2013 Maryland Code
TRANSPORTATION
§ 8-609 - Control of phragmites
§8-609.
(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 Environmental Matters Committee of the House of Delegates of Maryland; and
(2) The Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee of the Senate of Maryland.
§ 8-609 - 1. Alternative management and control methods for phragmites
In implementing a phragmites control program, the Secretary shall consider alternative management and control methods and employ only those determined not to have adverse water quality impacts.
§ 8-609 - 2. Bridges on navigable rivers [Effective October 1, 2013].
A bridge may not be built on a navigable river unless authorized by the Administration.
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