2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 1 - Highways and Waterways
CHAPTER 317 - WEEDS
317.4 - DIRECTION AND CONTROL.

        317.4  DIRECTION AND CONTROL.
         As used in this chapter, "commissioner" means the county weed
      commissioner or the commissioner's deputy within each county.  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 streets and highways unless otherwise provided.  A commissioner
      shall notify the department of public safety of the location of
      marijuana plants found growing on public or private property.  A
      commissioner may enter upon any land in the county at any time for
      the performance of the commissioner's duties, and shall hire the
      labor and equipment necessary subject to the approval of the board of
      supervisors.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [S13, § 1565-c, -d, -f; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 4817; C39, §
      4829.04; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §
      317.4; 81 Acts, ch 117, § 1047] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         83 Acts, ch 123, § 120, 209; 90 Acts, ch 1179, § 2