WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 263

provided in this Act. If this evidence is not presented by June 1, 1992, the proceeds of
the loan shall be applied to the purposes authorized in § 8-129 of the State Finance and
Procurement Article.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1990.

Approved May 2, 1990.

CHAPTER 263
(Senate Bill 321)

AN ACT concerning

Waterway Improvement Fund - Dredging

FOR the purpose of altering the eligibility requirements for certain loans issued from
the Waterway Improvement Fund to a governing body for the benefit of certain
residential property owners for dredging certain channels; and generally relating
to loans issued from the Waterway Improvement Fund for dredging purposes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 8-707(a) and 8-708.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1983 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

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

Article - Natural Resources

8-707.

(a) There is a Waterway Improvement Fund for the purposes specified in this
subtitle. Except as provided in § 8-709, 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

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