NAC555.095. Lamoille Weed Control District: Weeds subject to control; methods of control; inspections; legal proceedings; cooperation with subdivision outside of District.

     1. The weeds subject to control within the Lamoille Weed Control District are those weeds designated in NAC 555.010.

     2. When considering the control of a designated weed by the application of a chemical, the Board of Directors of the District shall follow the latest recommendations of the University of Nevada, Reno, and the Department.

     3. When considering the control of a designated weed by mechanical methods, the Board of Directors of the District shall determine the method to be used.

     4. A director of the District or the Weed Control Officer may inspect any medium used in agricultural production, including, without limitation, machinery, livestock, forage, feed grain and seed for planting, which is moving from, to or within the District and is capable of spreading a designated weed. If, upon inspection, the medium is found to be infested with viable reproductive parts of a designated weed, the director of the District or the Weed Control Officer may order the medium to be treated or cleaned by using methods and procedures approved by the director or Weed Control Officer.

     5. If a farmer, rancher or owner of land in the District refuses to allow the District to control a designated weed on his or her property or refuses to perform the necessary control measures in a manner acceptable to the District, the Board of Directors of the District may request that the Director of the Department initiate legal proceedings as provided by law.

     6. The District may cooperate financially or otherwise with:

     (a) An owner of land; or

     (b) A political subdivision,

Ê whose land is located outside of the District and is infested with a weed designated for control by the District, if the infestation renders a potential problem to the control of weeds within the District.

     (Added to NAC by St. Quarantine Officer, eff. 10-23-97; A by R148-98, 12-14-98)