MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 767

ENCOURAGE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF ITS
NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF LOCAL
ECONOMY, PRESERVATION OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY, AND
PROMOTION OF THE RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE INTEREST
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
the first paragraph of Article 66C, section
343 of the Code. The only changes made are
in style.

SUBTITLE 2. ORGANIZATION AND AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT
PERTAINING TO FORESTS AND PARKS - IN GENERAL.

5-201. ROLE OF DEPARTMENT IN GENERAL; TRANSFER OF
JURISDICTION FROM DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS AND PARKS.

(A) ROLE OF DEPARTMENT IN GENERAL.—THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMOTE, ADMINISTER, AND MANAGE EVERY
STATE-OWNED OR LEASED FOREST, PARK, SCENIC PRESERVE,
NATURAL AREA, PARKWAY, HISTORIC MONUMENT, AND
RECREATION AREA, ADMINISTER EVERY LAW AND RULE OR
REGULATION RELATING TO FORESTS, PARKS, SCENIC
PRESERVES, NATURAL AREAS, PARKWAYS, HISTORIC
MONUMENTS, RECREATION AREAS, FIRE CONTROL, ROADSIDE
TREES, THE RESTORATION OF DEFORESTED OR DENUDED AREAS,
AND THE OPERATION OF THE STATE FOREST NURSERY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as the second paragraph of Article 66C,
section 343, as amended by Chapter 348,
Acts of 1972. The only changes made are in
style.

(E) TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF
FORESTS AND PARKS TO DEPARTMENT.— EVERY RIGHT, POWER,
DUTY, OBLIGATION, AND FUNCTION CONFERRED UPON OR
EXERCISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREST AND PARKS IS
TRANSFERRED TO AND EXERCISED BY THE DEPARTMENT. EVERY
REFERENCE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREST AND PARKS WHICH
APPEARS IN THE CODE, OTHER LAWS OF THE STATE, OR IN
ANY ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, RULE, REGULATION, LEGAL
ACTION, DIRECTIVE, OR DOCUMENT, MEANS THE DEPARTMENT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection was added as the
third paragraph of Article 66C, section 343
of the Code by Chapter 348, Acts of 1972.
It is proposed for retention because it