ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 527

(e) On the request of a local jurisdiction or the Chairman of the Commission,
the State Forester, a registered professional forester, or a registered landscape
architect may prepare, oversee, and approve the final implementation of a plan to:

(1)     Replant trees in any part of the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area where
trees in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area are cut or cleared in violation of subsection
(b) of this section; and

(2)     Replant trees in any part of the Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area
where trees in the Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area are cut or cleared in violation
of subsection (b) of this section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be
construed to apply only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted to have
any effect on or application to any dwelling unit in existence or for which all necessary
permits for construction had been issued before the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 2004.

Approved May 26, 2004.

CHAPTER 527
(House Bill 1010)

AN ACT concerning

Allegany County - Property Tax Credit - Residential Development Property

FOR the purpose of authorizing the governing body of Allegany County or a municipal
corporation in Allegany County to grant a property tax credit for a certain
amount against the county and municipal corporation property tax imposed on
property, subdivided for certain residential purposes; providing for a certain
limitation on the tax credit; providing for the application of this Act; and
generally relating to authorizing the governing body of Allegany County or a
municipal corporation in Allegany County to grant a property tax credit for
property subdivided for certain residential purposes.

BY adding to

Article - Tax - Property

Section 9-302(k)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2001 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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

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