89.55 MS 1957 [Renumbered
18.381]
89.55 INFESTATION CONTROL, COSTS.
Upon the establishment of the zone of infestation, the commissioner may apply measures
of infestation prevention and control on public and private forest and other lands within an
infected zone and to any trees, plants, wood or wood products, or contaminated soil harboring
or which may harbor the forest pests or shade tree pests. For this purpose, the duly authorized
representatives of the commissioner are authorized to enter upon any lands, public or private
within the zone. The commissioner may enter into agreements with owners of the lands in the
zone covering the control work on their lands, and fixing the pro rata basis on which the cost of
the work will be shared between the commissioner and the owner.
History: 1955 c 676 s 5; 1957 c 295 s 6; 2007 c 36 s 1; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 64