2-2004.Duties of county commissioners.
Further to administer, carry out and make effective the purposes of this
act the board of county commissioners of each county, upon knowing or being
advised that dust, any plant or weed is blowing from any particular
land in the county, are
hereby authorized and directed immediately to inspect such land. If it
is determined the soil, any plant or weed is
blowing therefrom in
sufficient quantity to be
injurious to the land because of erosion thereof, to nearby land because
of dirt blown thereon, to nearby land because of any plant or weed
blown thereon or to the public health because of dust therefrom
blown into the air, they shall determine what, if anything, can be done to
prevent or materially lessen the soil, any plant or weed blowing from such
land, and if in
their judgment that can be accomplished by prompt cultivation of the soil
in some manner, they are authorized and directed to order work to be
done and the time when and the type of work to be done. The board of county
commissioners may
order that the land be disced, listed, chiseled, cultivated, chopped or
worked by any other method of
control approved by the board. In all cases,
where it can be done reasonably, the
board of county commissioners shall confer with the owner of the land
before determining or ordering work to be done thereon, and advise the
owner of their conclusions and give the owner an opportunity to do the work
they conclude should be done, but if the owner cannot be
consulted without
unreasonable delay, or cannot or will not do the work in the manner and
within the time it should be done, the board of county commissioners may do
the work, or employ someone to do it, and issue its warrants to pay the
actual cost thereof, and pay such warrants from the fund hereinafter
provided, without regard to any other statute pertaining to the issuing or
paying of county warrants.
History: L. 1937, ch. 189, § 4;
L. 1988, ch. 4, § 4; July 1.
2-2004.Duties of county commissioners.
Further to administer, carry out and make effective the purposes of this
act the board of county commissioners of each county, upon knowing or being
advised that dust, any plant or weed is blowing from any particular
land in the county, are
hereby authorized and directed immediately to inspect such land. If it
is determined the soil, any plant or weed is
blowing therefrom in
sufficient quantity to be
injurious to the land because of erosion thereof, to nearby land because
of dirt blown thereon, to nearby land because of any plant or weed
blown thereon or to the public health because of dust therefrom
blown into the air, they shall determine what, if anything, can be done to
prevent or materially lessen the soil, any plant or weed blowing from such
land, and if in
their judgment that can be accomplished by prompt cultivation of the soil
in some manner, they are authorized and directed to order work to be
done and the time when and the type of work to be done. The board of county
commissioners may
order that the land be disced, listed, chiseled, cultivated, chopped or
worked by any other method of
control approved by the board. In all cases,
where it can be done reasonably, the
board of county commissioners shall confer with the owner of the land
before determining or ordering work to be done thereon, and advise the
owner of their conclusions and give the owner an opportunity to do the work
they conclude should be done, but if the owner cannot be
consulted without
unreasonable delay, or cannot or will not do the work in the manner and
within the time it should be done, the board of county commissioners may do
the work, or employ someone to do it, and issue its warrants to pay the
actual cost thereof, and pay such warrants from the fund hereinafter
provided, without regard to any other statute pertaining to the issuing or
paying of county warrants.
History: L. 1937, ch. 189, § 4;
L. 1988, ch. 4, § 4; July 1.
2-2004.Duties of county commissioners.
Further to administer, carry out and make effective the purposes of this
act the board of county commissioners of each county, upon knowing or being
advised that dust, any plant or weed is blowing from any particular
land in the county, are
hereby authorized and directed immediately to inspect such land. If it
is determined the soil, any plant or weed is
blowing therefrom in
sufficient quantity to be
injurious to the land because of erosion thereof, to nearby land because
of dirt blown thereon, to nearby land because of any plant or weed
blown thereon or to the public health because of dust therefrom
blown into the air, they shall determine what, if anything, can be done to
prevent or materially lessen the soil, any plant or weed blowing from such
land, and if in
their judgment that can be accomplished by prompt cultivation of the soil
in some manner, they are authorized and directed to order work to be
done and the time when and the type of work to be done. The board of county
commissioners may
order that the land be disced, listed, chiseled, cultivated, chopped or
worked by any other method of
control approved by the board. In all cases,
where it can be done reasonably, the
board of county commissioners shall confer with the owner of the land
before determining or ordering work to be done thereon, and advise the
owner of their conclusions and give the owner an opportunity to do the work
they conclude should be done, but if the owner cannot be
consulted without
unreasonable delay, or cannot or will not do the work in the manner and
within the time it should be done, the board of county commissioners may do
the work, or employ someone to do it, and issue its warrants to pay the
actual cost thereof, and pay such warrants from the fund hereinafter
provided, without regard to any other statute pertaining to the issuing or
paying of county warrants.
History: L. 1937, ch. 189, § 4;
L. 1988, ch. 4, § 4; July 1.