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2338 VETOES
Bond Forfeitures
FOR the purpose of repealing a requirement that this State match
a certain fee paid by a coal operator for each acre of land
affected by open-pit or strip mining of coal in this State;
increasing the fee that a coal operator must pay for each
acre of land that the coal operator mines by open-pit or
strip mining of coal; providing that the fee shall be paid
only when an acre is initially permitted; requiring the
Secretary of Natural Resources to use the fees generated
under this Act to backfill, grade, and plant areas affected
by open-pit or strip mining; requiring the Secretary of
Natural Resources to cover certain deficiencies in the
reclamation of open-pit or strip mined land; repealing
certain provisions of law relating to the reclamation of
strip mined land; and generally relating to reclaiming land
affected by open-pit or strip mining.
BY repealing
Article - Natural Resources
Section 7-501(y), 7-514.1, 7-514.2, 7-514.3, 7-514.4, and
7-514.5
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1982 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 7-505(e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1982 Supplement)
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)
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
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