§ 5-902. Legislative findings
West's Annotated Code of MarylandNatural ResourcesEffective: October 1, 2014
Effective: October 1, 2014
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 5-902
§ 5-902. Legislative findings
(a) The General Assembly declares that there is need for a program to make funds available to State agencies and any subdivision to:
(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 and provide public access to the land for public recreation.
(c)(1) To effectuate the purposes of this section, the General Assembly has established a transfer tax funding program under Title 13, Subtitle 2 of the Tax--Property Article.
(ii) For fiscal years 2011 through 2013 only, the allocations provided under § 5-903 of this subtitle of the funds distributed to Program Open Space under § 13-209 of the Tax--Property Article shall be adjusted to reduce the amount that would otherwise be allocated for any purpose by the amount of funding provided for that purpose under the bond enabling act.
Credits
Added by Acts 1976, c. 183, § 2. Amended by Acts 1995, c. 584, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1995; Acts 2004, c. 135, § 1, eff. June 1, 2004; Acts 2004, c. 432, § 2, eff. June 1, 2004; Acts 2009, c. 419, § 1, eff. June 1, 2009; Acts 2009, c. 487, § 1, eff. June 1, 2009; Acts 2014, c. 452, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 5-902, MD NAT RES § 5-902
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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