Title 7, Title 7

A board of county commissioners availing themselves of the provisions of this part shall, as soon as the necessary lands and premises have been acquired, cause to be opened and maintained at the county seat and in the quarters acquired an open public market for the benefit of the…

All county markets established under the provisions of this part shall be open to the public not less than 2 days in each week.

The rules adopted for the government of the county market, together with a notice of the market days in each week, must be published as provided in 7-1-2121 by the county commissioners once in each year prior to the opening of the market.

The expense of the establishment and maintenance of the markets provided for in this part shall be paid by the boards of county commissioners from the general funds of the counties, except such portions of the expense of operating and maintaining the same as may be derived from t…

(1) A producer of products using the marketplace established under the provisions of this part shall pay or cause to be paid, at the close of each day's business, to the market master a charge of 5% of the person's gross sales. (2) The funds collected by the market master must be…

Every person, firm, or corporation availing themselves of the privileges provided hereby who shall fail, neglect, or refuse to so pay to the market master of the county market of any county of this state 5% of the gross sales made by them within such market shall be guilty of a m…

No rules adopted for the government of any market established under this part shall permit any person, firm, or corporation to purchase the products displayed and offered for sale for the purpose of speculating thereon by again offering the same for sale within such public market…

In each of the counties of this state wherein the office of county auditor exists, the county auditor shall be ex officio the county market master. In all other counties which may avail themselves of the provisions of this part wherein no office of county auditor is maintained, t…

(1) A county market master shall, under the supervision and approval of the board of county commissioners, make all necessary rules for the establishment, maintenance, operation, and control of the markets established under this part in the respective counties of the state. (2) T…

An amount of the appropriation or tax levy or assessment for a county fair district or a multiple county fair district may not be expended for horseracing.

(1) The city or town council has power: (a) to license by ordinance all industries, pursuits, professions, and occupations and to impose penalties for failure to comply with such license requirements; (b) to fix the amount, terms, and manner of issuing and revoking licenses. (2) …

The city treasurer must collect the license fees authorized by 7-21-4101 in the manner and at the time prescribed by ordinance.

The city clerk must issue such licenses.

(1) The city or town council may license, tax, and regulate: (a) auctioneers, peddlers, pawnbrokers, and secondhand and junk shops; (b) motor vehicles and motor vehicle bodies, except those on commercial property, which are not otherwise taxed; (c) drivers, porters, tenpin alleys…

The city or town council has power to: (1) provide for and regulate the inspection of flour, meal, and all provisions and oils; (2) regulate the inspection of milk, water, butter, lard, and other provisions; (3) except as provided in 50-50-126, regulate the vending of meat, poult…

The city or town council has power to regulate the inspection, weighing, and measuring of wood, coal, stone, corn or other grain, and hay within the city or town.

The city or town council has power: (1) to regulate the location of slaughterhouses, breweries, distilleries, livery stables, foundries, blacksmith shops, planing mills, soap factories, and tanneries within the city or town and to prohibit any offensive and unwholesome establishm…

The city or town council has power to license and regulate automobiles, trucks, hackney carriages, carts, omnibuses, wagons, and drays and to fix the rate to be charged for the carriage of persons and property within the city or town and to the public works and property without t…

The city or town council has power to regulate the putting up of signs and awnings.

The city or town council has power to require the owners and keepers of pawn, secondhand, and junk shops to keep a record of all articles purchased or pawned to them. The record and the articles purchased or pawned are subject to the inspection of all police officers of the city …

The city or town council has power to prevent the keepers of pawn, secondhand, and junk shops from the purchasing of any article from a minor without the written consent of the parent or guardian of such minor.

The city or town council has power to establish markets and market houses and provide for the supervision and use thereof.

The city or town council has power to regulate or prohibit dance houses within the city or town limits and within 3 miles thereof.

As used in this part, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply: (1) "Board" means a district weed board created under 7-22-2103. (2) "Commissioners" means the board of county commissioners. (3) "Coordinator" means the person employed by the county t…

A weed management district shall be formed in every county of this state and shall include all the land within the boundaries of the county, except that a weed management district may include more than one county through agreement of the commissioners of the affected counties.

(1) The commissioners shall appoint a district weed board subject to the provisions of 7-1-201 through 7-1-203. (2) Upon a recommendation from the weed board, the commissioners may appoint a weed coordinator. (3) The commissioners shall approve, approve with revisions, or reject …

(1) In addition to any powers or duties established in the resolution creating a district weed board, the board may: (a) supervise a coordinator and other employees and provide for their compensation; (b) purchase herbicide, materials, and equipment and pay other operational cost…

A district is liable for damages caused by its use of herbicides only for an act or omission that constitutes gross negligence. The provisions of 2-9-305 apply to board members, coordinators, and employees of a district.

The district must provide information on protective clothing, health hazards, and proper application techniques to mixers, loaders, and applicators of herbicides and make the information available for review by the public at the district office.

The board administering and operating the district shall submit the minutes of its proceedings for electronic storage as provided in 7-1-204.

Noxious weeds and the seed of any noxious weed are hereby declared a common nuisance.

(1) It is unlawful for any person to permit any noxious weed to propagate or go to seed on the person's land, except that any person who adheres to the noxious weed management program of the person's weed management district or who has entered into and is in compliance with a nox…

(1) Any person who interferes with the board or its authorized agent in carrying out the provisions of this part or who refuses to obey an order or notice of the board is liable for a civil penalty in the amount of the actual cost to the board or the estimated cost of removing th…

(1) (a) Before a district applies to the state for state or federal funding, the district shall provide the department with a weed management plan, as provided in 7-22-2121, and with a copy of the resolution creating the board. (b) After the initial submission of the weed managem…

(1) The noxious weed management program must be based on a plan approved by the board and the commissioners. (2) The noxious weed management plan must: (a) specify the goals and priorities of the program; (b) review the distribution and abundance of each noxious weed species know…

(1) The board may establish embargo programs to reduce the spread of noxious weeds within the district or the introduction of noxious weeds into the district. (2) The board shall establish a special embargo program for the movement of forage, as defined in 80-7-903, into or out o…

Within the limitations of available funds, the board shall ensure that the weed district coordinator obtains training to properly implement the noxious weed management program described in 7-22-2121. The department shall specify through rulemaking the level and type of training n…

(1) (a) If a complaint is made against a landowner or if the board has reason to believe that noxious weeds are present on a landowner's property, the board shall notify the landowner by certified mail of the complaint and shall request permission for the board's agent to enter t…

(1) A landowner is in compliance with this part if the landowner submits and the board accepts a written weed management proposal to undertake specific control measures, and the landowner remains in compliance if the terms of the proposal are met. The proposal must require that t…

(1) If the board is unable to obtain the landowner's voluntary compliance with the weed management program within 10 days of the landowner's receipt of the notification, the landowner is considered to be in noncompliance and is subject to appropriate control measures pursuant to …

(1) The board may seek a court order to enter upon the infested parcels of the landowner's property if attempts to achieve voluntary compliance have been exhausted. The board may institute appropriate noxious weed control measures, including but not limited to: (a) allowing the l…

(1) The commissioners shall create a noxious weed fund to be used only for purposes authorized by this part. (2) The fund must be maintained by the county treasurer in accordance with 7-6-2111.

(1) The commissioners may provide sufficient money in the noxious weed fund for the board to fulfill its duties, as specified in 7-22-2109, by: (a) appropriating money from any source in an amount not less than $100,000 or an amount equivalent to 1.6 mills levied on the taxable v…

Based on the board's recommendations, the commissioners shall determine and fix the cost of the control of noxious weeds in the district, whether the same be performed by the individual landowners or by the board.

The total cost of weed control within the district must be paid from the noxious weed fund. The cost of controlling weeds growing along the right-of-way of a state or federal highway must, upon the presentation by the board of a verified account of the expenses incurred, be paid …

(1) The noxious weed fund must be expended by the commissioners at the time and in the manner as is recommended by the board to secure the control of noxious weeds. (2) Warrants upon the fund must be drawn by the board. Warrants may not be drawn except upon claims duly itemized b…