71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 2247
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2606
                Ordered by the House February 21
          Including House Amendments dated February 21
 
Sponsored by Representative JENSON; Representatives KRIEGER, LEE,
  MORGAN, P SMITH, Senators FERRIOLI, NELSON (at the request of
  Janet Fults, State Department of Agriculture)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Allows State Department of Agriculture employees to enter land
with consent of owner to identify  { + noxious + } weeds and to
 { - apply or provide for - }   { + implement or provide for
implementation of integrated noxious weed control measures, which
may include + } application of pesticide to weeds { +  and other
measures + }.
   { +  Declares emergency, effective on passage. + }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to weeds; amending ORS 570.530; and declaring an
  emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 570.530 is amended to read:
  570.530. (1) The weed inspector shall have access to the land
within the district.
  (2) When the provisions of ORS 570.515 to 570.600 are not being
complied with, the weed inspector shall serve a written notice to
the owner or occupant of the land. When the weed inspector is
unable to serve   { - such - }  { +  the + } notice personally,
the weed inspector shall post the notice and two copies thereof
in three conspicuous places on the land.   { - Such - }  { +
The + } notice shall contain:
  (a) The date of service or posting of notice.
  (b) The name of the weed or weeds growing on   { - such - }
 { +  the + } land, and a statement setting forth that
 { - such - }  { +  the + } weeds must be destroyed or must be
prevented from producing seed within a specified time of not less
than two days or more than 20 days, to be established by the
inspector, from the date of service of
  { - such - }  { +  the + } notice.
  (3) The service of   { - such - }  notice as provided in
 { + subsection (2) of + } this section   { - shall have the
effect to require - }  { +  imposes a requirement on + } the
owner or occupant of   { - such - }  { +  the + } land to destroy
or prevent   { - such - }  { +  the + } weeds from seeding or
spreading during the continuation of ownership or occupancy of
the land or until the district is dissolved. A copy of
 { - such - }  { +  the + } notice, together with proof of
service indorsed thereon, shall be filed with the county court.
   { +  (4) Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (3) of this
section, ORS 570.520 or 570.535, with permission of the owner or
occupant of land, employees of the State Department of
Agriculture, or of designated weed control districts, may enter
the land to identify noxious weeds and to implement or provide
for the implementation of integrated noxious weed control
measures, including but not limited to the application of
pesticides to the land. The control or eradication of noxious
weeds may be conducted with or without charge to the owner or
occupant of the land. A notice as described in subsection (2) of
this section is not required for the conduct of activities
described in this subsection. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2001 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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