                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AUTHORITY OF LOCALITY TO CONTROL CERTAIN NOXIOUS WEEDS (§ 15.2-902)

A. Any locality may by ordinance 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.
			The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is authorized to
provide financial and technical assistance to, and enter into agreements with,
any locality which adopts an ordinance for the control of Johnson grass or
multiflora rose.

B. Any locality may by ordinance 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 locality may be declared a public nuisance and noxious weed,
harmful to plant and grass growth and to pastures, and may be destroyed.

HISTORY: 1984, c. 216, § 15.1-28.4; 1997, c. 587; 2008, c. 860.