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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 614

CHAPTER 614

(House Bill 404)

AN ACT concerning

Oyster Cultivation - Leased Oyster Bottoms
- Issuing or Renewing Previously Existing Leases

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Department of Natural
Resources to issue or renew the lease for certain previously
existing leases of leased oyster bottoms used for oyster
cultivation under certain conditions; legitimating the
effectiveness of certain previously existing leases of
leased oyster bottoms used for oyster cultivation; and
generally relating to the effectiveness of previously
existing leases of leased oyster bottoms used for oyster
cultivation.

BY adding to

Article - Natural   Resources

Section 4-1108(e)

Annotated Code of  Maryland

(1983 Replacement  Volume and 1985 Supplement)

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

Article - Natural Resources

4-1108.

(E) (1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS

SUBTITLE ANY PROVISION OF SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, THE
DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE OR RENEW A LEASE FOR ANY LEASED OYSTER
BOTTOM THAT PREVIOUSLY WAS LEASED FOR PURPOSES OF OYSTER
CULTIVATION UNDER THIS SUBTITLE IF:

(I) APPLICATION FOR THE NEW, RENEWED, OR
TRANSFERRED LEASE WAS MADE BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1984; AND

(II)  THE PROPOSED SITE OF THE LEASED OYSTER
BOTTOM:

(I) 1. HAS NOT BECOME A NATURAL OYSTER BAR OR
CLAM BAR; AND

(II) 2. IS OTHERWISE SUITABLE FOR OYSTER
CULTIVATION.

(2) ANY LEASE ISSUED OR RENEWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION
IS CONSIDERED LEGITIMATE FOR ALL PURPOSES.