HARRY HUGHES, Governor                              2151

Section 8-1005(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1979 Supplement)

BY renumbering

Article - Natural Resources

Section 8-1005(d) and (e), respectively

to be Section 8-1005(e) and (f), respectively

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1979 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Natural Resources

Section 8-1005(c) and (d), 8-1006, and 8-1007

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

8-1001.

(b) "Benefited property" means land immediately
abutting the waters of the State protected by an erosion
control project constructed under the provisions of this
subtitle. Also, it may include land in the vicinity of the
waters of the State protected by the erosion control project
when the owner of the land has rights of access to it
immediately abutting the waters [ and the owner is a party
to the [agreement referred to in Section 8-1005 in this
subtitle] APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROJECT.

(d)   "Net project construction cost" means the [part
of the project] construction cost paid from the fund, equal
to the project construction cost, PLUS ANY EXCESS COSTS,
less the PROPERTY OWNER'S cash contribution [of the owner of
the benefited property upon completion of construction].

(e)   "Project construction cost" means [total initial]
THE ESTIMATED cost to construct a shore erosion control
project, exclusive of design, supervision, inspection, and
maintenance costs.

(f)   "Property owner's cash contribution" means the
sum an owner of property benefited by a shore erosion
control project [agrees] IS REQUIRED to pay in a lump sum
[upon approval] PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION of the project.

8-1005.