WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

BY adding to

Article - State Government

Section 9-915

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Volume and 1988 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Government

9-915.

(A) IN THIS SECTION, "VETERANS MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS"
MEANS:

(1)  THE MARYLAND VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL AND
ASSOCIATED LAND AS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO JOINT RESOLUTION NO.
22 OF 1983; AND

(2)  THE MARYLAND KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL AND ASSOCIATED
LAND AS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3 OF 1985;
AND .

(3) ANY OTHER MEMORIALS OR MONUMENTS HONORING

VETERANS THAT ARE SO DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNOR OR THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.

(B)  THERE IS A VETERANS' MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS PROGRAM
ADMINISTERED BY THE MARYLAND VETERANS COMMISSION.

(C)  THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE
OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND SECURITY OF VETERANS' MEMORIALS AND
MONUMENTS.

(D)  IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE PURPOSES, THE COMMISSION MAY,
AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE BUDGET;

(1)  LEASE LAND ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OR A POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE; OR

(2)  ACQUIRE LAND THAT HAS BEEN IMPROVED BY
CONSTRUCTION OF A MEMORIAL OR MONUMENT.

(E)  THE COMMISSION MAY ADOPT REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

(F)  THE COMMISSION SHALL, AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE BUDGET,
PROVIDE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE VETERANS MEMORIALS AND
MONUMENTS AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.

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