Ch. 499                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(i) A dwelling house did not exist on the property covered by the
easement at the time of the sale of the easement;

(ii) The easement was purchased by the Foundation prior to
January 1, 1990;

(iii) The property covered by the easement contains 50 acres or
more;

(iv) The property covered by the easement contains all of the land
described in the deed or deeds of record at the time of the sale of the easement;

(v) The landowner who originally sold the easement has not
exercised the right to 1 acre for the construction of a dwelling house pursuant to
paragraph (2) of this subsection;

(vi) Prior to the release, the landowner shall pay the State for 1 acre
at the price per acre that the State paid for the easement; and

(vii) The property is located in Carroll County.

(c) Purchase of an easement by the Foundation does not grant the public any
right of access or right of use of the subject property.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 2004.

Approved May 26, 2004.

CHAPTER 499
(House Bill 165)

AN ACT concerning

Department of Housing and Community Development - Community Legacy
Program - Neighborhood Intervention Projects

FOR the purpose of altering the purposes of a community legacy project to include the
financing of a neighborhood intervention project for the demolition of buildings
under certain circumstances; imposing certain obligations on a sponsor of a
neighborhood intervention project under certain circumstances; authorizing the
Department of Housing and Community Development to transfer certain
moneys in the Community Legacy Financial Assistance Fund to certain other
funds; authorizing the Community Legacy Board to grant certain waivers from
certain requirements imposed on sponsors of neighborhood intervention projects
under certain circumstances; defining certain terms; and generally relating to
neighborhood intervention projects and the Community Legacy Program in the
Department of Housing and Community Development.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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