PRINTER'S NO. 3318
No. 2427 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY CHADWICK, DISTLER, FARGO, COY, CARLSON, BRANDT,
BROUJOS, HERSHEY, BOWLEY, MOEHLMANN, MERRY, SERAFINI, MORRIS,
HALUSKA, DEMPSEY, LEE, CIVERA, BURD, ARGALL, MELIO, TRELLO,
BARLEY, NOYE, JOHNSON, GEIST, BILLOW AND E. Z. TAYLOR,
APRIL 3, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
APRIL 3, 1990
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 7, 1982 (P.L.228, No.74), entitled "An
2 act relating to noxious weeds; creating a Noxious Weed
3 Control Committee and defining its powers and duties;
4 imposing powers and duties on the Secretary of Agriculture
5 and municipalities; providing penalties; and making a
6 repeal," deleting a plant from the noxious weed control list.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 8 of the act of April 7, 1982 (P.L.228,
10 No.74), known as the Noxious Weed Control Law, is amended to
11 read:
12 Section 8. Noxious weed control list.
13 The noxious weed control list shall include but not be
14 limited to the following weeds:
15 (1) Cannabis sativa, commonly known as marihuana.
16 [(2) Cichorium intybus, commonly known as chicory or
17 succory or blue daisy.
18 (3)] (2) Cirsium arvense, commonly known as Canadian
1 thistle.
2 [(4)] (3) Rosa multiflora, commonly known as multiflora
3 rose.
4 [(5)] (4) Sorghum halepense, commonly known as Johnson
5 grass.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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