2016 Iowa Code
Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 317 - WEEDS
Section 317.11 - Weeds on roads — harvesting of grass.
317.11
Weeds on roads — harvesting of grass.
1. The county boards of supervisors and the state department of transportation shall control noxious weeds growing on the roads under their jurisdiction. Spraying for control of noxious weeds shall be limited to those circumstances when it is not practical to mow or otherwise control the noxious weeds.
2. Nothing under this chapter shall prevent the landowner from harvesting, in proper season on or after July 15, the grass grown on the road along the landowner’s land except for vegetation maintained for highway purposes as part of an integrated roadside vegetation management plan which is consistent with the objectives in section 314.22.
[S13, §1565-c, -d, -f; SS15, §1565-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, §4817, 4819; C39, §4829.11; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §317.11]
89 Acts, ch 246, §8; 2010 Acts, ch 1164, §2
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