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When it is not feasible for the entity to conduct the control program, the Commissioner may proceed with the control and the entity shall reimburse the cost and these moneys shall be refunded to the appropriation from which they were expended.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":202061,"text":"The cost of controlling or eradicating noxious weeds on all property owned or controlled by a State department or political subdivision thereof or control authority, agency, commission, or board, including highways, roadways, streets, alleys, and rights-of-way, shall be paid by the entity out of funds appropriated for its use. 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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 175 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 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":194321,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55102,"identifier":"3.2-803","token":"3.2\/I\/8\/3.2-803","url":"\/3.2-803\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-803\/","token":"3.2\/I\/8\/3.2-803","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cost of controlling noxious weeds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-803","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The cost of controlling or eradicating noxious weeds<\/span> on all property owned or controlled by a State department<\/span> or political subdivision thereof or control authority, agency, commission, or board<\/span>, including highways, roadways, streets, alleys, and rights-of-way, shall be paid by the entity out of funds appropriated for its use. When it is not feasible for the entity to conduct the control program, the Commissioner<\/span> may proceed with the control and the entity shall reimburse the cost and these moneys shall be refunded to the appropriation from which they were expended.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOST OF CONTROLLING NOXIOUS WEEDS (\u00a7 3.2-803)\n\nThe cost of controlling or eradicating noxious weeds on all property owned or\ncontrolled by a State department or political subdivision thereof or control\nauthority, agency, commission, or board, including highways, roadways, streets,\nalleys, and rights-of-way, shall be paid by the entity out of funds appropriated\nfor its use. When it is not feasible for the entity to conduct the control\nprogram, the Commissioner may proceed with the control and the entity shall\nreimburse the cost and these moneys shall be refunded to the appropriation from\nwhich they were expended.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 175, \u00a7 3.1-296.15; 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}}