1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; requiring reimbursement of certain persons who control or 
1.3 	eradicate noxious weeds on a trunk highway right-of-way;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2016, section 18.78, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 18.78, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Generally. A person owning land, a person occupying land, or a person 
1.8 	responsible for the maintenance of public land shall control or eradicate all noxious weeds 
1.9 	on the land at a time and in a manner ordered by an inspector or county-designated employee.
1.10 	Notwithstanding section 3.736, subdivision 3, if the commissioner of transportation fails 
1.11 	to control or eradicate noxious weeds on a trunk highway right-of-way as provided in a 
1.12 	general weed notice published under section 18.83 or otherwise ordered by an inspector or 
1.13 	county-designated employee, the commissioner of transportation must fully reimburse the 
1.14 	owner or occupant of land adjacent to the right-of-way for the owner or occupant's 
1.15 	documented costs to control or eradicate noxious weeds on the right-of-way.