15-16-8-12. Assistance to Township Trustees
Sec. 12. (a) The Purdue University cooperative extension service shall provide technical assistance to township trustees for the control of detrimental plants. (b) All law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction in a township shall assist the township trustee in carrying out the duties imposed on the trustee under this chapter. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-4-8.] As added […]
15-16-8-13. Violation; Failure of Trustee to Perform Duties
Sec. 13. A township trustee who fails to perform the duties required of the trustee by this chapter commits a Class C infraction. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-4-6.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7.
15-16-8-14. Violations; Failure to Eradicate; Selling Certain Seed
Sec. 14. (a) A person who: (1) knowingly allows detrimental plants to grow and mature on land owned or possessed by the person; (2) knowing of the existence of detrimental plants on land owned or possessed by the person, fails to cut them down or eradicate the plants by chemicals each year, as prescribed in […]
15-16-7-14. Cooperative Extension Service; Technical Assistance
Sec. 14. The Purdue University cooperative extension service shall provide technical assistance to any weed control board in order to control and contain the growth and spread of noxious weeds. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-4.6-7.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7.
15-16-7-15. Violation; Failure to Comply With Board
Sec. 15. Any person who fails to begin a program recommended by the weed control board to control and contain noxious weeds within the time prescribed under section 9 of this chapter commits a Class C infraction. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-4.6-6.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7.
15-16-8-1. “Detrimental Plant”
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, “detrimental plant” includes the following: (1) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense). (2) Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense). (3) Columbus grass (Sorghum almum). (4) Bur cucumber (Sicyos angulatus). (5) Shattercane (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench spp. drummondii (Steud.) deWet). (6) Common waterhemp (Amaranthus rudis) and tall waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus). (7) Marestail (Conyza […]
15-16-8-2. “Person”
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, “person” means: (1) an individual; (2) an incorporated or unincorporated organization or association; (3) a trustee or legal representative; (4) the state or an agency of the state; (5) a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13) or an agency of a political subdivision; or (6) any combination […]
15-16-8-3. Duty to Destroy Detrimental Plants
Sec. 3. A person owning or possessing real estate in Indiana shall destroy detrimental plants by: (1) cutting or mowing and, if necessary, by plowing, cultivating, or smothering; or (2) using chemicals in the bud stage of growth or earlier, to prevent detrimental plants from maturing on the person’s real estate. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-4-1(c).] […]
15-16-7-3. Establishment of Weed Control Board
Sec. 3. The authorizing body of any county may establish a weed control board by adopting an ordinance: (1) on the authorizing body’s own initiative; or (2) after receiving a petition signed by five percent (5%) of the registered voters of the county. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-4.6-1(b).] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7.
15-16-8-4. Township Trustee; Investigation of Detrimental Plants; Notice
Sec. 4. (a) If a township trustee: (1) has reason to believe that detrimental plants may be on real estate; and (2) gives the owner or person in possession of the real estate forty-eight (48) hours notice under subsection (e); the township trustee may enter the real estate to investigate whether there are detrimental plants […]