order, the zone …

89.55 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.381] 89.55 INFESTATION CONTROL; COSTS. Upon the establishment of the zone of infestation, the commissioner may apply measures of infestation prevention and control on public and private forest and other lands within an infected zone and to any trees, …

89.56 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.391] 89.56 EXPENSES. § Subdivision 1.Statement of expenses; cost to owners. At the end of each fiscal year and upon completion of the infestation control measures in any zone of infestation, the commissioner shall prepare a certified statement of expe…

89.57 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.401] 89.57 DISSOLUTION OF INFESTATION ZONE. Whenever the commissioner shall determine that forest pest or shade tree pest control work within an established zone of infestation is no longer necessary or feasible, the commissioner shall dissolve the zo…

89.58 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.411] 89.58 FOREST PEST AND SHADE TREE PEST CONTROL ACCOUNT. All money collected under the provisions of sections 89.51 to 89.64, together with such money as may be appropriated by the legislature or allocated by the Legislative Advisory Commission for…

89.59 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.421] 89.59 COOPERATION. The commissioner may cooperate with the United States or agencies thereof, other agencies of the state, county or municipal governments, agencies of neighboring states, or other public or private organizations or individuals an…

89.60 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.422] 89.60 COMMISSIONER'S AUTHORITY. The commissioner is authorized to employ personnel in accordance with the laws of this state, to procure necessary equipment, supplies, and service, to enter into contracts, to provide funds to any agency of the Un…

89.61 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.423] 89.61 ACT SUPPLEMENTAL. Provisions of sections 89.51 to 89.64 are supplementary to and not to be construed to repeal existing legislation. History: 1955 c 676 s 11; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 71