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1330 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 563
(2) IF THE BENEFITED PROPERTY IS NOT PUBLICLY
OWNED, THE STATE SHALL BEAR THE FOLLOWING PER-
CENTAGES OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF THE
PROJECT: FIFTY PERCENT (50%) OF THE FIRST $10,000,
TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT (25%) OF THE NEXT $10,000, AND
TEN PERCENT (10%) OF THE REMAINDER; PROVIDED,
THAT IN THE CASE OF ANY PROJECT IN WHICH THE BENE-
FITED PROPERTY IS OWNED BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON,
EACH PROPERTY OWNER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE
FINANCIAL AID SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION.
(3) IF THE BENEFITED PROPERTY IS NOT PUBLICLY
OWNED, THE STATE SHALL BEAR TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT
(25%) OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT, INCLUDING
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND FINANCING, AND THE
PROPERTY OWNER OH OWNERS MAY PAY THE NON-STATE
SHARE OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT THROUGH
A SPECIAL TAX LEVIED ON THE BENEFITED PROPERTY
OVER A PERIOD OF NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY-FIVE (25)
YEARS; PROVIDED, THAT THE STATE'S SHARE OF THE
TOTAL COST OF ANY SUCH PROJECT SHALL NOT EXCEED
THE SUM WHICH THE STATE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO
PAY IF THE SAME PROJECT WERE FINANCED UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (2), SUPRA. IF THE BENE-
FITED PROPERTY IS OF SUCH NATURE THAT ACQUISI-
TION BY THE STATE FOR USE AS PARKLAND OR RECREA-
TIONAL AREA WOULD BE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, THE
PROPERTY OWNER'S SHARE OF THE COST OF SHORE ERO-
SION CONTROL MAY BE MET, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN EACH CASE, BY THE GRANT
OF AN EASEMENT TO THE STATE ON AN EQUITABLE
PORTION OF SUCH A PROPERTY.
(b) After completion of the construction of any project, the
cost of maintenance of any erosion structures or controls shall be
borne by the property owner and shall not be the responsibility of the
State. The Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs shall establish
standards of maintenance of projects and perform periodic in-
spections of them to ensure their proper maintenance.
(c) The Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs shall actively
seek to obtain any funds from the federal government which are
available for shore erosion control projects.
12.
(a) From and after [January 1, 1934] July 1, 1969, it shall be
unlawful for the State or any agency thereof, any person or persons,
partnership, association, private or public corporation, county,
municipality, or other political subdivision of the State, to construct,
reconstruct or repair any reservoir, dam or waterway obstruction;
or to make or construct, or permit to be made or constructed, any
change therein or addition therreto; or to make, or permit to be
made, any change in, addition to or repair of, any existing waterway
obstruction; or in any manner to change the course, current, or
cross section of any stream or body of water, wholly or partly,<
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