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"Mining," subheading "Strip Mining," be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

660.

(a) There is hereby created a standing committee which shall be
known as the Land Reclamation Committee, hereafter referred to
as the "Committee," to be composed of nine members as follows:
the Director of the Maryland Geological Survey, who shall act as
chairman; the chairman of the soil conservation district supervisors
of Allegany County, and the chairman of the soil conservation
district supervisors of Garrett County or their designated repre-
sentatives; two members [representing the mining industry,] ap-
pointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate
for three-year terms ;[;] to represent the mining industry or their
designated alternates; the Director or his representative of the fol-
lowing State agencies; [the Department of Game and Inland Fish,]
Fish and Wildlife Administration, the Department of Forests and
Parks, the Department of Water Resources and the Bureau of Mines.
The Committee members shall serve without compensation, other
than reimbursement for travel and actual expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties under this subheading. Funds for ex-
penses will be provided for in the budget of the Maryland Geological
Survey. The Committee shall meet at the chairman's request, but
in no case shall the meetings be held less often than twice a year.
A quorum shall consist of five (5) or more members. A majority
vote of the full Committee shall be necessary to approve any action.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved April 29, 1971

CHAPTER 237
(Senate Bill 392)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 5.03 (a)
of Article 66B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Zoning and Planning," subtitle "Subdivision
Control," to include public school sites in the list of those areas for
which provision may be made by zoning regulations, and to
clarify the language therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 5.03(a) of Article 66B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1970 Replacement Volume), title "Zoning and Planning," sub-
title "Subdivision Control," be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

5.03.

(a) Before exercising the powers referred to in Section 5.02, the
planning commission shall prepare regulations governing the sub-
division of land within its jurisdiction. [Such] Those regulations may