ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 21

5-1702.

(a) Before the Board of Public Works may solicit bids for or award any lease
for production of oil or natural gas from beneath lands or waters of the State, and
after receiving the written recommendation of the [Chesapeake Bay] Critical Area
Commission FOR THE CHESAPEAKE AND ATLANTIC COASTAL BAYS (if the leased area
is located in the State's critical areas) and the advisory comments of the Secretaries of
Budget and Management, Natural Resources, the Environment, and Business and
Economic Development and the Director of Planning, the Board of Public Works shall
direct the Secretary of Natural Resources in consultation with the Secretaries of the
Environment, Business and Economic Development, and Budget and Management
and the Director of Planning to prepare a statement of environmental, fiscal, and
economic impact of the proposed lease.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Misnomer in § 5-1702(a) of the Natural Resources Article.

Occurred: As a result of Ch. 433, Acts of 2002.

8-708.

(e) The contribution of the Waterway Improvement Fund shall be limited to
not more than 50% of the cost of each acquisition, and the total amount of funds
expended in any fiscal year for acquisitions and projects specified in § 8-707(7) and
(9) of this subtitle may not exceed the amount of the motor fuel tax revenue paid to
the Waterway Improvement Fund in the preceding fiscal year, as provided for in [§
2-1004] § 2-1104 of the Tax - General Article.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Erroneous cross-reference in § 8-708(e) of the Natural Resources
Article.

Occurred: As a result of Ch. 643, Acts of 1988.

8-1808.3.

(d) (4) If an individual lot [1] ONE acre or less in size is part of a subdivision
approved after December 1, 1985 in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area or after June
1, 2002 in the Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, then man-made impervious
surfaces of the lot may not exceed 25% of the lot. However, the total of the impervious
surfaces over the entire subdivision may not exceed 15%.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Stylistic error in § 8-1808.3(d)(4) of the Natural Resources Article.

Occurred: Ch. 648, Acts of 1990.

8-1810.

(b) Where a local jurisdiction failed to adopt or obtain Commission approval of
a program, the Commission shall adopt a program for that jurisdiction by adopting

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