1586                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 427

1-601.

IT IS THE POLICY OF THE STATE TO FOSTER WATER SAFETY FOR
RECREATIONAL USES OF THE STATE WATERS POTOMAC RIVER, INCLUDING
SWIMMING, BATHING, WADING, DIVING, TUBING, RAFTING, AND OTHER
USES INVOLVING CONTACT WITH THE WATER. THERE IS A PARTICULAR
NEED TO RESTRICT THE RECREATIONAL USE OF CERTAIN WATERS KNOWN TO
BE HAZARDOUS TO PERSONAL SAFETY SOME OR ALL OF THE TIME,
SPECIFICALLY, THAT SECTION OF THE POTOMAC RIVER BEGINNING AT THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND MARYLAND BOUNDARY LINE WHICH CROSSES THE
POTOMAC RIVER APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF MILE NORTH OF CHAIN BRIDGE
AND CONTINUING UPSTREAM TO A LINE ACROSS THE POTOMAC RIVER AT
EDWARDS FERRY ROAD.

1-602.

THE SECRETARY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING A PROGRAM OF
WATER SAFETY FOR RECREATIONAL USES OF WATERS OF THE STATE THE
HAZARDOUS SECTION OF THE POTOMAC RIVER AS DESCRIBED IN THIS
SUBTITLE.

1-603.

THE DEPARTMENT MAY ADOPT REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT
THIS SUBTITLE.

1-604.

ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES ANY REGULATION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR. UPON
CONVICTION, THE PERSON IS SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $500,
OR IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 3 2 MONTHS, OR BOTH, WITH COSTS
IMPOSED IN THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT.

1-605.

NOTHING IN THIS SUBTITLE IS INTENDED TO AFFECT OR LIMIT THE

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE
UNDER THE HEALTH - ENVIRONMENTAL ARTICLE, § 9-204.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall

take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved May 13, 1986.