Bill Text: MI SB1464 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Townships; other; definition of noxious weeds; amend, and allow townships to determine which are a common nuisance. Amends sec. 2 of 1941 PA 359 (MCL 247.62).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-12-29 - Assigned Pa 0358'10 With Immediate Effect [SB1464 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-SB1464-Chaptered.html
Act No. 358
Public Acts of 2010
Approved by the Governor
December 22, 2010
Filed with the Secretary of State
December 22, 2010
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 22, 2010
STATE OF MICHIGAN
95TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2010
Introduced by Senators Nofs and Gilbert
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1464
AN ACT to amend 1941 PA 359, entitled “An act for controlling and eradicating certain noxious weeds within the state; to permit townships, villages, and cities to have a lien for expenses incurred in controlling and eradicating such weeds; to permit officials of counties and municipalities to appoint commissioners of noxious weeds; to define the powers, duties, and compensation of commissioners; to provide for sanctions; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 2 (MCL 247.62).
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 2. For the purpose of this act, “noxious weeds” includes Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense), dodders (any species of Cuscuta), mustards (charlock, black mustard, and Indian mustard, species of Brassica or Sinapis), wild carrot (Daucus carota), bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), perennial sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis), hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana), giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), ragweed (Ambrosia elatior l.), and poison ivy (Rhus toxicodendron), poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix), or other plant which in the opinion of the governing body of any county, city, township, or village coming under the provisions of this act is regarded as a common nuisance.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
