MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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(B) (1) IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISIONS OF § 8-1103
AND § 8-1104, ANY LAND CLEARING, SOIL MOVEMENT OR
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY UNDERTAKEN BY AMY PERSON WITHIN THE
BEACH EROSION CONTROL DISTRICT FIRST SHALL BE REVIEWED
AND APPROVED, APPROVED CONDITIONALLY, OR DISAPPROVED BY
THE DEPARTMENT AND THE APPROPRIATE SOIL CONSERVATION
DISTRICT. THE BEACH EROSION CONTROL DISTRICT CONSISTS OF
THAT LAND BORDERED ON THE NORTH BY THE BOUNDARY LINE
BETWEEN THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND THE STATE OF DELAWARE,
BORDERED ON THE EAST BY THE WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN,
BORDERED ON THE SOOTH BY THE BORDERLINE BETWEEN THE STATE
OF MARYLAND AND THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, AND BORDERED ON
THE WEST BY A LINE WHICH COINCIDES, MORE OR LESS, WITH
THE WEST CREST OF THE EXISTING NATURAL OR ARTIFICAL DUNE.

(2)     IN REVIEWING PROPOSED PLANS, THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSIDER AT LEAST THE FOLLOWING
CRITERIA:

(I)      THE OVERALL INTEGRITY AND
CONTINUITY OF THE NATURAL DONE AND BEACH SYSTEM,
INCLUDING EXISTING CONDITIONS IN THE DEVELOPED, PARTIALLY
DEVELOPED, AND UNDEVELOPED REACHES OF THE SYSTEM;

(II)    THE DYNAMICS OF THE COASTLINE
PROCESSES;

(III)  THE RELATIONSHIP OF DEVELOPMENT TO
NATURAL AND PROPOSED PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS; AND

(IV)    THE NATURE AND LOCATION OF THE
PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO BE UTILISED.

(3)    THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT CRITERIA AND
PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENT THE NECESSARY BEACH PROTECTION
PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS
OR ORGANISATIONS.]]

SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new Section
8—1105.1 be and it is hereby added to Article - Natural
Resources, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1974 Volume
and 1974 Supplement), to read as follows:

Article — Natural Resources

8-1105.1. BEACH EROSION CONTROL DISTRICT

(A) A BEACH EROSION CONTROL DISTRICT IS CREATED
WHICH CONSISTS OF THAT LAND BORDERED ON THE NORTH BY THE
BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND THE STATE
OF DELAWARE, BORDERED ON THE EAST BY THE WATERS OF THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN, BORDERED ON THE SOUTH BY THE BORDERLINE
BETWEEN THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND THE STATE OF VIRGINIA,