Section 5-403 – Execution of Work by Contract or Open Account
The Secretary may execute work undertaken pursuant to this subtitle by contract or open account, as he deems to be in the State’s best interest.
Section 5-301 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Broker” means any person who solicits, takes orders, sells or distributes nursery stock in the State other than a nurseryman or dealer. (c) (1) “Dealer” means any person, except a nurseryman or broker, who advertises nursery stock for sale or installation or who buys, collects, or otherwise […]
Section 5-404 – Receipt of Funds From and Contracts With Political Subdivisions; Expenses of Mosquito Control on State-Owned Land
(a) The Secretary may receive from any county, municipality, or special taxing district in the State funds for the purpose authorized by this section. (b) The Secretary may contract with any county, municipality, or special taxing district with respect to the construction or maintenance of the facilities and other work authorized by this subtitle to control or […]
Section 5-302 – Inspections; Rules Governing Certification and Licensing; Development of Programs; Fees; Plant Protection Fund
(a) The Secretary at least once a year shall determine by inspection the health and general condition of the horticultural and agricultural interests in each county of the State. (b) The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations governing the certification of nurseries and the licensing of dealers and brokers, develop a system for establishing plant standards, including […]
Section 5-405 – Control and Elimination of Mosquitoes
(a) The Secretary may make inspections, investigations, studies, and determinations as he deems advisable in order to ascertain the effect of mosquitoes and methods for their control or elimination in any part of the State. (b) If funds are available, the Secretary may construct and maintain ditches, dikes, dams, and other facilities and may place or spread […]
Section 5-304 – Quarantine of Infested or Infected Areas
In order to control, retard, or eradicate dangerously injurious plant pests, the Secretary may: (1) Establish or rescind quarantines against the introduction into the State of any plant material known to be infested or infected or which reasonably may be believed to be infested or infected; (2) Quarantine any area of the State known or reasonably believed […]
Section 5-405.1 – Notification of Mosquito Spraying
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, at least 24 hours before the State, a county, or a bicounty agency sprays a pesticide to control mosquitos within a municipality, the State, county, or bicounty agency shall provide to the municipality notification of: (1) The location of the spraying; and (2) The planned date and time […]
Section 5-305 – Aircraft Dissemination of Insecticides, Fungicides, and Bactericides
(a) The Secretary shall determine whether any plant infestation, plant infection or animal or human disease with a known or suspected arthropod vector exists which may be controlled or its spread retarded by aircraft dissemination of pesticides. (b) If the Secretary determines that an infestation, infection, or disease exists, he may control or retard its spread by […]
Section 5-406 – Mosquito Control
(a) If the Secretary, in cooperation with the local health authority, finds that a person is causing or allowing mosquitoes to breed or develop on any property in a manner that may pose a threat to public health, the Secretary may order that the person abate the mosquito habitat in a manner and at a time […]
Section 5-306 – Right of Entry; Treatment of Plants
(a) To accomplish the purpose of this subtitle, the Secretary may enter any public or private land or property, vehicle, vessel or aircraft in the State to inspect, destroy, treat, or experiment with dangerously injurious plant pests. It is unlawful to deny access to, offer any resistance to, hinder, misrepresent or conceal facts from the Secretary […]