1760                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [Ch. 484

CHAPTER 484
(House Bill 969)
AN ACT concerning

Maryland Environmental Policy Act—Historic Resources

FOR the purpose of including historic resources among
those resources which should be protected by State
agencies, and including historical environmental
effects in "environmental effects report" , and
defining historic resources .

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 41 — Governor — Executive and Administrative

Departments

Sections 448(b) and 449(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 448(b) and 449(c) of Article 41 -
Governor — Executive and Administrative Departments, of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume
and 1973 Supplement} be and they are hereby repealed and
re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 41 — Governor—Executive and Administrative

Departments

448.

The General Assembly of Maryland finds and declares
that:

(b) All State agencies must conduct their affairs
with an awareness that they are stewards of the air,
land, water, [and] living AND HISTORIC resources, and
that they have an obligation to protect the environment
for the use and enjoyment of this and all future
generations;

449.

For the purpose of this subtitle, unless otherwise
required by the context:

(c) The term "environmental effects report" means a
report on each proposed State action significantly