HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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protection program of the local jurisdiction and requiring
that the program be embodied in certain local laws,
regulations, maps, and plans; requiring the Governor of
Maryland to include a certain amount of funds in the 1986
fiscal year budget only budget for certain purposes of this
Act; requiring each local jurisdiction under this Act to
submit a request to the Governor by a certain date for
certain purposes; requiring certain public hearings during
program development by a local jurisdiction and during
program development or approval by the Commission;
authorizing the Commission to prepare and adopt for a local
jurisdiction a critical area protection program under
certain circumstances; requiring Commission review and
approval of amendments to an initially approved program;
requiring that a local jurisdiction review its program
within a certain time period and providing that within that
certain time period, certain changes may only be made upon a
finding of mistake; providing that local jurisdictions with
approved critical area protection programs shall receive
certain priority for funding in certain State programs;
requiring certain persons to send to the Commission certain
notices of certain applications for certain local approvals;
authorizing the Executive Director Chairman, after a certain
date, to intervene in or initiate certain administrative and
judicial proceedings subject to certain procedural rules and
standards and to review by the Commission; requiring certain
local authorities to make certain findings relative to
certain applications for certain land use approvals after a
certain date and prior to an approved program becoming
effective; requiring approval by the Commission of certain
State or local projects; stating the applicability of
certain laws; providing certain legal remedies for violation
of a critical area protection program or the failure to

obtain a required project approval; authorizing the

imposition by the Commission of a moratorium on project
approvals if the Commission makes a certain finding of a
pattern of nonenforcement of a program; providing for
certain civil and criminal penalties for knowing and willful
violation of program requirements and for referral of
certain cases to the Attorney General; expanding the
authority of the Attorney General to prosecute certain cases
and to seek certain injunctive relief; requiring the
Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas Commission to make certain
studies and findings by a certain date; providing that
certain criteria promulgated by the Chesapeake Bay Critical
Areas Commission may not be implemented unless affirmed by
the General Assembly by joint resolution during a certain
legislative session; providing that if a joint resolution of
affirmation is not enacted, the criteria shall be
resubmitted to the General Assembly and the effective date
of the criteria shall be delayed to a certain date; and
generally relating to establishment and enforcement of a
comprehensive State and local resource management program
for certain land areas critical to the quality and
productivity of the tidal waters of the Chesapeake Bay ,
and its tributaries, and perennial streams.