Ch. 801                                       LAWS OP MARYLAND

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect January 1, 1990.

Approved May 25, 1989.

CHAPTER 801

(House Bill 515)

AN ACT concerning

Burning Ban - Open Air Burning Prohibition
and Enforcement Authority

FOR the purpose of prohibiting open air burning in an area in
which a burning ban imposed by the Secretary of Natural
Resources or the Governor is in effect; authorizing the
entry of certain public officers on privately owned property
under certain circumstances for certain purposes; defining
certain terms; making a stylistic change; and generally
relating to the prohibition and enforcement of the ban
against open air burning in an area in which a burning ban
imposed by the Secretary of Natural Resources is in effect.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 5-101(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 5-101(c) and (e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Natural Resources

Section 5-220 5-720 to be under the new part "Part III.

Forest Fire Prevention"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1983 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

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