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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 512

three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1980.

Approved May 6, 1980.

CHAPTER 513

(House Bill 1393)

AN ACT concerning

Natural Resources - Forests and Parks -
Eminent Domain

FOR the purpose of permitting the Department of Natural
Resources to obtain an injunction prohibiting any
change in land use after the filing of a petition for
condemnation; providing that a court may issue an ex
parte injunction to prohibit physical change to the
property under certain circumstances; providing for
release" of deposited funds to prevent economic injury
to the landowner; and providing for compensation to
property owners if the condemnation suit is abandoned.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 5-208

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1979 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

5-208.

(A) The Department may condemn land, earth, gravel,
stone, timber, material, or any improvements in the name of
the State when action is necessary to carry out the purpose
of any legislative act or advance the aims of forestry,
parks, or recreation, and the work of the Department. The
Department may pay any cost and expense incurred out of any
surplus money standing to the credit of the Forest Reserve
or Park Reserve Funds, not otherwise appropriated. This
section does not apply to land located within Baltimore
City.