Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 263 – Insect Pests and Weeds | Midpage263.010Title of law263.020Definitions263.030Appointment of state entomologist — qualifications — employees263.040Rules and regulations263.050Inspection, enforce quarantine regulations — power to call meetings — rulemaking, procedure263.060Right of entry263.070Inspection fees — nurseries and nursery dealers registration inspection certificates, requirements, expire when — disposition of fees263.080Plant pests, control, noncomplying owner, action by inspectors — lien for expenses263.100Shipping tag to show what263.110Inspection of plants before sale or shipment — fees — exceptions263.130Establishment of quarantine — rules and regulations263.140Restrictive and control measures — adoption and enforcement263.145Plant disease and insect inspection — confiscation and destruction — highway patrol or other law enforcement officers to assist in enforcement263.150Review of order granted, when — rules, procedure263.180Penalty263.190Owners to control noxious weeds — notice procedure — penalty — sale of noxious weeds prohibited263.200County commission duties to control noxious weeds, official immunity, landowner duty of care — special tax for cost, collection — provisions applicable to certain political subdivisions263.220Duty of prosecuting attorney263.240Penalty for violation263.243State agency purchasing seed from nondomestic source containing noxious weeds, liability263.245Brush adjacent to county roads, to be removed subject to voter approval, certain counties — county commission may remove brush, when, procedures, certain counties — county right-of-way or maintenance easement, distance263.247Brush control, county option, certain counties — election to discontinue enforcement of weed control program263.250Marijuana plant to be destroyed — county commission to destroy, when263.255County election on enforcement of Johnson grass control law, notice, ballot, effect263.257Director of agriculture to exterminate Johnson grass, when — county weed control board, appointment, expenses263.259Duties of state director of agriculture — inspection by county weed control board263.261Duties of public utilities and government agencies as to Johnson grass263.262Johnson grass declared nuisance, where — abatement263.265Tax for control of Johnson grass — state transportation department to pay costs263.266Approved eradication methods to be followed263.267County's classification as Johnson grass extermination area terminated, how263.452Declaration of commission, when — election, procedure263.454Declaration as noxious weed control area, notice, duties of property owners — county weed control board, appointment, members, duties, compensation, terms263.456Duties of county weed control board — director of agriculture to cooperate with governmental agencies — inspection of lands, notice, immunity, liability, indemnification, landowner duty of care — expenses of control, special tax, lien — notice to prosecutor263.458Public utilities, department of transportation, department of natural resources, department of conservation, United States government, and railroads duties in noxious weed control areas263.460Noxious weeds as public nuisance — action to enjoin nuisance, venue, parties, notice263.462Tax may be assessed by county commission, township board and special road district — transportation department property, costs — county commission may share costs with landowners263.464Chemicals and biological agents, approval of required263.466Termination of classification as noxious weed control area263.468County noxious weed fund may be established — program required — funding — orders263.470Prohibition, Johnson grass extermination area263.472Conversion of Johnson grass extermination area to noxious weed control program — election, procedure263.474Public and private standards of control263.500Law, how cited263.503Definitions263.505Rules, authority for — procedure to adopt, suspend and revoke263.507Department of agriculture — powers and duties263.509Director's right to enter premises to eradicate and inspect, requirements — court may issue a warrant for right of entry, when263.512Cotton growers to furnish department with size and location of all cotton fields and patches263.515Quarantined areas, authority from regulations by department — articles from other states regulated263.517Eradication zones established, authority for — regulations — publication of notice in affected areas — violations, authority to destroy cotton263.520Eradication zones, authority of department to treat with pesticides or destroy — cotton planted after notice, no payment for losses — payment if cotton planted before notice263.523Cotton growers' organization, certification by department, requirements — board of directors, appointment, qualifications, terms — audit by department263.525Certification of organization — purpose — revocation, when263.527Regional referendum on assessment for costs of eradication — assessment basis — voting procedure — deposit of funds collected — annual audit263.529Referendum under direction of organization — expenses, how paid263.531Referendum defeated — organization may call other referendums — assessment retention to be subject to vote every ten years263.534Failure to pay assessment, penalties and interest — lien also authorized on cotton crop subject to assessment, priority of lien263.537Boll weevil suppression and eradication fund established, purpose — department may retain amount to cover costs of administration — reversion to general revenue prohibited