HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1953

(2) The annual fee may not be less than $250 nor
greater than $5,000. However, the maximum paid by any one
person may not exceed $25,000. At the time the fund reaches
its maximum of $1,000,000, collection of the annual license
fees shall be abated. Annual fees shall be paid by these
facilities to the State Comptroller and upon receipt by him
credited to the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up
and Contingency Fund. Annual fees shall be paid by these
facilities not later than September 1, for the fiscal year
beginning July 1 immediately preceding. The collection of
license fees for any one year may not exceed the sum of
$350,000. Any excess over $350,000 shall be credited or
refunded to the licensees on a prorated basis.

(d)  As a condition precedent to the issuance or
renewal of a license, the Department [of Natural Resources]
shall require satisfactory evidence that the applicant has
implemented or is in the process of implementing State and
federal plans and regulations to control pollution related
to oil, petroleum products, and their by-products and the
abatement thereof when a discharge occurs..

(e)  Any person who violates subsections (b) through
(d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction is subject
to a fine [of at least $500 and] not exceeding $10,000.

9-101.

(g)(1) "Filling" means either:

(I)   [the] THE displacement of navigable
water by the [deposition] DEPOSITING into State or private
wetlands of soil, sand, gravel, shells, or other
materials[,]; or

(II)   [the] THE artificial alteration of
navigable water levels by any physical structure, drainage
ditch, or otherwise.

(2)  "Filling" [also] includes storm drain
projects which flow directly into tidal waters of the State.
[but]

(3)  "FILLING" does not include drainage of
agricultural land.

9-202.

(c) (3) [With respect to an application for a license:

(i) To fill or construct a shore erosion
control structure of riprap on State wetlands if the fill
area is less than 500 feet in length parallel to the fast
land as close thereto as structurally feasible but not more
than 10 feet channelward of the mean high water line;