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House Judiciary advances interim study on noxious weed control
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee approved SJ 42, which requests an interim study on noxious weed control to examine enforcement gaps, subdivision weed-management plans, liens, bonds and public outreach, and to convene stakeholders statewide.
Sen. Forrest Mandeville, sponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 42, told the House Judiciary Committee the resolution would request an interim study on noxious weed control and "get the stakeholders in a room" to update statutes he described as dated.
The bill sponsor said enforcement is the core problem: county weed districts can place a lien on property to pay for cleanup, "but that only does something if they go to sell," leaving repeat…
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