317.3 - WEED COMMISSIONER -- STANDARDS FOR NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL.

        317.3  WEED COMMISSIONER -- STANDARDS FOR NOXIOUS WEED      CONTROL.         The board of supervisors of each county may annually appoint a      county weed commissioner who may be a person otherwise employed by      the county and who passes minimum standards established by the      department of agriculture and land stewardship for noxious weed      identification and the recognized methods for noxious weed control      and elimination.  The county weed commissioner's appointment shall be      effective as of March 1 and shall continue for a term at the      discretion of the board of supervisors unless the commissioner is      removed from office as provided for by law.  The county weed      commissioner may, with the approval of the board of supervisors,      require that commercial applicators and their appropriate employees      pass the same standards for noxious weed identification as      established by the department of agriculture and land stewardship.      The name and address of the person appointed as county weed      commissioner shall be certified to the county auditor and to the      secretary of agriculture within ten days of the appointment.  The      board of supervisors shall fix the compensation of the county weed      commissioner and deputies.  In addition to compensation, the      commissioner and deputies shall be paid their necessary travel      expenses.  At the discretion of the board of supervisors, the weed      commissioner shall attend a seminar or school conducted or approved      by the department of agriculture and land stewardship relating to the      identification, control, and elimination of noxious weeds.         The board of supervisors shall prescribe the time of year the weed      commissioner shall perform the powers and duties of county weed      commissioner under this chapter which may be during that time of year      when noxious weeds can effectively be killed.  Compensation shall be      for the period of actual work only although a weed commissioner      assigned other duties not related to weed eradication may receive an      annual salary.  The board of supervisors shall likewise determine      whether employment shall be by hour, day or month and the rate of pay      for the employment time.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [S13, § 1565-c, -d, -f; C24, 27, § 4817; C31, 35, § 4817, 4817-d1;      C39, § 4829.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81,      § 317.3] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         83 Acts, ch 123, § 119, 209; 85 Acts, ch 160, §1; 94 Acts, ch      1173, §14         Referred to in § 331.321