Chapter 263 Insect Pests and Weeds
- 263.010. Title of law.
- 263.020. Definitions.
- 263.030. Appointment of state entomologist--qualifications--employees.
- 263.040. Rules and regulations.
- 263.050. Inspection, enforce quarantine regulations--power to call meetings--rulemaking, procedure.
- 263.060. Right of entry.
- 263.070. Inspection fees--nurseries and nursery dealers registration inspection certificates, requirements, expire when--disposition of fees.
- 263.080. Plant pests, control, noncomplying owner, action by inspectors--lien for expenses.
- 263.100. Shipping tag to show what.
- 263.110. Inspection of plants before sale or shipment--fees--exceptions.
- 263.130. Establishment of quarantine--rules and regulations.
- 263.140. Restrictive and control measures--adoption and enforcement.
- 263.145. Plant disease and insect inspection--confiscation and destruction--highway patrol or other law enforcement officers to assist in enforcement.
- 263.150. Review of order granted, when--rules, procedure.
- 263.180. Penalty.
- 263.190. Owners to control musk, Scotch, and Canada thistles--notice procedure--penalty.
- 263.200. County commission duties to control, official immunity, landowner duty of care--special tax for cost, collection--provisions applicable to certain political subdivisions.
- 263.205. Multiflora rose a noxious weed, exceptions--counties may establish programs and funds to control noxious weeds.
- 263.210. Packing straw to be burned--failure a misdemeanor.
- 263.220. Duty of prosecuting attorney.
- 263.230. Control of spread of bindweed, by whom.
- 263.232. Eradication and control of the spread of teasel, kudzu vine, and spotted knapweed.
- 263.240. Penalty for violation.
- 263.241. Plant, purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) declared a noxious weed--distribution for control experiments only, permit required, violations, penalty.
- 263.243. State agency purchasing seed from nondomestic source containing noxious weeds, liability.
- 263.245. Brush adjacent to county roads, to be removed, certain counties--county commission may remove brush, when, procedures, certain counties.
- 263.247. Brush control, county option, certain counties--election to discontinue enforcement of weed control program.
- 263.250. Marijuana plant to be destroyed--county commission to destroy, when.
- 263.255. County election on enforcement of Johnson grass control law, notice, ballot, effect.
- 263.257. Director of agriculture to exterminate Johnson grass, when--county weed control board, appointment, expenses.
- 263.259. Duties of state director of agriculture--inspection by county weed control board.
- 263.261. Duties of public utilities and government agencies as to Johnson grass.
- 263.262. Johnson grass declared nuisance, where--abatement.
- 263.263. (Repealed L. 2007 S.B. 613 Revision § A)
- 263.265. Tax for control of Johnson grass--state transportation department to pay costs.
- 263.266. Approved eradication methods to be followed.
- 263.267. County's classification as Johnson grass extermination area terminated, how.
- 263.269. (Transferred 1992; now 281.210)
- 263.270. (Transferred 1992; now 281.220)
- 263.275. (Transferred 1992; now 281.230)
- 263.280. (Transferred 1992; now 281.240)
- 263.290. (Transferred 1992; now 281.250)
- 263.300. (Transferred 1992; now 281.260)
- 263.315. (Transferred 1992; now 281.270)
- 263.320. (Transferred 1992; now 281.280)
- 263.340. (Transferred 1992; now 281.290)
- 263.360. (Transferred 1992; now 281.300)
- 263.380. (Transferred 1992; now 281.310)
- 263.450. Noxious weed, defined--designation of noxious weed by director of department of agriculture.
- 263.452. Declaration of commission, when--election, procedure.
- 263.454. Declaration as noxious weed control area, notice, duties of property owners--county weed control board, appointment, members, duties, compensation, terms.
- 263.456. Duties of county weed control board--director of agriculture to cooperate with governmental agencies--inspection of lands, notice, immunity, liability, indemnification, landowner duty of care
- 263.458. Public utilities, department of transportation, department of natural resources, department of conservation, United States government, and railroads duties in noxious weed control areas.
- 263.460. Noxious weeds as public nuisance--action to enjoin nuisance, venue, parties, notice.
- 263.462. Tax may be assessed by county commission, township board and special road district--transportation department property, costs--county commission may share costs with landowners.
- 263.464. Chemicals and biological agents, approval of required.
- 263.466. Termination of classification as noxious weed control area.
- 263.468. County noxious weed fund may be established--program required--funding--orders.
- 263.470. Prohibition, Johnson grass extermination area.
- 263.472. Conversion of Johnson grass extermination area to noxious weed control program--election, procedure.
- 263.474. Public and private standards of control.
- 263.500. Law, how cited.
- 263.503. Definitions.
- 263.505. Rules, authority for--procedure to adopt, suspend and revoke.
- 263.507. Department of agriculture--powers and duties.
- 263.509. Director's right to enter premises to eradicate and inspect, requirements--court may issue a warrant for right of entry, when.
- 263.512. Cotton growers to furnish department with size and location of all cotton fields and patches.
- 263.515. Quarantined areas, authority from regulations by department--articles from other states regulated.
- 263.517. Eradication zones established, authority for--regulations--publication of notice in affected areas--violations, authority to destroy cotton.
- 263.520. Eradication zones, authority of department to treat with pesticides or destroy--cotton planted after notice, no payment for losses--payment if cotton planted before notice.
- 263.523. Cotton growers' organization, certification by department, requirements--board of directors, appointment, qualifications, terms--audit by department.
- 263.525. Certification of organization--purpose--revocation, when.
- 263.527. Regional referendum on assessment for costs of eradication--assessment basis--voting procedure--deposit of funds collected--annual audit.
- 263.529. Referendum under direction of organization--expenses, how paid.
- 263.531. Referendum defeated--organization may call other referendums--assessment retention to be subject to vote every ten years.
- 263.534. Failure to pay assessment, penalties and interest--lien also authorized on cotton crop subject to assessment, priority of lien.
- 263.537. Boll weevil suppression and eradication fund established, purpose--department may retain amount to cover costs of administration--reversion to general revenue prohibited.