Ch. 506                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(5) IF ANY PERSON WHO IS LIABLE TO PAY A PENALTY IMPOSED UNDER
THIS SUBSECTION FAILS TO PAY IT AFTER DEMAND, THE AMOUNT TOGETHER WITH
INTEREST AND ANY COSTS THAT MAY ACCRUE, SHALL BE:

(I) A LIEN IN FAVOR OF THE STATE ON ANY PROPERTY, REAL OR
PERSONAL, OF THE PERSON; AND

(II) RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE COURT FOR
THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED.

(6) ANY PENALTY COLLECTED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE
PLACED IN THE TIDAL WETLANDS COMPENSATION FUND ESTABLISHED UNDER §
16-205 OF THIS TITLE.

(C) BEFORE TAKING ANY CIVIL ACTION TO RECOVER A PENALTY UNDER
SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSON
ALLEGED TO HAVE VIOLATED THIS TITLE WITH WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED
PENALTY AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN INFORMAL MEETING CONCERNING
SETTLEMENT OF THE PROPOSED CIVIL ACTION.

Article - Natural Resources

8-2102.

(d) (1) (iii) Moneys paid to a landowner under this section may be paid
from the TIDAL Wetlands Compensation Fund, the Wildlife Management and
Protection Fund, or federal funds. The Department shall coordinate cost sharing
assistance paid from the funds under this section with the Department of the
Environment.

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

Approved May 26, 2004.

CHAPTER 506
(House Bill 556)

AN ACT concerning

Medical Records - Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment

Health Care Decisions - "Patient's Plan of Care" Form - Communication of

Patient Preferences

FOR the purpose of authorizing certain health care providers to prepare certain forms
under certain circumstances; requiring the Office of the Attorney General to
develop a "Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment Patient's Plan of
Care" form that documents certain treatment preferences of an individual
summarizes the plan of care for an individual; specifying that the form is

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