3556

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 753

(vi) (6) the value of easements under § 2-511
of the Agriculture Article; or

(vii) (7) The rejection of an application for a
property tax exception as provided by § 7-103 and title 14,
subtitle 5 of this article; or .

(2) [except as provided in subsection (b) of this
section, any other local tax matter that the county assigns to
the board for hearing, including] IF ASSIGNED BY THE COUNTY TO
THE BOARD FOR HEARING, appeals concerning:

(i) local tax credits; or

(ii) local taxes in special taxing areas.

[(b) A county may not increase the jurisdiction of a board
without the approval of the Department.]

[(c)] (B) (1) A board may not decrease the amount of an
assessment after the date of finality for any year unless an
appeal of the assessment is filed before the date of finality.

(2) Between general reviews of an assessment in a
district, a board may not decrease an assessment in the district
unless the board notifies and consults with the supervisor for
the district before decreasing the assessment. If a board
decreases an assessment between general reviews without first
notifying and consulting with the supervisor the decrease is
void.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect February 1, 1986

Approved May 28, 1985.

CHAPTER 754

(House Bill 375)

AN ACT concerning

Hunting - Interference with Hunters

FOR the purpose of allowing the Department of Natural Resources
to adopt rules and regulations to establish designated
hunting areas on public land under certain conditions,
prohibiting to prohibit a person while on certain private
land or in a designated hunting area certain hunting areas
from intentionally doing certain acts that interfere with
hunters or certain animals; prohibiting a person while on