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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

8-1804.

(D) (E) (1) A QUORUM OF THE COMMISSION CONSISTS OF 1 MEMBER
MORE THAN A MAJORITY OF THE FULL AUTHORIZED MEMBERSHIP OF THE
COMMISSION.

(2) A QUORUM OF A PANEL OF THE COMMISSION CONSISTS OF
3 MEMBERS.

(2) (3) THE COMMISSION OR A PANEL OF THE COMMISSION
MAY NOT HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING UNLESS A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

(3) (4) THE COMMISSION OR A PANEL OF THE COMMISSION
MAY NOT TAKE ANY OFFICIAL ACTION UNLESS:

(I)  A QUORUM IS PRESENT; AND

(II)  A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS WHO ARE PRESENT
AND ELIGIBLE TO VOTE CONCUR IN OR VOTE FOR THE ACTION.

8-1809.

(d) (1) Within 30 days after a program is submitted, the
Commission shall appoint a panel of [3] 5 of its members to
conduct, in the affected jurisdiction, a public hearing of the
proposed program.

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

Approved May 13, 1986.

CHAPTER 602

(House Bill 1434)

AN ACT concerning

Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas - Intensely Developed Areas
Growth Allocation in the Resource Conservation Area

FOR the purpose of defining what constitutes an intensely
developed area for certain purposes concerning land use
within the Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas; providing for the
scope, application, and effect of this Act; and generally
relating to the factors that determine whether a land area