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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 186
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2005.
Approved April 26, 2005.
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CHAPTER 186
(Senate Bill 968)
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AN ACT concerning
Mining - Bond Supplement Reserve - Payments and Assessments
FOR the purpose of altering the amount of money needed in a certain bond
supplement reserve to temporarily end a certain payment, to temporarily end a
certain assessment, and to resume a certain assessment; and generally relating
to payments and assessments for a bond supplement reserve in the Bituminous
Coal Open-Pit Reclamation Fund.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Environment
Section 15-517
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Environment
15-517.
(a) The Secretary shall establish within the Bituminous Coal Open-Pit
Mining Reclamation Fund a bond supplement reserve to be used if funds received
from the forfeiture of bonds under § 15-514 of this subtitle are not sufficient:
(1) To reclaim the land affected by the operation on which the liability
was charged on the bond; and
(2) To perform:
(i) The requirements of this subtitle;
(ii) The requirements of regulations adopted under this subtitle;
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and
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(iii) Any permit condition that the operator has failed to perform.
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(b) The Secretary shall deposit to the credit of the bond supplement reserve
the following funds:
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