(a) Appropriations.— The county commissioners may make appropriations from county money and cooperate with the Department of Agriculture, for the purpose of controlling and suppressing:
- (1) dangerous transmissible diseases of domestic animals;
- (2) dangerous plant diseases;
- (3) insect pests; and
- (4) diseases of honeybees.
- (b) Agreements.— For the purpose of carrying out this section, the county commissioners may enter into agreements with the Department of Agriculture concerning terms, rules, regulations and practices for conducting the work.