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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 765

CHAPTER 765

(House Bill 1427)

AN ACT concerning

Natural Resources - Placement of Buoys

FOR the purpose of authorizing the State Department of
Natural Resources to adopt a program relating to the
placement of certain buoys and other apparatus used
for the securing, berthing, and mooring of vessels
in the waters of the State under certain conditions.

BY renumbering

Article — Natural Resources

Section 8-704(b)

to be Section 8-704(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1975 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article — Natural Resources
Section 8-704(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 8-704 (b) of Article - Natural
Resources, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1974 Volume
and 1975 Supplement) be and it is hereby renumbered to be
Section 8-704(c).

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 8—704(b) be and it is hereby added to Article —
Natural Resources, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1975 Supplement) to read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

8-704.

(B) IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC SAFETY,
WELFARE, AND RECREATIONAL INTERESTS IN MATERS OF THE
STATE, THE DEPARTMENT MAY ADOPT A PROGRAM RELATING TO THE
PLACEMENT OF BUOYS, MOORING BUOYS, AND OTHER APPARATUS
USED TO SECURE, BERTH, OR MOOR VESSELS IN THE WATERS OF
THE STATE. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSULT WITH ANY COUNTY
AFFECTED BY THE PROGRAM.