HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                 709

(2) Knowingly contaminate any uninfested land
with Johnson grass through the movement of rootstocks, seed,
soil, mulch, nursery stock, farm machinery, or any other
medium[;].

(b) Each landowner OR PERSON WHO POSSESSES AND
MANAGES THE LAND shall mow, cultivate, or treat with
chemicals, or use any other practice prescribed by the
Secretary as effective in preventing seed set on all Johnson
grass infestations on his property.

9-405.

Every failure to comply with the provisions of this
subtitle shall be reported to the State's attorney [of any]
FOR THE county in which the violation occurs. The State's
attorney shall prosecute all violations and bring an action
to enjoin any nuisance. However, a landowner OR OTHER
PERSON WHO POSSESSES AND MANAGES THE LAND may enter into a
written agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture which
sets forth a program for the eradication and control of
Johnson grass, and if all the terms and conditions of the
agreement are met, there is no violation of this subtitle as
to the land covered by the agreement.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 1, 1979.

CHAPTER 154

(House Bill 373)

AN ACT concerning

Montgomery County - Public School Budget
MC 251-79

FOR the purpose of extending the time period necessary for
the Montgomery County Council to provide reasons for
reduction in the school budget.

BY adding to

Article - Education

Section 5-103(e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Volume and 1978 Supplement)