HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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DESIGNATE A PRIORITY LIST OF watersheds for the purpose of
flood control planning and management and establish a
schedule for completion of studies of [all] THESE
watersheds.

(b) The Department, in cooperation with the
subdivisions and the Departments of State Planning and
Agriculture, shall conduct studies of the watersheds
DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (A) which shall define at
least (1) the existing magnitude and frequency of flood
events, (2) the magnitude and frequency of flood events
based on planned development, and (3) alternative management
techniques according to their effectiveness in controlling
floods and minimizing flood damage. The studies shall
address at least the 100-year flood event. BY MUTUAL
AGREEMENT, THE DEPARTMENT MAY DELEGATE THE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR CARRYING OUT ALL OR PART OF THE STUDIES OF PRIORITY
WATERSHEDS TO THE APPROPRIATE SUBDIVISIONS.

(h) There is a comprehensive flood management grant
program within the Department of Natural Resources.

(1) SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF
PUBLIC WORKS, THE DEPARTMENT MAY USE PROCEEDS FROM THE STATE
DEBT CREATED TO FUND THE COMPREHENSIVE FLOOD MANAGEMENT
GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE STATE DEBT CREATED TO FUND THE
COMPREHENSIVE FLOOD MANAGEMENT GRANT PROGRAM FOR A GRANT TO
SUBDIVISIONS TO CONTRACT FOR STUDIES PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION
(B). THE DEPARTMENT MAY PROVIDE GRANTS TO SUBDIVISIONS FOR
WATERSHED STUDIES WHEN THEY ARE DELEGATED THAT
RESPONSIBILITY PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (B) ... § UPON REQUEST
OF A SUBDIVISION, PROVIDED THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE STATE DEBT
ARE NOT USED TO FUND THE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATIONS.

[(1)] (2) Subject to the approval of the Board
of Public Works the Department may provide grants to
subdivisions for flood control and watershed management
capital projects, provided that the projects are consistent
with the plans and implementation prepared and adopted in
accordance with this subtitle, and provided further that
each flood control and watershed management capital project:

(i) Is undertaken as part of a
comprehensive flood management plan prepared and adopted by
the subdivision; and

(ii) Is not inconsistent with any State or
interjurisdictional flood management plan.

[(2)] (3) The amount of any CAPITAL PROJECT
grant made by the Department shall be matched by a minimum
amount of 50 percent of local funds for a project. The
Department may provide up to 50 percent of the nonfederal
share of the funding for a project which meets the criteria
of this subtitle.