WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

5-101.

(a) In this title[,] the following words have the meanings
indicated.

(d) "Person" includes the State, any county, municipal
corporation, or other political subdivision of the State, or any
of their units, or an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian,
executor, administrator, fiduciary, or representative of any
kind, or any partnership, firm, association, public or private
corporation, or any other entity.

5-103.

(a)  (1) In this section the following words have the
meanings indicated.

(2) "CONSTRUCTING AGENCY" MEANS:

(I)  A UNIT OF STATE GOVERNMENT; OR

(II)  ANY OTHER PERSON WHO USES STATE FUNDING
AND PERFORMS ANY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY WITH THE STATE FUNDING.

[(2)] (3) (i) "Forest" means a biological community
dominated by trees and other woody plants covering a land area of
1 acre or more.

(ii) "Forest" includes an area that has been
cut but not cleared of trees and other woody plants.

[(3)] (4) "Watershed" means all lands lying within an
area described as a subbasin in water quality regulations adopted
by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

(b)  To accomplish a construction activity involving land
clearing, a unit of State government OR ANY OTHER PERSON USING
STATE FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT:

(1) May cut or clear only the minimum number of trees
and other woody plants that are necessary and consistent with
sound design practices; and

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