MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                     1021

changes made are in style.

8-202. DEPARTMENT ADVISORY COMMISSIONS.

(A)    WATER RESOURCES ADVISORY COMMISSION CREATED
AND CONTINUED.—THE WATER RESOURCES ADVISORY
COMMISSION IS CREATED AND CONTINUED, WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT.

(B)   CHESAPEAKE BAY AND COASTAL ZONE ADVISORY
COMMISSION CREATED AND CONTINUED. - THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
AND COASTAL ZONE ADVISORY COMMISSION IS CREATED AND
CONTINUED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

(C) MEMBER OF CERTAIN FORMER COMMISSIONS MAY
CONTINUE TO SERVE UNEXPIRED TERM.—NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, A MEMBER OF THE
COMMISSION ON CHESAPEAKE BAY AFFAIRS AND THE WATER
RESOURCES COMMISSION AS OF JUNE 30, 1972 MAY SERVE THE
REMAINDER OF HIS TERM AS A MEMBER OF AN ADVISORY
COMMISSION CREATED AND CONTINUED BY LAW.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language
based upon Article 41, section 233 of the
Code, as amended by Chapter 348, Acts of
1972. Chapter 348, abolished the
Commission on Chesapeake Bay Affairs and
the Water Resources Commission and created
the Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Zone
Advisory Commission and the Water Resources
Advisory Commission.

While the creation of these two commissions
is stated in Article 41, section 233
(proposed section 1-102 of Title 1) it is
repeated here for the convenience of the
Code user interested in the subject matter
of Title 8.

8-203. GENERAL POWERS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF
DEPARTMENT.

(A) JURISDICTION OVER NATURAL RESOURCES. - THE
DEPARTMENT HAS GENERAL SUPERVISORY POWER, REGULATION,
AND CONTROL OVER THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE
WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TIDAL WATERS.