Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 17 Weeds, Rodents, And Pests - Chapter 17.10 Noxious Weeds -- Control Boards

17.10.007 Purpose -- Construction -- 1975 1st ex.s. c 13
The purpose of this chapter is to limit economic loss and adverse effects to Washington's agricultural, natural, and human resources due to the presence and ...

17.10.010 Definitions
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Noxious weed" means a plant that when established is ...

17.10.020 County noxious weed control boards -- Created -- Jurisdiction -- Inactive status
(1) In each county of the state there is created a noxious weed control board, bearing the name of the county within which it is ...

17.10.030 State noxious weed control board -- Members -- Terms -- Elections -- Meetings -- Reimbursement for travel expenses
There is created a state noxious weed control board comprised of nine voting members and three nonvoting members. Four of the voting members shall be ...

17.10.040 Activation of inactive county noxious weed control board
An inactive county noxious weed control board may be activated by any one of the following methods: (1) Either within sixty days after a petition ...

17.10.050 Activated county noxious weed control board -- Members -- Election -- Terms -- Meetings -- Quorum -- Expenses -- Officers -- Vacancy
(1) Each activated county noxious weed control board consists of five voting members appointed by the county legislative authority. In appointing the voting members, the ...

17.10.060 Activated county noxious weed control board -- Weed coordinator -- Authority -- Rules and regulations
(1) Each activated county noxious weed control board shall employ or otherwise provide a weed coordinator whose duties are fixed by the board but which ...

17.10.070 State noxious weed control board -- Powers -- Report
(1) In addition to the powers conferred on the state noxious weed control board under other provisions of this chapter, it has the power to: ...

17.10.074 Director -- Powers
(1) In addition to the powers conferred on the director under other provisions of this chapter, the director, with the advice of the state noxious ...

17.10.080 State noxious weed list -- Hearing -- Adoption -- Dissemination
(1) The state noxious weed control board shall each year or more often, following a hearing, adopt a state noxious weed list. (2) Any person ...

17.10.090 State noxious weed list -- Selection of weeds for control by county board
Each county noxious weed control board shall, within ninety days of the adoption of the state noxious weed list from the state noxious weed control ...

17.10.100 Order to county board to include weed from state board's list in county's noxious weed list
Where any of the following occur, the state noxious weed control board may, following a hearing, order any county noxious weed control board or weed ...

17.10.110 Regional noxious weed control board -- Creation
A regional noxious weed control board comprising the area of two or more counties may be created as follows: Either the county legislative authority, or ...

17.10.120 Regional noxious weed control board -- Members -- Meetings -- Quorum -- Officers -- Effect on county boards
In any case where a regional noxious weed control board is created, the county noxious weed control boards comprising the regional board shall still remain ...

17.10.130 Regional noxious weed control board -- Powers and duties
The powers and duties of a regional noxious weed control board are as follows: (1) The regional board shall, within ninety days of the adoption ...

17.10.134 Liability of county and regional noxious weed control boards
Obligations or liabilities incurred by any county or regional noxious weed control board or any claims against a county or regional noxious weed control board ...

17.10.140 Owner's duty to control spread of noxious weeds
(1) Except as is provided under subsection (2) of this section, every owner shall perform or cause to be performed those acts as may be ...

17.10.145 State agencies' duty to control spread of noxious weeds
All state agencies shall control noxious weeds on lands they own, lease, or otherwise control through integrated pest management practices. Agencies shall develop plans in ...

17.10.154 Owners' agreements with county noxious weed control boards -- Terms -- Enforcement
It is recognized that the prevention, control, and eradication of noxious weeds presents a problem for immediate as well as for future action. It is ...

17.10.160 Right of entry -- Warrant for noxious weed search -- Civil liability -- Penalty for preventing entry
Any authorized agent or employee of the county noxious weed control board or of the state noxious weed control board or of the department of ...

17.10.170 Finding presence of noxious weeds -- Notice for failure of owner to control -- Control by county board -- Liability of owner -- Lien -- Alternative
(1) Whenever the county noxious weed control board finds that noxious weeds are present on any parcel of land, and that the owner is not ...

17.10.180 Hearing on liability for expense of control -- Notice -- Review
Any owner, upon request pursuant to the rules and regulation of the county noxious weed control board, is entitled to a hearing before the board ...

17.10.190 Notice and information as to noxious weed control
Each activated county noxious weed control board must publish annually, and at other times as may be appropriate, in at least one newspaper of general ...

17.10.201 Noxious weed control on federal and tribal lands--State and county cooperation
(1) The state noxious weed control board shall: (a) Work with the various federal and tribal land management agencies to coordinate state and federal noxious ...

17.10.205 Control of noxious weeds in open areas
Open areas subject to the spread of noxious weeds, including but not limited to subdivisions, school grounds, playgrounds, parks, and rights-of-way shall be subject to ...

17.10.210 Quarantine of land -- Order -- Expense
(1) Whenever the director, the county noxious weed control board, or a weed district finds that a parcel of land is so seriously infested with ...

17.10.230 Violations -- Penalty
Any owner knowing of the existence of any noxious weeds on the owner's land who fails to control such weeds in accordance with this chapter ...

17.10.235 Selling product, article, or feed containing noxious weed seeds or toxic weeds -- Penalty -- Rules -- Inspections -- Fees
(1) The director of agriculture shall adopt, with the advice of the state noxious weed control board, rules designating noxious weed seeds which shall be ...

17.10.240 Special assessments, appropriations for noxious weed control -- Assessment rates
(1) The activated county noxious weed control board of each county shall annually submit a budget to the county legislative authority for the operating cost ...

17.10.250 Applications for noxious weed control funds
The legislative authority of any county with an activated noxious weed control board or the board of any weed district may apply to the director ...

17.10.260 Administrative powers to be exercised in conformity with administrative procedure act -- Use of weed control substances subject to other acts
The administrative powers granted under this chapter to the director of the department of agriculture and to the state noxious weed control board shall be ...

17.10.270 Noxious weed control boards -- Authority to obtain insurance or surety bonds
Each noxious weed control board may obtain such insurance or surety bonds, or both with such limits as they may deem reasonable for the purpose ...

17.10.280 Lien for labor, material, equipment used in controlling noxious weeds
Every activated county noxious weed control board performing labor, furnishing material, or renting, leasing or otherwise supplying equipment, to be used in the control of ...

17.10.290 Lien for labor, material, equipment used in controlling noxious weeds -- Notice of lien
Every county noxious weed control board furnishing labor, materials, or supplies or renting, leasing, or otherwise supplying equipment to be used in the control of ...

17.10.300 Lien for labor, material, equipment used in controlling noxious weeds -- Claim -- Filing -- Contents
No lien created by RCW 17.10.280 exists, and no action to enforce the same shall be maintained, unless within ninety days from the date of ...

17.10.310 Notice of infraction -- Issuance
The county noxious weed control board may issue a notice of civil infraction if after investigation it has reasonable cause to believe an infraction has ...

17.10.350 Infraction -- Penalty
(1) Any person found to have committed a civil infraction under this chapter shall be assessed a monetary penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars. ...

17.10.890 Deactivation of county noxious weed control board -- Hearing
The following procedures shall be followed to deactivate a county noxious weed control board: (1) The county legislative authority holds a hearing to determine whether ...

17.10.900 Weed districts -- Continuation -- Dissolution--Transfer of assessment funds
Any weed district formed under chapter 17.04 or 17.06 RCW prior to the enactment of this chapter, continues to operate under the provisions of the ...

17.10.910 Severability -- 1969 ex.s. c 113
If any provision of this act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this act, or the application ...