WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 450

space purposes under certain circumstances; requiring local
governing bodies to submit certain plans and revisions to
certain Departments for approval according to certain
criteria and goals; requiring a certain certification
process prior to the release of certain moneys; and allowing
a local governing body at certain times to use certain funds
under Program Open Space in certain percentages between
acquisition or development of land if the local jurisdiction
meets certain goals under Program Open Space; renaming a
certain State plan and establishing that it will be reviewed
triennially; and requiring certain Departments to submit a
certain report to the Governor and to the General Assembly.

BY repealing and reenacting, without with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 5-905(c) and (e), (d), (e), and (f), and 5-906(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Natural Resources

Section 5-905(i), (j), (k), and (l)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

BY renumbering

Article - Natural Resources

Section 5-905(g) and (h), respectively

to be Section 5-905(e) and (f), respectively

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, The statutory requirement which sets forth the
manner in which Maryland's 23 subdivisions and Baltimore City are
to spend their annual apportionment of funds under Program Open
Space has not changed since the enactment of Chapter 626 of the
Acts of 1972; and

WHEREAS, Chapter 626 of the Acts of 1972 mandates that each
subdivision, excluding Baltimore City which is unrestricted
relative to the usage of its annual open space apportionment, use
at least one-half of its annual open space apportionment for
acquisition projects and the other half for acquisition or
development projects with a State reimbursement rate for such
projects equal to 100% and 75%, respectively; and

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