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(B) THE SECRETARY MAY ACQUIRE ANY SITE BY
AGREEMENT OR CONDEMNATION UNDER THE CONDEMNATION LAW
AND PAY FOR THEM FROM THE FUND. THE SECRETARY HOLDS
THE PROPERTY IN THE NAME OF THE STATE AND MAY NOT
PERMIT ITS TEMPORARY USE FOR ANY PURPOSE WHICH MIGHT
LOGICALLY BE EXPECTED TO IMPEDE ITS PROMPT
AVAILABILITY FOR POWER PLANT SITING AS AND WHEN

NEEDED. TEMPORARY USES WHICH THE SECRETARY MAY

AUTHORIZE MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED, TO PUBLIC

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, INCLUDING OPEN SPACE AREAS,

PARKS, FORESTS AND BEACHES, FISH AND WILDLIFE REFUGES

AND OTHER PUBLIC RECREATIONAL USES AS AUTHORIZED

WITHIN THIS ARTICLE. THE SECRETARY MAY NOT HOLD, AT

ANY ONE TIME, LESS THAN FOUR NOR MORE THAN EIGHT
SITES, SUITABLE FOR EITHER SINGLE OR MULTIPLE POWER
PLANT SITING. HOWEVER, A SITE SHALL BE ACQUIRED BY
JULY 1, 1974, REASONABLY SUITABLE FOR EACH ELECTRIC
COMPANY GENERATING MORE THAN 1000 MW OF ELECTRIC POWER
AND AT LEAST ONE [[OTHER]] SUCH SITE REASONABLY
SUITABLE FOR [[EACH]] SUCH [[ELECTION]] ELECTRIC
COMPANY SHALL BE HELD SUBSEQUENTLY AS A MINIMUM
INVENTORY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as the second paragraph of Article 66C,
section 769 (a) of the Code as amended by
Chapter 618, Acts of 1973. The only
changes made are in style.

(C)   SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF ALL REVENUES THE
SECRETARY OBTAINS THROUGH TEMPORARY USE OF SITES SHALL
BE DEPOSITED IN THE FUND. THE REMAINING 25 PERCENT
SHALL BE PAID TO THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE SITE IS
SITUATED. IF THE SITE LIES WITHIN TWO OR MORE
COUNTIES, THE 25 PERCENT SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED
PROPORTIONALLY ACCORDING TO THE AREA WITHIN EACH
COUNTY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as the third paragraph of Article 66C,
section 769 (a) of the Code. The only
changes made are in style.

(D)   AN ELECTRIC COMPANY AS DEFINED IN THE PUBLIC
SERVICE COMMISSION LAW MAY BEQUEST FROM THE SECRETARY
AN APPROPRIATE SITE IN HIS POSSESSION UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE, AND THE SECRETARY [[MAY]]
SHALL MAKE THE SITE AVAILABLE. THE ELECTRIC UTILITY
MAY PURCHASE THE SITE, OR LEASE IT ON A 99 YEAR LEASE.
THE PURCHASE PRICE SHALL BE THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF
THE SITE AS DETERMINED BY A COMMITTEE OF THREE