ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 135

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article—Natural Resources
Section 5-9A-01(b) and 5-1501
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—Agriculture

2-505.

(a) The Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Fund is created and
continued for the purposes specified in this subtitle.

(b) (1) The Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Fund shall comprise:

[(1)](I) Any money made available to the Fund by general or special
fund appropriations; and

[(2)] (II) Any money made available to the Fund by grants or transfers
from governmental or private sources.

(2) ANY PROJECT OR PROGRAM FUNDED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE IS NOT
SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF §§ 7-305(D)(3) AND 8-128(C) OF THE STATE FINANCE
AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE.

Article - Natural Resources

5-902.

(a)     The General Assembly declares that there is need for a program to make
funds available to State agencies and any subdivision to:

(1)     Expedite acquisition of outdoor recreation and open space areas
before escalating cost of land prevents its purchase for public use and before potential
areas are devoted to some other use; and

(2)     Accelerate development and capital renewal of needed outdoor
recreation facilities.

(b)     This program is known as Program Open Space and carries out the
recommendations of the 1968 Legislative Council committee on recreational areas. By
enacting this program, the General Assembly intends to provide funds to the State
and its subdivisions to enable them to acquire land for outdoor public recreation and
open space use and develop the land for public recreation.

(c)      (1) To effectuate the purposes of this section, the General Assembly has
established a funding program under Chapter 403 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of 1969.

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