317.8 - DUTY OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE OR SECRETARY'S DESIGNEE.

        317.8  DUTY OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE OR SECRETARY'S      DESIGNEE.         The secretary of agriculture or the secretary's designee is vested      with the following duties, powers and responsibilities:         1.  The secretary or the secretary's designee shall serve as state      weed commissioner, and shall co-operate with all boards of      supervisors and weed commissioners, and shall furnish blank forms for      reports made by the supervisors and commissioners.         2.  The secretary or the secretary's designee may, upon      recommendation of the state botanist, temporarily declare noxious any      new weed appearing in the state which possesses the characteristics      of a serious pest.         3.  The secretary or the secretary's designee shall aid the      supervisors in the interpretation of the weed law, and make      suggestions to promote extermination of noxious weeds.         4.  The secretary or the secretary's designee shall aid the      supervisors in enforcement of the weed law as it applies to all state      lands, state parks and primary roads, and may impose a maximum      penalty of a ten dollar fine for each day, up to ten days, that the      state agency in control of land fails to comply with an order for      destruction of weeds made pursuant to this chapter.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [S13, § 1565-c, -d, -f; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 4817; C39, §      4829.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §      317.8] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         85 Acts, ch 171, §2; 87 Acts, ch 115, §48