§ 15-16-7-10 — Cutting and destroying noxious weeds by board; statement of costs to property owner

(a) If a person fails to begin a program
recommended by the weed control board to control and contain noxious
weeds within the time prescribed in section 9 of this chapter, the weed
control board may pay the following costs incurred in cutting or
destroying noxious weeds under this chapter:
(1) Chemicals.
(2) Equipment.
(3) Labor at a rate per hour to be fixed by the weed control board
commensurate with local hourly wages.
(b) When the work has been performed, the person doing the work
shall file an itemized bill for the work in the office of the weed control
board. When the bill has been approved, the weed control board shall
pay the bill from the county general fund unless the county has
established a separate fund for the weed control board. The weed
control board shall certify the cost of the work, adding to the bill twenty
dollars ($20) per day for each day that a member of the weed control
board or the board's agent supervises the performance of the services
required under this chapter as compensation for services. The certified
statement of costs must include a description of the real estate on which
the labor was performed.
(c) The certified statement of costs prepared under subsection (b)
must be provided:
(1) to the owner or person possessing the real estate by:
(A) certified mail; or
(B) personal service; and
(2) by mail to the state comptroller for any real estate owned by
the state or to the fiscal officer of another municipality (as defined
in IC 5-11-1-16) for real estate owned by the municipality.
The statement must request that the person pay the cost of performing
the service under subsection (b) to the weed control board.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly
15-3-4.6-5.4(a); subsection (b) formerly 15-3-4.6-5.4(b); subsection
(c) formerly 15-3-4.6-5.4(c).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.9-2024, SEC.362.