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principal to be discharged within fifteen years of the date
of issue of the bonds.

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

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1978.

Approved May 29, 1978.

CHAPTER 827

(Senate Bill 822)

AN ACT concerning

State Wetlands — Emergency Licenses

FOR the purpose of providing that a license to dredge or
fill on State wetlands may be granted without a hearing
under certain conditions; and providing for a hearing
within a certain period of time after the granting of
the license.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article — Natural resources

Section 9-202(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

9-202.

(c) After a hearing in the local subdivision
affected, the Board shall decide if issuance of the license
is in the test interest of the State, taking into account
the varying ecological, economic, developmental,
recreational, and aesthetic values each application
presents. If the Board decides to issue the license, it
shall be for consideration and on terms and conditions the
Board determines. Every license shall be in writing. With
respect to an application for a license to fill or construct
a shore erosion control structure on State wetlands, the
Board may issue the license without a hearing if the fill
area is less than 300 feet in length parallel to the fast
land and not more than 10 feet channelward of the mean high