WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 534

(G) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT
WILL RESERVE 25 PERCENT OF THE AVAILABLE LAND FOR LEASING INSIDE

OF AQUACULTURE ENTERPRISE ZONES TO APPLICANTS THAT CAN

DEMONSTRATE BOTH HISTORICAL PARTICIPATION IN THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY
AND ADVERSE IMPACT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OR RESTRICTIONS
PLACED ON THE PUBLIC FISHERY. IN DEVELOPING THESE REGULATIONS,
THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSULT AND COOPERATE WITH THE AQUACULTURE
POLICY COMMITTEE AS PROVIDED IN § 10-1302 OF THE AGRICULTURE
ARTICLE.

[4-1104.] 4-11A-04.

The Department may set aside for each tidewater public high
school no more than 5 acres of submerged barren tidewater lands
to be used for the sole purpose of experimental oyster farming or
for the cultivation of other shellfish in conjunction with
regular scholastic conservation studies. These areas shall be set
aside pursuant to the procedures established in § 4-1103 and
marked in the manner provided in [§ 4-1113] § 4-11A-10 of this
subtitle. These high schools may introduce and use modern methods
of planting, harvesting, or marketing fishery products without
regard to the restrictive provisions of this subtitle. If a
subject school does not use a barren bottom for its studies for
three years or if studies are discontinued, the submerged lands
shall revert to the State.

[4-1108.] 4-11A-05.

(a) (1) The Department may lease, in the name of the State,
tracts or parcels of land beneath the waters of the State to
residents of the State for protecting, sowing, bedding, or
cultivating oysters or other shellfish, subject to the provisions
of this section. These submerged lands when leased shall be known
as leased oyster bottoms.

(2) (i) [Except as provided in this paragraph, a]
A corporation or joint stock company may [not] lease or
acquire by assignment or otherwise any submerged land of the
State for the purposes of this section.

(ii) A 4-H club in the State may lease or
acquire not more than 10 acres of submerged land for the purposes
of this section.

(iii) [1.] An incorporated college or
university within the State having an enrollment of at least 700
undergraduate, degree-seeking students may acquire, by
assignment, gift, or bequest, submerged land for education and
research purposes only.

[2. An incorporated college or
university may not transfer or attempt to transfer any interest

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