Reported from the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, Parks and Tourism, April 12, 2001, with recommendation that the Senate Committee Substitute do pass and be placed
on the Consent Calendar.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
1205S.03C
To amend chapter 263, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to noxious weeds.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 263, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 263.232, to read as follows:
263.232. It shall be the duty of any person or persons, association of persons, corporations, partnerships, the state highways and transportation commission, any state department, any state agency, the county commissions, the township boards, school boards, drainage boards, the governing bodies of incorporated cities, railroad companies and other transportation companies or their authorized agents and those supervising state-owned lands:
(1) To control the spread of and eradicate cut-leaved teasel (Dipsacus laciniatus) and common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum), which are hereby designated as noxious and dangerous weeds to agriculture, by methods approved by the Environmental Protection Agency and in compliance with the manufacturer's label instructions; and
(2) To control the spread of kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), which is hereby designated as a noxious and dangerous weed to agriculture, by methods approved by the Environmental Protection Agency and in compliance with the manufacturer's label instructions.
Missouri House of Representatives