<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="9.5-205" title_number="9.5" title_name="Invasive Plants Prevention and Control" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Invasive Plants Advisory Committee">
  <text>The Committee shall:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Advise the Secretary regarding regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this title;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <level label="i">
      <text>Conduct an annual review of the assessment protocols adopted under § 9.5–301 of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Report to the Secretary regarding any proposed changes to an assessment protocol or a replacement of a protocol;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <level label="i">
      <text>In consultation with the Secretary and the Secretary of Natural Resources, review the qualifications of the qualified independent assessor; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Report to the Secretary any proposed changes to the qualifications of the qualified independent assessor;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Review invasive plant species assessments conducted in accordance with § 9.5–301 of this title to advise the Secretary on which plants to classify as prohibited invasive plants for inclusion on the Consolidated List of Maryland Invasive Plant Species; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <level label="i">
      <text>Review any data submitted to the Committee that indicates a cultivar, selection, or infra–specific hybrid of a prohibited invasive plant is not invasive; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>If the data submitted under item (i) of this item is deemed accurate and sufficient, advise the Secretary to declassify or preemptively not classify the cultivar, selection, or infra–specific hybrid as a prohibited invasive plant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
