Tennessee § 54-5-133 - Eradication and control of noxious weeds.
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§ 54-5-133. Eradication and control of noxious weeds.
The commissioner shall adequately eradicate or control, or both, by chemical or other means, noxious weeds growing on state highway rights-of-way whenever areas adjacent to the rights-of-way are determined by the commissioner of agriculture, in accordance with § 43-1-106 , to be row crop areas or grassland areas. Acts 1972, ch. 801, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-578; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12; 2013, ch. 308, § 26. Amendments. The 2013 amendment rewrote the section which read: “The commissioner shall adequately eradicate or control, or both, by chemical or other means, noxious weeds growing on state highway rights-of-way in the following instances:“(1) Johnson grass along state highway rights-of-way whenever areas adjacent to the rights-of-way are determined by the commissioner of agriculture, in accordance with § 43-1-106 , to be row crop areas; and“(2) Canadian thistles along state highway rights-of-way whenever areas adjacent to the rights-of-way are determined by the commissioner of agriculture, in accordance with § 43-1-106 , to be grassland areas.” Effective Dates. Acts 2013, ch. 308, § 46. July 1, 2013.
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