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§ 15-805. Surface Mined Land Reclamation Fund

West's Annotated Code of MarylandEnvironment

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Environment
Title 15. Mines and Mining (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 8. Surface Mining
MD Code, Environment, § 15-805
§ 15-805. Surface Mined Land Reclamation Fund
Source and use of funds
(a) All funds received by the Department from license fees, permit fees, special reclamation fees, the forfeiture of bonds and of cash deposits and securities, and fines collected upon conviction of a permittee or a licensee under §§ 15-807(f) and 15-808(k) of this subtitle shall be deposited to the credit of the State Treasurer in a bank the Treasurer designates, and shall be maintained as a special fund on the books of the Comptroller of the Treasury in an account, to be known as the “Surface Mined Land Reclamation Fund”. This Fund shall be used by the Department for the administration and implementation of this subtitle, including rehabilitating the area of land affected by the operation upon which liability was charged on the bond.
Permissible sources of funds used for reclamation of pre-law surface mines
(b) For the reclamation of pre-law surface mines, the Department may use funds received from the following sources:
(1) A forfeiture in excess of the amount required for reclaiming the area of land affected by the operation on which the liability was charged;
(2) A forfeiture relating to land which the Department determines to be physically impossible to reclaim; and
(3) Licensing fees, permitting fees, fines, funds received from the special reclamation fees established by § 15-808(i) of this subtitle or any other source.
Use of special reclamation fees and state match
(c) The special reclamation fees and the State match established by § 15-808 (i) and (j) of this subtitle shall only be used for the reclamation of pre-law surface mines.

Credits

Added by Acts 1975, c. 581. Amended by Acts 1977, c. 129; Acts 1981, c. 266; Acts 1982, c. 356; Acts 1985, c. 668; Acts 1988, c. 6, § 1; Acts 1992, c. 416. Renumbered from Natural Resources § 7-6A-04 by Acts 1995, c. 488, § 2, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, c. 488, § 16, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 2014, c. 45, § 5.
MD Code, Environment, § 15-805, MD ENVIR § 15-805
Current with all legislation from the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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