§ 2703 Nuisance Plant Committee.

3 DE Code § 2703 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) The Secretary shall establish a Nuisance Plant Committee to advise the Secretary on the creation of the Nuisance Plant List.

(b) The Nuisance Plant Committee comprises 5 members to be appointed by the Secretary. The composition of the Nuisance Plant Committee shall be as follows:

(1) A representative from Delaware nursery and landscape industries;

(2) A representative from Plant Industries, Delaware Department of Agriculture;

(3) A representative from the Plant and Soil Science faculty of the University of Delaware or Delaware State University;

(4) A representative from Delaware state government outside the Department of Agriculture; and

(5) A public member.

(c) The Secretary will charge the Nuisance Plant Committee with reviewing and revising the Nuisance Plant List and with categorizing such plants as either Class A or Class B nuisance plants. A Class A nuisance plant is one for which there is no known effective and reasonable method of control. A Class B nuisance plant is one for which there is a known effective control method.

(d) Nuisance Plant Committee appointees shall serve terms for a period of 2 years, except the plant industries appointee, who will serve for a period of 3 years.

(e) The Nuisance Plant Committee shall meet a minimum of 1 time per year. The Secretary may call additional meetings as needed.

74 Del. Laws, c. 364, § 1.