WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

1.  THE LAND HAS BEEN CONVEYED TO TAXABLE
OWNERSHIP; OR

2.  TWO YEARS HAVE ELAPSED FROM THE DATE
THAT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS APPROVED DISPOSITION, AT WHICH
TIME THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SUBSTITUTE OTHER ACRES OF LAND FOR
THOSE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SOLD AND HOLD THEM AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PARAGRAPH.

(IV)  THE DEPARTMENT MUST MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO
SELL THE LAND.

(V)  THE DEPARTMENT MAY WITHDRAW LAND MADE
AVAILABLE FOR SALE UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH FROM AVAILABILITY FOR
SALE IF THE DEPARTMENT:

1.  HAS NOT ACQUIRED AN AMOUNT OF ACRES OF
LAND EQUAL TO THAT WHICH IS WITHDRAWN; OR

2.  HAS PROPOSED THROUGH THE STATE
CLEARINGHOUSE AND THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS HAS APPROVED
DISPOSITION OF AN EQUAL, SUBSTITUTE AMOUNT OF ACRES OF LAND.

(VI)  THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT OFFER FOR SALE AT
ANY POINT IN TIME MORE THAN A TOTAL OF 3,000 ACRES OF LAND IN
GARRETT COUNTY.

[5-1507.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Code, after June
30, 1986, the Department may not use any funds, whether under the
Heritage Conservation Fund, Program Open Space, or otherwise, to
acquire land in Garrett County. This section does not prohibit
the Department from using any funds to exchange land in Garrett
County, as long as the total acreage does not exceed that amount
owned by the Department on June 30, 1986.]

Chapter 403 of the Acts of 1969, as amended by
Chapter 848 of the Acts of 1986

[11T.

The Department of Natural Resources may not use Program Open
Space funds to acquire land in Garrett County in excess of the
total amount of land owned by the Department in that county on
June 1, 1983. This section does not prohibit the Department from
exchanging land, as long as the total acreage does not exceed
that amount owned by the Department on June 1, 1983.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety and having

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