Ch. 477

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 477
(House Bill 671)

AN ACT concerning

Montgomery County - Matthew Henson State Park - Commission and Construction

MC 620-96

FOR the purpose of establishing a Matthew Henson State Park Commission; establishing
the membership of the Commission; providing for the selection of members and
chairman of the Commission; establishing certain requirements for the conduct of
business by the Commission; requiring that proposed construction in Matthew
Henson State Park be presented to the Commission for approval; authorizing the
Commission to approve or deny proposed construction; authorizing the construction,
of a hiker/biker or other recreational trail in Matthew Henson State Park under
certain conditions; authorizing the construction of a public pavilion in Matthew
Henson State Park under certain conditions and assigning the pavilion certain
responsibilities; authorizing the Park Police of the Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission to have concurrent jurisdiction in Matthew Henson State
Park under certain conditions; and generally relating to the management of
Matthew Henson State Park.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 5-1004

Annotated Code of Maryland                                                  ...

(1989 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article—Natural Resources

Section 5-1004.1

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1989 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

5-1004.

(a) (1) The lands between Viers Mill Road and Georgia Avenue described in
the 1980 Highway Needs Inventory as the right-of-way reserved for the Rockville facility
in Montgomery County, being owned by the State, shall be:

(i) Designated as the Matthew Henson State Park; and

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