Ch. 430                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(i) Waterfowl projects included in an approved State program to
create, develop, enhance, maintain, and manage nesting cover, winter foods, and other
habitat components on public lands to satisfy the habitat requirements of a broad range
of wintering waterfowl and native waterfowl species; and

(ii) Not more than 30% to adopt and implement a program to
eradicate the species Myocastor coypu (nutria) and to control the species Phragmites
communis (phragmites) [consistent with subparagraph (i) of this paragraph] ON
PRIVATE LANDS.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

10-308.1.

(f) (1) All revenues accruing to the Wildlife Management and Protection Fund
from sales of the migratory wild waterfowl stamps shall be expended solely for
[waterfowl] THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

(I)      WATERFOWL projects included in an approved State program to
create, develop, enhance, maintain, and manage nesting cover, winter foods, and other
habitat components on public lands to satisfy the habitat requirements of a broad range
of wintering waterfowl and native waterfowl species; AND

(II)     NOT MORE THAN 30% TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM
TO CONTROL THE SPECIES PHRAGMITES COMMUNIS (PHRAGMITES) ON PRIVATE
LANDS.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 3 of this Act is

contingent on the taking effect of the termination provision specified in Section 5 of
Chapter 460 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1994. If that termination provision
takes effect. Section 2 of this Act shall be void. This Act may not be interpreted to have
any effect on that termination provision.

SECTION 2. 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to the
provisions of Section 4 of this Act, this Act shall take effect October 1, 1996.

Approved May 14, 1996.

CHAPTER 430
(House Bill 88)

AN ACT concerning

Social Services - Confidentiality of Records

FOR the purpose of providing that certain social service records and reports are
confidential except under certain circumstances; providing that certain reports and

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