(e) (1) [A resident who applies for a license for a stationary blind or blind
site in the water adjacent to Bloodsworth Island in Dorchester County is not required
to obtain permission from the riparian owner notwithstanding any other provision of
this section.

(20)] In Anne Arundel County, the County is exempt from any registration
requirement of this subtitle, including the payment of fees, for any off-shore
stationary blind that the County has registered in previous years or will register in
the future for any waterfront public property owned by the County and located in the
County. To comply with the provisions of this subtitle, the Anne Arundel County
Department of Recreation and Parks need only notify the clerk of the court in Anne
Arundel County and the Department that the waterfront public property is
unavailable for public registration.

[(3)] (2) In Prince George's County, the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission is exempt from any registration requirement of this
subtitle, including the payment of fees, for any offshore stationary blind that the
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission has registered in
previous years or will register in the future for any waterfront public property owned
by the County and located in the County. To comply with the provisions of this
subtitle, the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission need only
notify the clerk of the court in Prince George's County and the Department that the
waterfront public property is unavailable for public registration.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections 1, 2, and 3 of
this Act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections 4 and 5 of this
Act shall take effect May 1, 2000.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 10-612(d)
through (h), respectively, of the Natural Resources Article of the Annotated Code of
Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 10-612(c) through (g), respectively.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
May 1, 2000.

Approved May 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 704
(House Bill 189)

AN ACT concerning

Higher Education - Maryland Teacher Scholarships - Maryland HOPE

Scholarships

FOR the purpose of establishing the Maryland Teacher Scholarship program for
certain students; providing for the awarding of Maryland Teacher Scholarships;