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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="8-609" title_number="8" title_name="Highways" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Construction and Maintenance">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary shall implement a program to control the spread of phragmites, where appropriate:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Along the rights–of–way of the State highway system; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On other lands that the Department owns or controls.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>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:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Environment and Transportation Committee of the House of Delegates of Maryland; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee of the Senate of Maryland.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
