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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1964.

Approved April 7, 1964.

CHAPTER 169
(House Bill 11)

AN ACT to add new Sections 756, 757, 758 and 759 to Article 66C of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Natural Re-
sources", to follow immediately after Section 755 thereof and to
be under the new subtitle "Shore Erosion Control", creating a Di-
vision of SECTION ON Shore Erosion Control within the Depart-
ment of Tidewater Fisheries, providing for its powers and duties.
creating an Advisory Committee to the Division, and relating to

control of shore erosion in the State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Sections 756, 757, 758 and 759 be and they are hereby added
to Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Natural Resources", to follow immediately after Section 755
thereof and to be under the new subtitle "Shore Erosion Control",
and all to read as follows:

Shore Erosion Control
756.

(a)   There is hereby established within the Department of Tide-
water Fisheries a Division SECTION of Shore Erosion Control.
The Division THIS SECTION shall have the following powers and
duties:

(b)   To develop and implement a program to educate the public
on all phases of shore erosion, its causes, its effects, the locations
where erosion is a problem, and steps to be taken to control erosion.

(c)   To review petitions for formation of shore erosion districts
presented to any of the counties or Baltimore City and to report to
the counties or Baltimore City as provided by Section 167B of Article
25 of this Code.

(d)   To provide technical assistance to individual property owners,
municipalities and counties having specific shore erosion problems.

(e)   To design, or cause to be designed, shore erosion control struc-
tures, including vegetative cover IN SHORE EROSION CONTROL
DISTRICTS.

(f)   To enter into agreements with persons, municipalities or
counties for construction of shore erosion structures.

(g)   To supervise, or secure supervision of, the erection of shore
protective devices.

(h) Prepare requests for appropriation of funds necessary to
pay the State's share of the cost of any shore protective devices.