HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985. It shall remain effective until the
time the Chesapeake Bay Commission expires as provided by
Chapters 576 and 674 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1980.
After that time, this Act shall be null and void without the
necessity of further action by the General Assembly.

Approved May 21, 1985.

CHAPTER 300

(House Bill 405)

AN ACT concerning

Chesapeake Bay Commission Agreement

FOR the purpose of amending the Bistate Agreement on the
Chesapeake Bay on the part of the State of Maryland to
provide for the addition of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to the agreement between the State of Maryland and the
Commonwealth of Virginia for the utilization of the
resources and management of the Chesapeake Bay; providing
for the membership, terms, composition, compensation,
procedures, powers, duties, and budgetary system for the
Chesapeake Bay Commission in light of the addition of
members from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; providing for
pension, health, and related insurance for officers and
employees of the Commission; providing for a new quorum
provision; appropriating a certain amount of money in the
1985-1986 fiscal year for certain purposes to operate the
Commission; making technical and stylistic changes;
providing for the enactment and effective date of this
agreement; generally relating to the addition of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the Bistate Agreement on the
Chesapeake Bay; providing for the duration of this amended
agreement; and providing for a Chesapeake Bay Commission
Agreement among the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of
Virginia, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural  Resources

Section 8-302

Annotated Code of  Maryland

(1983 Replacement  Volume and 1984 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, The Chesapeake Bay Commission was formed in 1980 to
assist the legislatures of Maryland and Virginia to evaluate and
respond to problems of Bay-wide concern; and