§ 317.21 — Cost of weed destruction

Iowa § 317.21

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VIII: TRANSPORTATION
• Ch. 317: WEEDS

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When the commissioner destroys any weeds under the authority of section 317.16, after
failure of the landowner responsible to destroy such weeds pursuant to the order of the board
of supervisors, the cost of the destruction shall be assessed against the land and collected
from the landowner responsible in the following manner:
1. Annually, after the weed commissioner has completed the program of destruction of
weeds by reason of noncompliance by persons responsible for the destruction, the board
of supervisors shall determine as to each tract of real estate the actual cost of labor and
materials used by the commissioner in cutting, burning, or otherwise destroying the weeds,
the cost of serving notice, and of special meetings or proceedings, if any. To the total of
all sums expended, the board shall add an amount equal to twenty-five percent of that total
to compensate for the cost of supervision and administration and assess the resulting sum
against the tract of real estate by a special tax, which shall be certified to the county auditor
and county treasurer by the clerk of the board of supervisors, and shall be placed upon the
tax books, and collected, with interest after delinquent, in the same manner as other unpaid
taxes. The tax shall be due on March 1 after assessment, and shall be delinquent from April
1 after due. However, when the last day of March is a Saturday or Sunday, such amount shall
be delinquent from the second business day of April. When collected, the moneys shall be
paid into the fund from which the costs were originally paid.

2. Before making any such assessment, the board of supervisors shall prepare a plat or
schedule showing the several lots, tracts of land or parcels of ground to be assessed which
shallbeinaccordwiththeassessor’srecordsandtheamountproposedtobeassessedagainst
each of the same for destroying or controlling weeds during the fiscal year.
3. Such board shall thereupon fix a time for the hearing on such proposed assessments,
which time shall not be later than December 15 of the year, and at least twenty days prior
to the time thus fixed for such hearing shall give notice thereof to all concerned that such
plat or schedule is on file, and that the amounts as shown therein will be assessed against
the several lots, tracts of land or parcels of ground described in said plat or schedule at the
time fixed for such hearing, unless objection is made thereto. Notice of such hearing shall be
given by one publication in official county newspapers in the county in which the property to
be assessed is situated; or by posting a copy of such notice on the premises affected and by
mailing a copy by certified mail to the last known address of the person owning or controlling
said premises. At such time and place the owner of said premises or anyone liable to pay
such assessment, may appear with the same rights given by law before boards of review, in
reference to assessments for general taxation.

Legislative History

[S13, §1565-c, -d; C24, 27, §4824, 4825; C31, 35, §4824, 4825, 4825-c1, -c2; C39, §4829.19; C46, §317.20; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §317.21]