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Ch. 365
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2007 Laws of Maryland
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(a) There is a Maryland Clean Water Fund.
(b) THE FOLLOWING PAYMENTS SHALL BE MADE INTO THE MARYLAND
CLEAN WATER FUND:
(1) All application fees, permit fees, renewal fees, and funds collected
by the Department under this subtitle, including any civil or administrative penalty or
any fine imposed by a court under the provisions of this subtitle[, shall be paid into
the Maryland Clean Water Fund]; and
(2) ANY CIVIL PENALTY OR ANY FINE IMPOSED BY A COURT
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 5, SUBTITLE 5 OF THIS ARTICLE RELATING
TO WATER APPROPRIATION AND USE.
[(c) The Department shall use the Maryland Clean Water Fund for activities
that are related to identifying, monitoring, and regulating the proper discharge of
effluent into the waters of the State including program development of these activities
as provided in the State budget. Priority shall be given to activities pertaining to the
water quality of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.]
(C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL USE THE MARYLAND CLEAN WATER
FUND FOR ACTIVITIES THAT ARE RELATED TO:
(1) THE IDENTIFICATION, MONITORING, AND REGULATION OF
THE PROPER DISCHARGE OF EFFLUENT INTO THE WATERS OF THE STATE
INCLUDING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT OF THESE ACTIVITIES AS PROVIDED BY
THE STATE BUDGET; AND
(2) THE MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, AND
PRESERVATION OF THE STATE'S GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER
INCLUDING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT OF THESE ACTIVITIES AS PROVIDED BY
THE STATE BUDGET.
(D) IN DETERMINING THE USE OF THE MARYLAND CLEAN WATER
FUND, PRIORITY SHALL BE GIVEN TO ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE WATER
QUALITY OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.
[(d)] (E) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, unexpended moneys in
the Fund shall not revert to the general treasury at the end of a fiscal year.
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