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(3)(e) Not more than 1 million dollars ($1,000,000) may be
used by the Board of Public Works to provide up to 100 percent
State grants for projects [that are not eligible for any type of
Federal grant and are] designed to address existing special water
quality needs or public health needs.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 1(3)(d)
of Chapter 204 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1985 be and
it is hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

Chapter 204 of the Acts of 1985

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(3)(d) Not more than $1,000,000 to provide grants for
projects [that are not eligible for any federal grant and are]
designed to address existing special water quality or public
health needs; and

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1986.

Approved May 13, 1986.

CHAPTER 611

(House Bill 968)

AN ACT concerning

Chlorine Discharge Ban - Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries

FOR the purpose of prohibiting any person from discharging
certain chlorine or chlorine products into the Chesapeake
Bay or its tributaries in excess of certain concentrations
after a certain date; requiring the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations using certain factors to
determine allowable concentrations of chlorine and chlorine
products; providing for exceptions under this Act; providing
for certain consultations with the Department of Natural
Resources; and generally relating to controlling the
discharge of chlorine and chlorine products into the
Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Health - Environmental
Section 9-329 and 9-329.1