2746                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                                        Ch. 510

certain date; and generally relating to the Maryland
Conservation Corps.

BY adding to

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

Section 125 through 13, inclusive, to be under the new

subtitle "Maryland Conservation Corps"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1979 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 5-218

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

MARYLAND CONSERVATION CORPS

(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(B) "CORPS" MEANS THE MARYLAND CONSERVATION CORPS.

(C) "DEPARTMENT" MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND
TRAINING.

(D) "DIRECTOR" MEANS THE DIRECTOR OF THE MARYLAND

CONSERVATION CORPS.

(E) "SECRETARY" MEANS THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.

(F) "YOUTH" MEANS A MARYLAND RESIDENT BETWEEN THE AGES OF
16 AND 21.

126.

(A) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS THAT EMPLOYING MARYLAND'S
YOUTH TO CONSERVE OR DEVELOP NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENHANCE AND
MAINTAIN ENVIRONMENTALLY IMPORTANT LANDS AND WATERS IS:

(1) BENEFICIAL TO THE YOUTH OF THE STATE BECAUSE IT
PROVIDES THEM WITH EDUCATIONAL AND WORK OPPORTUNITIES; AND