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Ch. 615
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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1984
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surcharge for each ton of coal removed by the open-pit or strip
method. Nine cents of the amounts collected from each ton of
coal removed shall be deposited to the credit of the Bituminous
Coal Open-Pit Mining Reclamation Fund, and 6 cents shall be
remitted directly to the county in which the coal was removed.]
7-507.1
ON THE BASIS OF THE APPROVED ANNUAL AND MONTHLY PROGRESS
REPORTS:
(1) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ASSESS A 9 CENT MINE
RECLAMATION SURCHARGE FOR EACH TON OF COAL REMOVED BY THE
OPEN-PIT OR STRIP METHOD, WHICH AMOUNT SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE
CREDIT OF THE BITUMINOUS COAL OPEN-PIT MINING RECLAMATION FUND;
AND
(2) (I) IN ANY COUNTY IN WHICH COAL IS REMOVED, THE
COUNTY FISCAL AUTHORITY SHALL ASSESS A 6 CENT MINE RECLAMATION
SURCHARGE FOR EACH TON OF COAL REMOVED FROM THE COUNTY BY THE
OPEN-PIT OR STRIP METHOD, WHICH AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID DIRECTLY TO
THE COUNTY FISCAL AUTHORITY ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
(II) 1. TO THE EXTENT RECORDED WITH THE CLERK
OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, ALL UNPAID COUNTY SURCHARGES COLLECTED
UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH ARE, UNTIL PAID, A LIEN ON THE__PERSONAL
PROPERTY AND ON THE REAL PROPERTY OF THE OWNER OF THE PERSONAL
PROPERTY IN THE SAME MANNER IN WHICH TAXES ON REAL PROPERTY ARE
NOW LIENS ON THE REAL PROPERTY WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THEY ARE
LEVIED IN ALL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE.
2. THE LIEN WILL ATTACH TO THE REAL
PROPERTY ONLY AFTER NOTICE THEREOF HAS BEEN DULY RECORDED AND
INDEXED AMONG THE JUDGMENT RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF
THE CIRCUIT COURT IN THE COUNTY WHERE THE LAND LIES.
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7-514.
(a) Any funds that the Department receives and retains from
license and special reclamation fees, mine reclamation surcharge,
forfeiture of bonds, cash deposits, or securities shall be
deposited to the credit of the State Treasurer in a bank he
designates. The funds shall be maintained as a special fund on
the books of the Comptroller of the Treasury in an account known
as the "Bituminous Coal Open-Pit Mining Reclamation Fund." The
Secretary shall use the funds to implement this subtitle and to
backfill, grade, and plant areas affected by open-pit mining.
However, funds received from the reclamation surcharge under §
7-507.1 of this article[, except for those funds to be remitted
directly to the county in which the coal was removed,] shall
only be used by the Secretary for reclamation of land affected by
open-pit or strip method mining in the county in which the
surcharge is assessed and collected. However, funds received
from forfeiture on bonds, cash, or securities shall be used to
backfill, grade, and plant the area of land affected by the
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