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HARRY HUGHES, Governor 1819
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1983.
Approved May 31, 1983.
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CHAPTER 569
(House Bill 351)
AN ACT concerning
Comprehensive Flood Management Grant Program
FOR the purpose of providing that the entire costs of watershed
studies may be paid from State grants and requiring certain
local funding of at least a certain portion of the cost of
flood control and watershed management capital projects;
authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of
$3,500,000, the proceeds to be used to fund the
comprehensive flood management grant program; and generally
providing for the issue and sale of bonds evidencing the
loan.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 8-9A-03(b) and (h)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1982 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Natural Resources
8-9A-03.
(b) [By July 1, 1983, the] 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.
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