Welcome to Noxious Weed
Greg Barlow – Director
Phone Number – (620)
842-3021
Noxious Weed Location
– 11/4 miles W. of Anthony on K2 highway.
The Mission of
the Noxious Weeds Department is to control and eradicate weeds on all property
within Harper County as required by state law (K.S.A. 2-1318).
K.S.A 2-1318
Chapter 2 –AGRICULTURE Article 13. – WEEDS
2-1318. County weed supervisors to determine extent
of infestation; annual report; tax levies by counties, townships, and cities;
city may budget in general fund; use of proceeds. The county weed supervisor of each county is hereby directed and
it shall be the duty of the county weed supervisor to ascertain each year the
approximate amount of land and highways infested with each kind of noxious
weeds and its location in the county, and transmit such information tabulated
by cities and townships not later than June 1 of each year, to the secretary of
the state board of agriculture, board of county commissioners, and to the
governing body of each city and township in the district pertaining to such
noxious weed infestation in their respective jurisdiction. On the basis of such information the tax
levying body of each county, township or incorporated city shall make a tax
levy each year for the purpose of paying their part of the cost of control and
eradication thereof as provided in this act and, in the case of cities and
counties, to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under
the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, amendments thereto, by cities located in the
county.
Each county, city, and township, separately, shall make a
levy each year for such purpose. Any
city may budget expenditures for weed control within its general operating fund
in lieu of levying a special tax therefore or maintaining a separate noxious
weed eradication fund. Moneys collected
from such levy, except for an amount to pay a portion of the principal and
interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments
thereto, by cities located in the county, shall be set apart as a noxious weed
eradication fund and warrants duly verified by the county or city supervisor if
such be employed or if no supervisor be employed, then by county, township or
city clerk, as the case may be, may be drawn against this fund for all items of
expense incident to control of noxious weeds in such district
respectively. Any moneys remaining in
the noxious weed eradication fund at the end of any year for which a levy is
made under this section may be transferred to the noxious weed capital outlay
fund for making of capital expenditures incident to the control of noxious
weeds.