1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to noxious weeds; allowing municipalities to adopt ordinances for the 
1.3 	control of buckthorn;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 18.78, by 
1.4 	adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 18.78, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 3.Control of buckthorn. Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter 
1.9 	for the control or eradication of noxious weeds, a municipality may adopt an ordinance to 
1.10 	control buckthorn on all public and private property within its geographic boundaries.