PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

S.B. 65

Section 16-205(d) and (e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources

Section 8-2102 and, 8-2103, 8-2107. and 10-308.1(f)(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 8-2101 and 8-2103
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 10-308.1(f)(1)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

(As enacted by Chapter 460 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1994)

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

Article—Environment

5-909.

(c) (3) Funds in the Nontidal Wetland Compensation Fund may be used only
for the creation, restoration, or enhancement of nontidal wetlands, including:

(i)     Acquisition of land;

(ii) Acquisition of easements;

(iii) Maintenance of mitigation sites;

(iv)   Purchase of credits in mitigation banks; [and]

(v) IN COORDINATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES, COST SHARING ASSISTANCE TO LANDOWNERS IN THE MANAGEMENT
AND CONTROL OF PHRAGMITES UNDER TITLE 8, SUBTITLE 21 OF THE NATURAL
RESOURCES ARTICLE; AND

(VI) Contractual services necessary to accomplish the intent of this
paragraph.

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