HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

8-1104.

(a) [Before] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS
SECTION, BEFORE any person clears, grades, transports or
otherwise disturbs land for any purpose including, but not
limited to constructing buildings, mining minerals, developing
golf courses, or constructing roads and streets, the appropriate
soil conservation district first shall receive, review, and
approve the proposed earth change. Land clearing, soil movement,
and construction shall be carried out in accordance with the
written recommendations of the soil conservation districts
regarding control of erosion and siltation and elimination of
pollution.

(B) IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF
§ 8-1103(A)(l) AND § 8-1104(C) OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE SOIL
CONSERVATION DISTRICT MAY DELEGATE TO THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, BY WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
DISTRICT AND THE DEPARTMENT, THE AUTHORITY TO REVIEW AND APPROVE
OR REJECT ANY SEDIMENT CONTROL PLANS FOR NONAGRICULTURAL
LAND-ALTERING ACTIVITIES.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved May 27, 1986.

CHAPTER 812

(House Bill 1677)

AN ACT concerning

Memorial Scholarships

FOR the purpose of naming certain State scholarships as the
Judith A. Resnik Memorial Postgraduate Fellowship Program
and the Sharon Christa McAuliffe Memorial Teacher Education
Tuition Assistance Program.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education

Section 18-901(a) and 18-1402(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)