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FUNDS NECESSARY TO PAY THE STATE'S SHARE OF THE COST
OF PROJECTS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Article 14B, section 12E(a) through (f),
inclusive of the Code. The only changes
made are in style.

8-707. USE OF WATERWAYS IMPROVEMENT FUND.

A WATERWAYS IMPROVEMENT FUND IS CREATED AND
CONTINUED FOR THE PURPOSES SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBTITLE.
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN § 8-709, ANY MONEY RECEIVED
INTO THE WATERWAYS 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; AND

(4)     CONSTRUCTING MARINE FACILITIES
BENEFICIAL TO THE BOATING PUBLIC; AND

(5)       IMPROVEMENT, RECONSTRUCTION, OR
REMOVAL OF BRIDGES, DRAWBRIDGES, OR SIMILAR STRUCTURES
OVER OR ACROSS WATERS, IF THOSE STRUCTURES DELAY,
IMPEDE, OR OBSTRUCT THE BOATING PUBLIC. WITH THE
APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, FUNDS FROM
ANOTHER PUBLIC OR ANY PRIVATE SOURCE MAY BE RECEIVED
AND USED TO SUPPLEMENT AND INCREASE THE FUNDS IN THE
WATERWAYS IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS
SUBSECTION. ALSO, THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS MAY ENTER
INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A PRIVATE COMPANY OR PERSON
WHICH OWNS SUCH A STRUCTURE, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT,
RECONSTRUCTION, OR REMOVAL OF THE STRUCTURE, IN ORDER
TO PROVIDE A SHARING OF THE COST OF THE IMPROVEMENT,
RECONSTRUCTION, OR REMOVAL.

(6)       EVALUATION OF             WATER-ORIENTED
RECREATION NEEDS AND RECREATIONAL CAPACITIES OF
MARYLAND WATERWAYS, AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE
PLANS FOR WATERWAYS IMPROVEMENTS.