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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 29, 1979.

CHAPTER 736

(House Bill 1523)

AN ACT concerning

Forestry - Renewal

FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Natural
Resources to develop a long term forest resource—plan,
authorising the Department and local governments to
administer an urban and community forestry program;
defining certain terms granting the Department of
Natural Resources the discretion to accept federal
funds and provide cost share funds to cooperating
governments; and generally relating to forest
resources.

BY adding to

Article — Natural Resources

Section 5-214;and 5-424, 5-425, and 5-426 to be under

new "Part IV. Urban and Community Forestry"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1978 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

5-214.

(A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP A SYSTEM FOR
LONG-RANGE RENEWABLE FOREST RESOURCES PLANNING. THE PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE FOREST LAND RESOURCES OF MARYLAND, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WOOD FIBER, FOREST RECREATION, WILDLIFE,
FISH, FOREST WATERSHED, AND WILDERNESS POTENTIAL, SHALL BE
EXAMINED AND INVENTORIED PERIODICALLY. AS PART OF THE
FOREST RESOURCE PLANNING PROCESS, THE DEPARTMENT
PERIODICALLY SHALL DEVELOP, REVIEW AND REVISE A RESOURCE
PLAN THAT SHOULD HELP TO PROVIDE FOR A SUSTAINED YIELD OF
FOREST RESOURCE BENEFITS FOR THE CITIZENS OF MARYLAND. THE
FOREST RESOURCE PLAN SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC AND
LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND COMMENT.