PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                               Ch. 10

(b) The Board shall use the Fund to pay:

(2) the amount that the Board authorizes for an expert or witness hired
under § 10-310(c) of this subtitle; [and]

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Extraneous conjunction in § 10-314(b)(2) of the Labor and
Employment Article.

Occurred: Ch. 8, Acts of 1991.

Article - Natural Resources

1-302.

(b)     The protection, preservation, and enhancement of the State's diverse
environment is necessary for the maintenance of the public health and welfare and the
continued viability of the economy of the State and is a matter of the highest public
[priority;] PRIORITY.

(c)     All State agencies must conduct their affairs with an awareness that they are
stewards of the air, land, water, living and historic resources, and that they have an
obligation to protect the environment for the use and enjoyment of this and all future
[generations;] GENERATIONS.

(d)     Each person has a fundamental and inalienable right to a healthful
environment, and each person has a responsibility to contribute to the protection,
preservation, and enhancement of the [environment;] ENVIRONMENT.

(e)     It is the continuing policy of the State to cooperate with the federal
government, other state governments, the District of Columbia, the political subdivisions
of the State, and other concerned public and private organizations and individuals, in a
manner calculated to protect, preserve, and enhance the [environment;]
ENVIRONMENT.

(f)     The determination of an optimum balance between economic development
and environmental quality requires the most thoughtful consideration of ecological,
economic, developmental, recreational, historic, architectural, aesthetic, and other
[values;] VALUES.

(g)     Beneficial environmental effects of proposed actions can be identified and
measures devised to obtain these benefits if environmental evaluations are made a part of
the decision-making process of the [State;] STATE.

(h) Adverse environmental effects of proposed actions can be anticipated,
minimized, and often eliminated if environmental evaluations are made a part of the
decision-making processes of the [State;] STATE.

(i) Environmental effects reports can facilitate the fullest practicable provision of
timely public information, understanding, and participation in the decision-making
processes of the [State;] STATE.

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