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3375
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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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FOR the purpose of permitting the Secretary of
Agriculture to conduct research to determine certain
trends in relation to certain nuisance birds, and to
develop a plan of control of these nuisance birds;
creating an advisory committee to aid the Secretary;
establishing the membership of this committee;
creating a special nuisance bird fund; and generally
relating to nuisance bird control.
BY adding to
Article - Agriculture
Section 5—801 through 5-805, inclusive, to be under
the new subtitle "Subtitle 8. Nuisance Bird
Law"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1976 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Sections 5-801 through 5-805,
inclusive, to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 8.
Nuisance Bird Law" be and they are hereby added to
Article - Agriculture, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1976 Supplement) to read as follows:
Article - Agriculture
SUBTITLE 8. NUISANCE BIRD LAW
5-801.
(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.
(B) "COOPERATOR" MEANS ANY PERSON OR FEDERAL,
STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY.
(C) "NUISANCE BIRDS" MEANS RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS
(AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS), COMMON GRACKLES (QUISCALUS
QUISCULA), BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS (MOLOTHRUS ATER),
STARLINGS (STURNUS VULGARIS), THE MONK PARAKEET
(MYIOPSITTA MONACHUS), AND EXOTIC SPECIES AS DETERMINED
BY THE SECRETARY WHEN CAUSING OR ABOUT TO CAUSE ECONOMIC
LOSSES TO AGRICULTURE IN THE STATE, BECOMING DETRIMENTAL
TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, CAUSING A PUBLIC SAFETY
HAZARD, DEFACING OR DEFILING PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
5-802.
(A) THE SECRETARY MAY CONDUCT RESEARCH TO
DETERMINE POPULATION TRENDS OR ECONOMIC LOSSES TO
AGRICULTURE CAUSED BY NUISANCE BIRDS, AND MAY DEVELOP AND
IMPLEMENT A PLAN OF ACTION FOR THEIR CONTROL.
(B) THE SECRETARY MAY DEMONSTRATE PROCEDURES OR
RENDER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ANY
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