Right to farm or engage in agricultural or forestry operations,
authority of county commissioners to enact ordinance or
regulations protecting, provisions added ..................................

Release of lot from agricultural land preservation easement for
construction of dwelling houses, restrictions on resulting
density, provisions added ...............................................................

Rural Legacy Program created to enhance natural resource,
agricultural, forestry, and environmental protection; Rural
Legacy Board, advisory committee, and funding mechanism,
established ......................................................................................

St. Mary's County -

Property tax credit for real property subject to State or county

agricultural land preservation program, provisions added;

property tax credit for buildings other than tobacco barns on

agricultural use land used for agricultural activities,

- authority repealed ......................................................................

Termination of agricultural land preservation easement,
distribution to county of portion of repurchase price paid by
landowner, provisions added .........................................................

Fax Machines SEE Facsimile Transmission
Federal Government - -

Administration of appropriated federal funds, policies established

Block grants, notice by Governor to General Assembly of plans to
accept federal funds as, requirements added ...............................

Calvert County -

Competitive bidding requirements, exception for purchases
based on federal contracts established by a legal competitive
process .........................................................................................

Evaluation of federal aid by various State agencies, report
requirements altered ......................................................................

Federal funds, use for projects funded by State bonds,
requirements added .......................................................................

Federal revenues supporting federal fund appropriations,
statement in executive budget books and supply of background
data to Department of Fiscal Services, requirements added ......

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, reforms to
guarantee issue and renewability, set maximum rates, and
prohibit preexisting condition limitations to persons moving
from the group to individual market and to limit preexisting
condition limitations in the large group market, provisions
added ...............................................................................................

Intergovernmental cooperative purchasing agreements, sponsor or
participation by primary procurement unit or political
subdivision, provisions added ........................................................

Long-term care, less restrictive conditions for federal funding and
more State flexibility in using federal funding, urged ................

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

677	3908
467	2779
757 758	4308 4321
684	3925
657	3792
3	277
3	276
402	2629
5	345
660	3833
3	274
294	2138
680	3916
JR6	4362