WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 6

(5) Prepare requests for appropriation of funds necessary to pay the
State's share of the cost of projects;

(6) Administer the Waterway Improvement Fund to provide interest-free
loans to any governing body for a waterway improvement project as provided in §
8-708(d) of this subtitle; and

(7) Administer the Waterway Improvement Fund to provide interest-free
loans to a governing body for the benefit of a residential property owner, or group of
residential property owners, with land abutting a channel adjacent to a main channel or
harbor for dredging the adjacent channel as provided in § 8-708. 1 of this subtitle.

8-707.

(a) There is a Waterway Improvement Fund for the purposes specified in this
subtitle. Except as provided in § 8-709 OF THIS SUBTITLE, any money received into
the Waterway Improvement Fund shall be used solely for the following projects:

(1) Marking channels and harbors[,] and establishing aids to navigation in
cooperation with and as an extension of operations of the United States Coast Guard;

(2) Clearing debris, aquatic vegetation, and obstruction from waters of the
State;

(3) Dredging channels and harbors and construction of jetties and
breakwaters in cooperation with and as an extension of operations of the United States
Army Corps of Engineers;

(4) Constructing and maintaining marine facilities beneficial to the boating
public, including constructing pump-out stations for use by the general boating public
at public and private marinas. The Secretary may use the funds to install pump-out
stations for use by the general boating public and to supplement maintenance costs at
the discretion of the Secretary. Before approving the construction of any pump-out
station at a public or private marina, the Secretary shall consult with the Department of
the Environment to assure that the wastewater collection and treatment system of the
marina is adequate to handle any increased flow. The Department may adopt
regulations to govern the use and operation of pump-out stations for use by the general
boating public constructed or supported by State funds under this section;

(5) Improvement, reconstruction, or removal of bridges, drawbridges, or
similar structures over or across waters, if those structures delay, impede, or obstruct
the boating public. With the approval of the Board of Public Works, funds from another
public or any private source may be received and used to supplement and increase the
funds in the Waterway Improvement Fund for the purpose of this subsection. Also, the
Board of Public Works may enter into an agreement with a private company or person
which owns such a structure, for the improvement, reconstruction, or removal of the
structure, in order to provide a sharing of the cost of the improvement, reconstruction,
or removal;

(6) Evaluation of water-oriented recreation needs and recreational

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