VETOES

TAX REVENUE COLLECTIONS ARE LESS THAN THE REVENUE ESTIMATES
USED AS THE BASIS FOR THE APPROPRIATIONS REQUIRED UNDER THIS
SECTION, THE APPROPRIATION TO PROGRAM OPEN SPACE ALLOCATION
TO THE SPECIAL FUND UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION AS
PROVIDED UNDER SUBSECTIONS (C) AND (D) OF THIS SECTION FOR THE
SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF
THE DEFICIENCY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any
reason in a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other
provisions or any other application of this Act which can be given effect without the
invalid provision or application, and for this purpose the provisions of this Act are
declared severable.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department of
Natural Resources and the Office of Planning shall work together to reevaluate the
State's current acquisition and preservation efforts and produce a comprehensive
targeted acquisition and preservation plan by June 30, 1993. As a part of this new plan,
the Department of Natural Resources shall undertake a comprehensive reassessment
and revision of its Authorized Acquisition Program, based on information available in
the 1989 revision of the State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation and Land
Preservation Plan and on more recent data produced by the Office of Planning. By
December of 1990, 1991, and 1992, the Department of Natural Resources and the
Office of Planning shall provide an annual written report to the budget committees of
the General Assembly setting forth the progress of the reassessment and any proposed
revisions to the Department's Authorized Acquisition program in anticipation of this
new plan in 1993.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That in its review and
revision of the State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation and Land Preservation Plan,
due June 30, 1993, the Office of Planning shall assess the methodology by which the
State and local acreage acquisition goals are set and the benefits of setting fixed goals
for acquisition efforts; shall, in determining State and local acreage acquisition goals,
evaluate alternative factors other than population alone; shall assess the merit of
counting toward the State and local acreage acquisition goals acreage protected under
nontidal wetlands and critical areas restrictions, agricultural easements, and private
parkland; and shall evaluate counting in full State and federal land used for public
recreational purposes. This assessment and evaluation shall be included both in the
1993 State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation and Land Preservation Plan and in a
report to the budget committees of the General Assembly by September 1, 1993.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That each local governing
body shall submit its next revised local recreation and parks master plan to the
Department of Natural Resources and the Office of Planning by June 30, 1993.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That notwithstanding the
provisions of § 5-905(c)(7) of the Natural Resources Article, any Program Open Space
funds allocated to a local governing body for any fiscal year beginning before July 1,

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