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1955
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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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Article - Natural Resources
Section 7-505(e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1982 Supplement)
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BY renumbering
Article - Natural Resources
Section 7-501(z) and (aa), respectively
to be Section 7-501(y) and (z), respectively
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
7-501.
[(y) "Revolving account" or "account" means an account
established within the Bituminous Coal Open-Pit Mining
Reclamation Fund from the State contribution to the Fund for
purposes of making loans to owners of orphaned, land.]
7-505.
(e) In addition to any fee required in this subtitle, each
applicant for a permit to mine coal by open-pit or strip method
shall pay to the Department, before the permit is issued, a
special reclamation fee of [$40] $75 for each acre of land
affected. THE FEE SHALL BE PAID ONLY WHEN AN ACRE IS INITIALLY
PERMITTED. [The State "shall contribute an equal amount.] This fee
shall be deposited in the bituminous coal open-pit mining
reclamation fund. The payment shall be based on the same number
of acres as that for which a bond is required. [Each year, the
Governor shall place an item in the State budget to provide for
the matching money required by this subsection. The matching
funds may be provided by the State in the current budget at the
time the permit is issued or in the next succeeding State
budget.] NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF § 7-514 OF THIS
SUBTITLE, THE SECRETARY SHALL USE THE FUNDS PRODUCED BY THE FEE
UNDER THIS SUBSECTION TO BACKFILL, GRADE, AND PLANT AREAS
AFFECTED BY OPEN-PIT MINING WHERE THE FUNDS RECEIVED FROM
FORFEITURE ON BONDS, CASH, SECURITIES, AND OTHER COLLATERAL ARE
NOT SUFFICIENT TO DO THE NECESSARY BACKFILLING, GRADING, AND
PLANTING. HOWEVER, IF AT ANY TIME THE MONEY PRODUCED BY THIS FEE
AND AT THAT TIME IN THE BITUMINOUS COAL OPEN-PIT MINING
RECLAMATION FUND EXCEED THE SUM OF $500,000 $750,000, THEN THE
SECRETARY MAY USE THIS EXCESS MONEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF § 7-514 OF THIS SUBTITLE.
[7-514.1.
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