(a) The Secretary shall implement a program to control the spread of phragmites, where appropriate:
(1) Along the rights–of–way of the State highway system; and
(2) On other lands that the Department owns or controls.
(b) The Department shall study and analyze the progress made in the control in the spread of phragmites on lands that the Department owns or controls.
(c) By December 1, 1994, and on request of the committees thereafter, the Department shall submit a report under subsections (a) and (b) of this section on the management and control of the spread of phragmites to:
(1) The Environment and Transportation Committee of the House of Delegates of Maryland; and
(2) The Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee of the Senate of Maryland.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 6 - Construction and Maintenance
Section 8-601 - Responsibility for Construction and Maintenance of State Highways
Section 8-601.1 - Project Resulting in Severance or Destruction of Bicycle Route
Section 8-602 - Clearing Highways
Section 8-602.1 - Best Practices Guidelines for Road Salt Management
Section 8-603 - Landscaping Highways
Section 8-604 - Naming Highways
Section 8-605 - Informational and Directional Signs, Signals, and Markers
Section 8-606 - Width of Right-of-Way; Grade Level
Section 8-608 - Utility Sleeves
Section 8-609 - Control of Phragmites
Section 8-609.1 - Alternative Management and Control Methods for Phragmites
Section 8-609.2 - Bridges on Navigable Rivers
Section 8-609.3 - Compost and Compost-Based Products -- Specification