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Ch. 473
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 2000 and shall be applicable to all taxable years beginning after December 31,
1999.
Approved May 11, 2000.
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CHAPTER 473
(House Bill 1305)
AN ACT concerning
Ballast Water Management - Reporting and Prohibition
FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt certain
guidelines relating to vessel ballast water management; requiring certain vessel
operators persons to complete and return a certain form relating to vessel
ballast water management; specifying that certain violations are crimes, subject
to certain penalties including fines and imprisonment for certain periods;
stating findings of the General Assembly; defining certain terms; requesting the
Governor to coordinate certain activities and meet with certain persons for
certain purposes; and generally relating to ballast water management in waters
of the State.
BY adding to
Article - Environment
Section 5-5A-01 through 5-5A-08 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 5A.
Ballast Water Management"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Environment
Section 5-1301
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Environment
SUBTITLE 5A. BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT.
5-5A-01.
(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.
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