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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 2563
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Sections 8-707(7) and 8-708(e) be and
they are hereby added to Article — Natural Resources, of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1974 Volume and 1976
Supplement) to read as follows:
Article - Natural Resources
3-707.
A Waterways Improvement Fund is created and
continued for the purposes specified in this subtitle.
Except as provided in §8—709, any money received into the
Waterways Improvement Fund shall be used solely for the
following projects.
(7) ACQUISITION OF MARINE FIREFIGHTING,
POLICE, RESCUE AND PARAMEDIC FACILITIES INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, VESSELS, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, WATER STREAM
APPLIANCES, BREATHING APPARATUS, LIFE PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT, SALVAGE EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT,
RELATED TOOLS AND OTHER SPECIALIZED OR GENERAL SUPPORTIVE
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED IN DISCHARGING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
(7) TO PROVIDE MATCHING GRANTS TO LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF VESSELS, AND EQUIPMENT
FOR VESSELS FOR MARINE FIREFIGHTING, POLICE, MEDICAL, AND
COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT FOR PROMOTING SAFETY OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY AND GENERAL SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS BOATING
PUBLIC UTILIZING THE WATERS OF THE STATE. THE OWNERSHIP,
OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF ANY EQUIPMENT ACQUIRED
UNDER THIS SUBTITLE SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
LOCAL GOVERNING BODY.
8-708.
(E) THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE WATERWAYS IMPROVEMENT
FUND SHALL BE LIMITED TO NOT MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE
COST OF EACH PROJECT SPECIFIED IN SECTION 8-707(7) OF
THIS SUBTITLE ACQUISITION, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS
EXPENDED IN ANY FISCAL YEAR FOR ACQUISITIONS SPECIFIED IN
SECTION 8-707(7) OF THIS SUBTITLE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE
AMOUNT OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX PAID TO THE
WATERWAYS IMPROVEMENT FUND IN THE PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR,
AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 56, SECTION 137.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1977.
Approved May 17, 1977.
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CHAPTER 625
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