PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 601

(3)     IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE STATE TO PRESERVE THESE
RESOURCES THROUGH THEIR IDENTIFICATION, INTERPRETATION, DEVELOPMENT,
AND USE IN A SYSTEM MADE UP OF STATE DESIGNATED HERITAGE AREAS; AND

(4)     IN COOPERATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, REGIONS,
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, AND OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND
CONCERNED INDIVIDUALS, THE STATE SHOULD IMPROVE AND COORDINATE THE
PLANS, FUNCTIONS, POWERS, AND PROGRAMS OF THE STATE AS THEY AFFECT THE
STATE'S URBAN AND RURAL CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

13-1103.

OTHER LAWS OF THE STATE THAT APPLY TO SPECIFIC PARKS OR HISTORIC
PLACES, INCLUDING LAWS RELATING TO THE ALIENATION OF PARKLAND AND THE
REGULATION OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ACTIVITIES, APPLY WITHIN A STATE
DESIGNATED HERITAGE AREA

13-1104. 13-1102.

THIS SUBTITLE:

(1)     SHALL BE LIBERALLY CONSTRUED TO EFFECT ITS PURPOSES; BUT
AND

(2)     MAY NOT SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO BE INCONSISTENT
CONSISTENTLY WITH ANY APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAW OR WITH THE AUTHORITY OF
ANY FEDERAL AGENCY UNDER THAT LAW.

PART II. MARYLAND STATE HERITAGE AREAS AUTHORITY.
13-1105. 13-1103.

(A)    THERE IS A BODY CORPORATE AND POLITIC KNOWN AS THE MARYLAND
HERITAGE AREAS AUTHORITY.

(B)     THE AUTHORITY IS AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE STATE AND A PUBLIC
CORPORATION BY THAT NAME, STYLE, AND TITLE.

(C) THE AUTHORITY IS AN INDEPENDENT UNIT IN TIB- EXECUTIVE BRANCH
OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT THAT FUNCTIONS IN Tim DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

(D) THE EXERCISE BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE POWERS CONFERRED BY THIS
SUBTITLE IS THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.

(A) THERE IS A MARYLAND HERITAGE AREAS AUTHORITY, ESTABLISHED AS:

(1) A BODY CORPORATE AND POLITIC; AND

(2) AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE STATE.

(B) THE AUTHORITY IS AN INDEPENDENT UNIT OF GOVERNMENT IN THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT THAT OPERATES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

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