MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                     833

PLANNING COMMISSION PURCHASES OPEN SPACES AND AREAS
UNDER THE OUTDOOR RECREATION LAND LOAN OF 1968, THE
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS SHALL PAY A PORTION OF THE
PURCHASE COST IF THE SECRETARY HAS APPROVED THE
ACQUISITION AND COSTS, AND THE ACQUISITION COMPLIES
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE OUTDOOR RECREATION LAND
LOAN OF 1968.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Article 66C, section 357A(c) of the
Code. The only changes made are in style.

PART II. WILDLAND AREAS.

5-1203. WILDLAND AREAS; DECLARATION OF POLICY;
ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE WILDLANDS PRESERVATION SYSTEM.

(A)    DECLARATION OF POLICY, ESTABLISHMENT OF
STATE WILDLANDS PRESERVATION SYSTEM.—IN ORDER TO
ASSURE THAT AN INCREASING POPULATION, ACCOMPANIED BY
EXPANDING SETTLEMENT AND GROWING MECHANIZATION, DOES
NOT OCCUPY AND MODIFY ALL AREAS WITHIN THE STATE,
LEAVING NO LANES DESIGNATED FOR PRESERVATION AND
PROTECTION IN THEIR NATURAL CONDITION, IT IS THE
POLICY OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO SECURE FOR THE
PEOPLE OF PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS THE BENEFITS
OF AN ENDURING RESOURCE OF STATE WILDLANDS. FOR THIS
PURPOSE THERE IS ESTABLISHED A STATE WILDLANDS
PRESERVATION SYSTEM COMPOSED OF AREAS IN THE STATE
DESIGNATED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS "WILDLAND
AREAS". THE WILDLAND AREAS SHALL BE ADMINISTERED FOR
THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF MARYLAND IN A
MANNER THAT WILL LEAVE THEM UNIMPAIRED FOR THE FUTURE
USE AND ENJOYMENT AS WILDLANDS, TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR
PROTECTION, PRESERVATION OF THEIR WILDLAND CHARACTER,
AND FOR GATHERING AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
REGARDING THEIR USE AND ENJOYMENT AS WILDLANDS. A
STATE LAND MAY NOT BE DESIGNATED AS "WILDLAND AREAS"
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION OR BY A
SUBSEQUENT ACT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Article 66C, section 345B (a) of the Code.
The only changes made are in style.

(B)   BIG SAVAGE MOUNTAIN - WILDLANDS.

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (A) OF
THIS SECTION THAT PROPERTY IN GARRETT COUNTY
CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 2,000 ACRES AND DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS IS A TYPE 1 STATE WILDLAND AND SHALL BE NAMED