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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55102</law_id><section_number>3.2-803</section_number><catch_line>Cost of controlling noxious weeds</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions; Protection and Promotion of Agriculture</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Noxious Weeds</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The cost of controlling or eradicating <span class="dictionary">noxious weeds</span> on all property owned or controlled by a State <span class="dictionary">department</span> or political subdivision thereof or control authority, agency, commission, or <span class="dictionary">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 <span class="dictionary">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></text><history>1970, c. 175, &#xA7; 3.1-296.15; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
