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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="5-406" title_number="5" title_name="Pesticide and Pest Control" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Mosquito Control">
  <level label="a">
    <text>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 specified in the order.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>After all reasonable attempts of abatement have failed, an order issued in accordance with subsection (a) of this section shall be served:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>On the person who is causing or allowing mosquitoes to breed or develop; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the person who is causing or allowing the mosquitoes to breed or develop cannot be found, on the owner or occupant of the property where the mosquitoes exist.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
