Ch. 531                                     1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(5)      THERE ARE CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH SURFACE MINING
IS NOT DESIRABLE, AS WHEN THE OPERATION WILL HAVE AN UNDULY ADVERSE
EFFECT ON WILDLIFE OR FRESH WATER, ESTUARINE, OR MARINE FISHERIES; AND

(6)      THE CONDUCT OF MINING AND RECLAMATION OF MINED LANDS AS
PROVIDED BY THIS SUBTITLE WILL ALLOW THE MINING OF VALUABLE MINERALS
AND PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE STATE'S ENVIRONMENT AND THE
SUBSEQUENT BENEFICIAL USE OF THE MINED AND RECLAIMED LAND.

(b) This subtitle is an exercise of the police powers of the State for the general
welfare of the people of the State, by providing for the protection and conservation of the
natural resources of the State and the reclamation of areas of land affected in the surface
mining of metallic and nonmetallic minerals other than coal, to aid in the protection of
birds and wildlife, to decrease soil erosion, to prevent pollution of rivers, streams, and
lakes, to prevent loss or waste of valuable mineral resources, to prevent and eliminate
hazards to health and safety, to provide for reclamation of mined areas so as to assure the
use of these lands for productive purposes, and generally to provide for the continued use
and enjoyment of these lands.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.

Approved May 27, 1993.             

CHAPTER 531
(House Bill 520)

AN ACT concerning                 

Recreational Fishing - Scope of Boat License

FOR the purpose of allowing the holder of a Chesapeake Bay sport fishing special boat
license to fish anywhere in the Chesapeake Bay under certain circumstances;
providing for the issuance of certain complementary complimentary licenses to
certain persons under certain circumstances; providing for a delayed effective date;
and generally relating to fishing licenses and boats in the Chesapeake Bay.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 4-745

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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

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