Ch. 399

1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

8.        THE DISTRICT, THE MARYLAND DNR, AND THE WEST VIRGINIA DNR ARE
DESIROUS OF CONSERVING, PERPETUATING AND IMPROVING FISH AND WILDLIFE
RESOURCES AND RECREATIONAL BENEFITS OF THE JENNINGS RANDOLPH LAKE
PROJECT; AND

9.       THE DISTRICT AND THE STATES OF MARYLAND AND WEST VIRGINIA
WISH TO IMPLEMENT THE AFORESAID ACTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES THROUGH THIS
COMPACT AND THEY EACH RECOGNIZE THAT CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT OF THE
NATURAL RESOURCES AND BOATING LAWS AND REGULATIONS CAN BEST BE
ACHIEVED BY ENTERING THIS COMPACT;

NOW, THEREFORE

THE STATES OF MARYLAND AND WEST VIRGINIA, WITH THE
CONCURRENCE OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, CORPS OF
ENGINEERS, HEREBY SOLEMNLY COVENANT AND AGREE WITH EACH OTHER, UPON
ENACTMENT OF CONCURRENT LEGISLATION BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED
STATES AND BY THE RESPECTIVE STATE LEGISLATURES, TO THE JENNINGS
RANDOLPH, LAKE PROJECT COMPACT, WHICH CONSISTS OF THIS PREAMBLE AND
THE ARTICLES THAT FOLLOW:

ARTICLE I - NAME, FINDINGS, AND PURPOSE

1.1      THIS COMPACT SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS THE JENNINGS
RANDOLPH LAKE PROJECT COMPACT.

1.2      THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES OF THE RESPECTIVE SIGNATORY PARTIES,
WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, HEREBY FIND
AND DECLARE:

1.       THE WATER RESOURCES AND PROJECT LANDS OF THE JENNINGS
RANDOLPH LAKE PROJECT ARE AFFECTED WITH LOCAL, STATE, REGIONAL, AND
NATIONAL INTEREST, AND THE PLANNING, CONSERVATION, UTILIZATION,
PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THESE RESOURCES, UNDER APPROPRIATE
ARRANGEMENTS FOR INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION, ARE PUBLIC
PURPOSES OF THE RESPECTIVE SIGNATORY PARTIES.

2.       THE LANDS AND WATERS OF THE JENNINGS RANDOLPH LAKE
PROJECT ARE SUBJECT TO THE SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE
SIGNATORY PARTIES, AND IT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMPACT THAT,
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY BOUNDARY BETWEEN MARYLAND AND WEST VIRGINIA
THAT PREEXISTED THE CREATION OF JENNINGS RANDOLPH LAKE, THE PARTIES
WILL HAVE AND EXERCISE CONCURRENT JURISDICTION OVER ANY LANDS AND
WATERS OF THE JENNINGS RANDOLPH LAKE PROJECT CONCERNING NATURAL
RESOURCES AND BOATING LAWS AND REGULATIONS IN THE COMMON INTEREST OF
THE PEOPLE OF THE REGION.

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