HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                    3825

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be sent to the

Honorable Harry Hughes, Governor of Maryland; the Honorable

Melvin A. Steinberg, President of the Senate; the Honorable
Benjamin L. Cardin, Speaker of the House; and the Honorable

Charles R. Buck, Jr. Adele Wilzack, Secretary, Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene.

Signed May 15, 1984.

No. 16

(Senate Joint Resolution No. 53)

A Senate Joint Resolution concerning

Patuxent River Watershed - Policy Plan

FOR the purpose of approving the Patuxent River Watershed policy
plan as presented to, and approved by, the appropriate local
jurisdictions by the Patuxent River Commission and the
Department of State Planning.

WHEREAS, Chapter 746 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1980 (Article 88C, § 2(c) of the Annotated Code of Maryland)
mandates that the Department of State Planning develop a policy
plan for the Patuxent River Watershed; and

WHEREAS, Article 88C, § 2(c) of the Code mandates that there
be a Patuxent River Commission within the Department of State
Planning and that the Commission review annually the policy plan
for the Patuxent River Watershed as developed by the Department;
and

WHEREAS, Article 88C, § 2(c) requires that the policy plan
for the Patuxent River Watershed be completed by July 1, 1983 and
serve as a basis for continuing coordination and implementation
by the Department of State Planning; and

WHEREAS, Article 88C, § 2(c) mandates that the Department of
State Planning present the Patuxent River Watershed policy plan
to the Governor, the appropriate local jurisdictions, and the
members of the General Assembly; and

WHEREAS, Article 88C, § 2(c) provides that, on approval by
resolution of the policy plan by at least 5 of the 7 appropriate
local jurisdictions, the Patuxent River Watershed policy plan
shall be presented to the General Assembly for approval; and

WHEREAS, The Patuxent River Watershed policy plan has been
approved by the local jurisdictions and the General Assembly also
finds itself in agreement with the policy plan; now, therefore,
be it