ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                              Ch. 37

CHAPTER 37
(House Bill 129)

AN ACT concerning

Natural Resources - Jennings Randolph Lake Project Compact - Criminal

Law Enforcement

FOR the purpose of amending the Jennings Randolph Lake Project Compact by
authorizing the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the West
Virginia Division of Natural Resources to enforce criminal laws and regulations
applicable to the Jennings Randolph Lake Project under certain circumstances;
making this Act subject to certain contingencies; and generally relating to the
Jennings Randolph Lake Project Compact.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 8-4A-01
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

8-4A-01.

The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute a Compact on behalf
of the State of Maryland with the State of West Virginia, with participation through
concurrence by the United States Army Corps of Engineers legally joining in the form
substantially as follows:

Jennings Randolph Lake Project Compact

Preamble

WHEREAS, the signatory parties hereto desire to provide for joint natural
resource management and enforcement of [laws and regulations pertaining to]
natural resources, CRIMINAL, and boating LAWS AND REGULATIONS at the Jennings
Randolph Lake Project lying in Garrett County, Maryland and Mineral County, West
Virginia, for which they have a joint responsibility; and they declare as follows:

1. The Congress, under Public Law 87-874, authorized the development of
the Jennings Randolph Lake Project for the North Branch of the Potomac River
substantially in accordance with House Document Number 469, 87th Congress, 2nd
Session for flood control, water supply, water quality, and recreation; and

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