MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                       1207

SUBTITLE 12. WATERSHED SEDIMENT AND WASTE CONTROL.
8-1201. DEFINITIONS.

(A)    IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE
THE MEANINGS INDICATED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language
used as the standard introductory sentence
to a definition section.

(B)   IN GENERAL. - IN THIS SUBTITLE THE WORD
"WATERSHED" MEANS THE PATUXENT RIVER WATERSHED AND THE
SEVERN RIVER WATERSHED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language
to avoid the repetitive use of these terms.

[[(C) THE "PATUXENT RIVER WATERSHED" IS THE LAND
SURFACE AREA WHOSE TOPOGRAPHY IS SUCH THAT ANY WATER
FALLING ON IT DRAINS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INTO THE
PATUXENT RIVER. THE LAND AREA IN THE STATE PRESENTLY
LIES ENTIRELY IN ANNE ARUNDEL, CALVERT, CHARLES,
HOWARD, MONTGOMERY, PRINCE GEORGE'S, AND ST. MARY'S
COUNTIES.]]

[[(D) THE "SEVERN RIVER WATERSHED" IS THE LAND
SURFACE AREA WHOSE TOPOGPAPHY IS SUCH THAT ANY WATER
FALLING ON IT TRAINS EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
INTO THE SEVERN RIVER.]]

(C) THE "PATUXENT RIVER WATERSHED" IS THE LAND

AND WATER AREA FROM WHICH ALL WATER DRAINS EITHER

DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY [[BY TRIBUTARIES]] TO THE

PATUXENT RIVER.__

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language
derived from Article 66c, Section 411V of
the Code.

(D) THE "SEVERN RIVER WATERSHED" IS THE LAND

AND WATER AREA FROM WHICH ALL WATER DRAINS EITHER

DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY [[BY TRIBUTARIES]] TO THE

SEVERN RIVER.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language
derived from the second sentence of Article
66C, section 411 AE of the Code.

8-1202. LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION.