18.121 Rules, mosquito abatement.  

    Subdivision 1.    Agriculture.  The commissioner of 
 agriculture, (a)  may establish rules for the conduct of 
 mosquito abatement operations of governmental units and boards 
 engaged in mosquito abatement; (b) shall approve mosquito 
 control plans and budgets of mosquito control boards before such 
 plans can be put into operation; (c) may, if the commissioner 
 considers it necessary, modify or revoke any approval the 
 commissioner may have given to any mosquito control plan upon 
 written notice to the governing body or mosquito abatement 
 board; and (d) shall be ex officio a member of each mosquito 
 abatement board, and the commissioner may appoint 
 representatives to act for the commissioner as ex officio member 
 of any such board. 

    Subd. 2.    Natural resources.  The commissioner of 
 natural resources shall approve mosquito abatement plans or make 
 such modifications as the commissioner deems necessary for the 
 protection of public water, wild animals and natural resources 
 before control operations are started and any such approval may, 
 if the commissioner considers it necessary, be modified or 
 revoked by the commissioner of natural resources at any time 
 upon written notice to the governing body or mosquito abatement 
 board.  

    Subd. 3.    Joint approval.  If any revision of 
 previously approved plans are necessary during the mosquito 
 control season, any such revision shall be made through joint 
 approval of the commissioner of agriculture and the commissioner 
 of natural resources.  

    HIST: 1949 c 404 s 9; 1961 c 113 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 1; 
 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444