§ 1525 — County mosquito control commission; powers and duties; entry on lands

New York § 1525

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law PBH: Public Health
• Title 2: County Insect Control
• Art. 15: Insect Control

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§ 1525. County mosquito control commission; powers and duties; entry\non lands. 1. Each county mosquito control commission shall use every\nmeans feasible and practicable to suppress mosquitoes, ticks, flies and\nother hominoxious arthropods of every kind requiring community action\nfor their control, and which may be found within the county for which\nsuch commission is appointed.\n 2. Such commission shall have power and authority to enter without\nhinderance upon any or all lands within the county for the purpose of\ndraining or treating the same and to perform all other acts which in its\nopinion and judgment may be necessary and proper for the elimination of\nmosquitoes or other hominoxious arthropods which may require community\naction for their control, and which may be found within such counties,\nbut such measures shall not be injurious to wild life.\n 3. Before entering upon any such lands for such purposes as outlined\nunder this section, the commission shall publish each year at least once\nduring the year, immediately following the approval of the board of\nsupervisors of its plans for work during the ensuing year as provided in\nthis article, in at least one newspaper in every town of the county\nwhere work is to be performed and in which such a paper is published, a\ngeneral description of the land where the work is to be performed, and\nin case of a town where work is to be performed by the commission and in\nwhich no newspaper is published, individual notices shall be first sent\nto every owner in such town upon whose land the commission proposes to\nenter for said purposes if the name of such owner be known; if unknown\nsuch notice shall be posted in not less than five conspicuous places in\nsuch town.\n