PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 410

TO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE STATE, BUT SHALL REMAIN IN THE FUND TO BE
USED FOR THE PURPOSES SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved May 14, 1996.

CHAPTER 410
(Senate Bill 657)

AN ACT concerning

Chesapeake Bay Critical Area - Impervious Surface Limits

FOR the purpose of altering a provision of the Critical Areas Law to require that a local
jurisdiction amend its local critical area protection program to meet certain
requirements by a certain date; providing that if a parcel or lot of a certain size
existed before a certain date, man-made impervious surfaces are limited to a
certain percentage of the lot; authorizing a local jurisdiction to allow a property
owner to exceed the certain impervious surface limits under certain circumstances;
requiring that certain fees collected by a local jurisdiction be used to fund projects
that improve water quality within the critical area consistent with certain local
programs; and generally relating to impervious surface limits in the Chesapeake Bay
Critical Area.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 8-1808.3
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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

Article - Natural Resources

8-1808.3.

(a)     This section applies notwithstanding:

(1)     Any other provision of this subtitle; or

(2)     Any criteria or guideline of the Commission adopted under this subtitle.

(b)     This section controls over any other requirement concerning impervious
surfaces limitations in limited development areas and resource conservation areas in the
critical area.

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