Ch. 559
2-1801.

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND
Article - State Government

(A) Privileges from testifying for members of the General Assembly are found in §
9-122 of the Courts f and Judicial Proceedings] Article.

(B) PROVISIONS RELATING TO CIVIL IMMUNITY FOR ACTS AND OMISSIONS IN
THE PERFORMANCE OF CONSTITUENT SERVICES BY MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY ARE FOUND IN § 5-199.8 AND § 5-3999 OF THE COURTS ARTICLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That, if Title 5, Subtitle 3 of the
Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article is restructured by legislation enacted during the
1997 Session of the General Assembly, the publishers of the Annotated Code, in
coordination with the Department of Legislative Reference, shall designate an
appropriate codification for the provisions of § 5-399.8 and § 5-399.9 of the Courts
Article as enacted by this Act.

SECTION 3 AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That this Act shall be construed only
prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted to have any effect on or application to any
cause of action arising before the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 2. 3. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 1997.

Approved May 22, 1997.

CHAPTER 559
(Senate Bill 33)

AN ACT concerning

Forest Conservation

FOR the purpose of enacting certain changes to the Forest Conservation Act of 1991;
providing for the. extension of certain protection measures to certain sites; altering
certain requirements and procedures for forest stand delineations; altering the
preferred sequence and standards for afforestation and reforestation for certain
purposes; repealing a certain deadline on a municipality's assignment of a certain
obligation; authorizing the banking of forest resources as a mitigation technique in
certain circumstances; altering certain procedures and authorizing certain
alternative mitigation measures for certain classes of development; repealing
altering certain exclusions of certain areas from forest conservation calculations and
requirements; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to recover certain
costs in certain circumstances; requiring the Department to adopt certain
regulations; altering certain periods for repayment of certain funds; authorizing
certain local jurisdictions to develop certain additional provisions for forest
mitigation banking; defining certain terms; reinstating and extending the term of

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