MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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Commission of Maryland shall receive a salary of
[twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000)] $33,500 per
annum and each of the other members of the Commission
shall receive a salary of [twenty—seven thousand dollars
($27,000)] $32,000 per annum.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved May 15, 1975.

CHAPTER 581

(Senate Bill 340)

AN ACT concerning

Surface Mining — Minerals Other Than Coal

FOR the purpose of regulating the surface mining of
minerals other than coal; establishing a Surface
Mined Land Reclamation Fund; providing for uses of
the Fund; providing for surface mine inspectors;
requiring licenses and permits for surface mining;
establishing fees; requiring reclamation plans,
performance bonds or cash deposits, and reports;
providing for exemptions; authorizing the Secretary
of Natural Resources to adopt rules and regulations
to administer this Act; and generally relating to
the surface mining of minerals other than coal.

BY adding to

Article — Natural Resources

Sections [[7-7B01 through 7-7B31]] 7-6A01 through

7-6A31, inclusive, to be

under the new subtitle "[[7B]] 6A. Surface Mining"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Sections [[7-7B01 through 7-7B31]]
7—6A01 through 7—6A31, inclusive, to be under the new
subtitle "[[7B]] 6A. Surface Mining" be and they are
hereby added to Article — Natural Resources, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1974 Volume and 1974
Supplement) to read as follows: