MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

393

8-602.

(A)   TO IMPLEMENT THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBTITLE,
THE SECRETARY MAY PROVIDE UP TO 50 PERCENT OF THE COSTS
NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN DRAINAGE OUTLET SYSTEMS CONSTRUCTED
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 25, §§ 52 THROUGH 95 AND
169 THROUGH 218 OF THE CODE.

(B)    MAINTENANCE OF DRAINAGE OUTLET SYSTEMS IS
LIMITED TO THE CONTROL OF VEGETATION AND THE REMOVAL OF
CHANNEL OBSTRUCTIONS AND PLACEMENT OF DEBRIS.
MAINTENANCE DOES NOT INCLUDE MAJOR CHANNEL RECONSTRUCTION
OR REALIGNMENT OR THE REMOVAL OF TREES EXCEEDING FOUR
INCHES IN DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT.

(C)    PLANS FOR MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS SUBMITTED TO
THE SECRETARY FOR COST SHARING SHALL INCLUDE COST
ESTIMATES AND SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE APPROPRIATE SOIL
CONSERVATION DISTRICT.

(D)   THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY FOR COST SHARING
IS CONDITIONED ON WRITTEN COMMITMENT OF MATCHING FUNDS BY
THE ASSOCIATION SUBMITTING APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE.

(E)   THE SECRETARY SHALL ESTABLISH PRIORITIES FOR
APPROVAL OF ASSISTANCE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE
SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved April 13, 1976.

CHAPTER 183

(House Bill 668)

AN ACT concerning

Natural Resources — Technical Corrections

FOR the purpose of clarifying language, correcting
certain errors made, and recodifying certain
provisions omitted in the revision of the Natural
Resources Article; clarifying certain provisions in
the scenic and wild rivers subtitle as enacted by
Chapter 612 of the Acts of 1975; including language
inadvertently omitted during recodification of the
Program Open Space subtitle; and generally relating
to correction and clarification of the Natural
Resources Article.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,