WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         S.B. 851

Sincerely,

William Donald Schaefer

Governor

Senate Bill No. 849

AN ACT concerning

Nontidal Wetlands - Critical Area Exemption

FOR the purpose of repealing an exemption from the provisions of the Nontidal
Wetlands Protection Act for certain activities within the Chesapeake Bay critical
area Critical Area; requiring the repeal of certain criteria; providing for the
abrogation of certain criteria; and generally relating to nontidal wetlands and the
Chesapeake Bay Critical Area.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 8-1203(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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

Article - Natural Resources

8-1203.

(a) [(1)] There is a statewide program within the Department for the
conservation, regulation, enhancement, creation, monitoring, and wise use of nontidal
wetlands.

[(2) This subtitle does not apply to agricultural, forestry, or regulated
activities located within the Chesapeake Bay critical area.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Chesapeake Bay
Critical Area Commission shall repeal its nontidal wetland criteria codified as COMAR
27.01.09.02 and 27.02.05.10, in accordance with § 8-1806 of the Natural Resources
Article, and in any event, those criteria shall be abrogated and of no further effect after
September 30, 1993, with no further action required by the General Assembly.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 1993.

May 27, 1993

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.

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