MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             1545

(5) This Act shall take effect June 1, 1976.

Approved May 17, 1976.

CHAPTER 577

(Senate Bill 396)

AN ACT concerning

Property Tax Exemption - Izaak Walton League

FOR the purpose of exempting certain real and personal
property owned by the Izaak Walton League, under
certain conditions, from State, county, and city
ordinary taxation as of a certain date.

BY adding to

Article 81 — Revenue and Taxes

Section 9 (1-2)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1975 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 9(1-2) be and it is hereby
added to Article 81 — Revenue and Taxes, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1975 Replacement Volume and 1975
Supplement) to read as follows:

Article 81 - Revenue and Taxes

9.

(L-2) REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY WHICH IS OWNED BY
THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE AND IS USED SOLELY FOR
MAINTENANCE OF NATURAL AREAS FOR PUBLIC USE, FOR
SANCTUARIES, OR FOR WILDLIFE, [[OR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL

EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC,]]PROVIDED THAT,__BY AGREEMENT,

THE PROPERTY SHALL BECOME THE PROPERTY OF THE STATE OR

ANY OF ITS SUBDIVISIONS UPON RELEASE BY THE LEAGUE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
exemption for which provision is made by this Act shall
be effective as of January 1, 1977.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That subject
to the provisions of Section 2 above, this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1976.