UNAPPROVED DRAFT BILL -- Subject to Change Without Notice!
BILL NO.
INTRODUCED BY
(Primary Sponsor)BY REQUEST OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT LIMITING EXPENDITURES FOR WEED CONTROL ALONG STATE AND FEDERAL HIGHWAYS TO THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THAT PURPOSE; RELIEVING DISTRICT WEED BOARDS FROM WEED CONTROL RESPONSIBILITIES ALONG STATE AND FEDERAL HIGHWAYS ONCE THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR WEED CONTROL HAVE BEEN EXPENDED; AND AMENDING SECTION 7-14-2132, MCA."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 7-14-2132, MCA, is amended to read:
"7-14-2132. Control of weeds along roads and highways. (1) The district weed board shall control noxious weeds on the county roads.
(2) If Subject to 1-2-116, if the department of transportation does not control noxious weeds on state and federal
highways in any a county, the district weed board shall control them. Upon presentation by the board of a verified
account of the expenses incurred, the costs of control shall must be paid by the department.
(3) (a) Funds expended in accordance with subsection (2) may not exceed the amount appropriated to the department for the weed control program.
(b) The district weed board is not required to control noxious weeds on state and federal highways once the funds appropriated to the department for the weed control program have been expended."
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