Ch. 234                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

[shall] DO not apply to [Somerset, Talbot and Wicomico counties]
THE COUNTIES WHICH ARE LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION
and the law in these [above mentioned] counties shall remain in
the same force and effect as if not amended by this section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved April 29, 1987.

CHAPTER 234

(House Bill 667)

AN ACT concerning

Potomac River Basin Compact

FOR the purpose of repealing the Potomac River Basin Compact,
including its Preamble and Sections 1.01 through 15.21,
inclusive.

BY repealing

Article - Natural Resources

Section 8-301 Potomac River Basin Compact, Preamble, and

Sections 1.01 through 15.21, inclusive
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1983 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, The Potomac River Basin Compact was a product of
the Potomac River Basin Advisory Committee, which was created by
the Governors of the basin states and charged with developing an
institutional arrangement to adequately manage the water and
related land resources of the Potomac River Basin. The Compact
is modeled after the existing Delaware River Basin Compact and
the Susquehanna River Basin Compact, and provides. for
comprehensive multistate water resources management and
regulation for the entire Potomac River Basin. The Compact was
enacted by the Virginia General Assembly in 1970 and by the
Maryland General Assembly in 1971. The Compact was introduced in
the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1972, but was never acted
upon. West Virginia has refused to introduce the Compact in
their legislative program. Since all the states have not acted
on the Compact, it is not operative.

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