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Ch. 257 2007 Laws of Maryland
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BY adding to
Article — Environment
Section 9-1605.2(k)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 2006 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Environment
Section 9-1605.2(k)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 2006 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Environment
9-1605.2.
(a) (1) There is a Bay Restoration Fund.
(2) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Bay Restoration
Fund be:
(i) Used, in part, to provide the funding necessary to upgrade
any of the wastewater treatment facilities that are located in the State or used by
citizens of the State in order to achieve enhanced nutrient removal where it is
cost-effective to do so; and
(ii) Available for treatment facilities discharging into the
Atlantic Coastal Bays or other waters of the State, but that priority be given to
treatment facilities discharging into the Chesapeake Bay.
(3) The Bay Restoration Fund shall be maintained and administered
by the Administration in accordance with the provisions of this section and any rules
or program directives as the Secretary or the Board may prescribe.
(4) There is established a Bay Restoration Fee to be paid by any user
of a wastewater facility, an onsite sewage disposal system, or a holding tank that:
(i) Is located in the State; or
(ii) Serves a Maryland user and is eligible for funding under
this subtitle.
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