§ 3803 — Agreements relating to eradication

Delaware § 3803

• Jurisdiction: Delaware
• Title: 7
• Part: Agricultural and Soil Conservation; Drainage and Reclamation of Lowlands
• Ch. 38: GIANT REED GRASS CONTROL

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The State Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control may enter into an agreement with any designated county in this State for the purpose of control and eradication of Phragmites australis within that county. When such agreement is executed and certified in writing to the Secretary of State, the Department and the county may conduct surveys to determine the location and amount of infestations of Phragmites australis within that county, and may provide technical and financial assistance to landowners on a cost-sharing basis with those landowners in a cooperative control or eradication program, and may effect a program of mowing, spraying or other control or eradication practices on road rights-of-way, drainage ditch banks, parks, playgrounds and other public and private lands. The agreement between the Department and county may be terminated by either party on 30 days’ written notice.

Legislative History

64 Del. Laws, c. 263, § 1