Ch. 78                                     2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

construed to apply only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted to have
any effect on or application to any final order of the Ethics Commission concerning
any matter or violation that occurred before the effective date of this Act.

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

Approved April 27, 2004.

CHAPTER 78
(Senate Bill 18)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Port Administration - Vulnerability Assessments Report to
General Assembly on Funding to Address Vulnerability Concerns

FOR the purpose of requiring certain owners and operators of facilities and vessels to
file a copy of a certain vulnerability assessment required under the federal
Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 with the Maryland Port
Administration; requiring the the Maryland Port Administration to provide a
certain report, identifying certain risks to transportation security, to the
General Assembly on or before a certain date each year based on a certain
vulnerability assessment provided to the United States Coast Guard under the
federal Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002; specifying the contents of
the report; and generally relating to a requirement that the Administration
report to the General Assembly on certain matters concerning the vulnerability
assessments of of certain port facilities.

BY adding to

Article - Transportation

Section 6-210

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:

Article - Transportation

6-210.

(A) AN OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A FACILITY OR VESSEL WITHIN THE
TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION THAT IS SUBJECT TO A
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT UNDER THE FEDERAL MARITIME TRANSPORTATION
SECURITY ACT OF 2002 SHALL FILE A COPY OF THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.

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