The commission is authorized to carry out operations or measures necessary to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, or prevent the spread of noxious weeds new to or not heretofore widely prevalent or distributed within and throughout the State. The commission is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 46-23-50
Commissioner may detect and prevent spread of noxious weeds
Known as the South Carolina Noxious Weed Act
The act spans §§ 46–46 (9 sections).
1962 Code SECTION 3-449.5; 1971 (57) 392; 2015 Act No. 15 (H.3323), SECTION 1, eff May 7, 2015.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.