Section 10-202.1 - Nutria management plan.
§ 10-202.1. Nutria management plan.
(a) Development, adoption and implementation.- The Secretary shall develop, adopt, and implement a comprehensive nutria management plan to eradicate the species Myocastor coypu (nutria) from the State.
(b) Funding.- In addition to any funding provided under § 10-308.1 of this title, the Department shall seek funding from federal, private, and other sources to implement fully the nutria management plan until nutria are eradicated from the State.
(c) Reports.-
(1) In accordance with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, the Secretary shall report annually to the General Assembly beginning July 1, 1995 and by July 1 each year thereafter until the nutria have been eradicated from the State.
(2) The report shall include data on the implementation of the nutria management plan, including:
(i) Expenditures and future funding needs;
(ii) Nutria removed from the population;
(iii) Results from specific efforts to remove nutria; and
(iv) An assessment of the success of the plan.
[1994, ch. 460, § 1; 1997, ch. 635, § 9; ch. 636, § 9.]