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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 603

BY adding to

Article - Natural Resources

Section 8-1808.1

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 8-1813

Annotated Code of Maryland

1963 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, To protect the Chesapeake Bay, the General Assembly
enacted Chapter 794 of the Acts of 1984; and

WHEREAS, The General Assembly intends this Act to control
over any regulation of the Commission to allow for intrafamily
transfers of certain parcels of land in the Critical Area; now,
therefore,

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

Article - Natural Resources

8-1808.1.

(8) THIS SECTION APPLIES NOTWITHSTANDING:

(1) ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SUBTITLE; OR

(2) ANY CRITERIA OR REGULATION OF THE COMMISSION
ADOPTED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.

(B) THIS SECTION CONTROLS OVER ANY OTHER REQUIREMENT

CONCERNING INTRAFAMILY TRANSFERS IN THE CRITICAL AREA.

(C) IF A PERSON INTENDS TO CONVEY ALL OF THE RESULTING LOTS
OR PARCELS OF LAND IN THE CRITICAL AREA TO ANY MEMBER OF THE
PERSON'S IMMEDIATE FAMILY, THE PERSON MAY SUBDIVIDE A SINGLE
PARCEL OF LAND OF NOT LESS THAN 1 ACRE IN SIZE IN THE CRITICAL
AREA INTO LESS THAN 6 SINGLE LOTS OR PARCELS OF LAND OUT OF THE
ORIGINAL PARCEL OF LAND THAT EXISTS ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
CRITERIA ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.

8-1813.