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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 216 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":156373,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83896,"identifier":"15.2-902","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/1\/15.2-902","url":"\/15.2-902\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-902\/","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/1\/15.2-902","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority of locality to control certain noxious weeds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-902","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> may by <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> prevent, control and abate the growth, importation, spread and contamination of uninfested lands by the species of grass Sorghum halepense, commonly known as Johnson grass or by the woody shrub rosa multiflora, commonly known as multiflora rose.\n\t\t\tThe Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is authorized to provide financial and technical assistance to, and enter into agreements with, any <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> which adopts an <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> for the control of Johnson grass or multiflora rose. <a id=\"paragraph-300681\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-902\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> may by <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> control the growth of musk thistle, the weed designated as Carduus nutans L., a biennial weed of the Compositae family, or curled thistle, the weed designated as Carduus acanthoides L., an annual and biennial weed of the Compositae family. Any such musk thistle or curled thistle growing in the <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> may be declared a public nuisance and noxious weed, harmful to plant and grass growth and to pastures, and may be destroyed. <a id=\"paragraph-300682\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-902\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY OF LOCALITY TO CONTROL CERTAIN NOXIOUS WEEDS (\u00a7 15.2-902)\n\nA. Any locality may by ordinance prevent, control and abate the growth,\nimportation, spread and contamination of uninfested lands by the species of\ngrass Sorghum halepense, commonly known as Johnson grass or by the woody shrub\nrosa multiflora, commonly known as multiflora rose.\n\t\t\tThe Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is authorized to\nprovide financial and technical assistance to, and enter into agreements with,\nany locality which adopts an ordinance for the control of Johnson grass or\nmultiflora rose.\n\nB. Any locality may by ordinance control the growth of musk thistle, the weed\ndesignated as Carduus nutans L., a biennial weed of the Compositae family, or\ncurled thistle, the weed designated as Carduus acanthoides L., an annual and\nbiennial weed of the Compositae family. Any such musk thistle or curled thistle\ngrowing in the locality may be declared a public nuisance and noxious weed,\nharmful to plant and grass growth and to pastures, and may be destroyed.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 216, \u00a7 15.1-28.4; 1997, c. 587; 2008, c. 860.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}