§ 8-2A-02. Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund
West's Annotated Code of MarylandNatural ResourcesEffective: June 1, 2021 to June 30, 2031
Effective: June 1, 2021 to June 30, 2031
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 8-2A-02
§ 8-2A-02. Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund
<Section effective until July 1, 2031. See, also, section 8-2A-02 effective July 1, 2031.>
(a) There is a Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund.
(b) The purpose of the Fund is to provide financial assistance necessary to advance Maryland's progress in meeting the goals established in the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement for the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, including the Patuxent River, and to restore the health of the Atlantic Coastal Bays and their tributaries, by focusing limited financial resources on nonpoint source pollution control projects in all regions of the State.
(d)(1) The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7-302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.
(e) The Fund consists of:
(f)(1) The Fund may be used only for the implementation of nonpoint source pollution control projects to:
(2) It is the intent of the General Assembly that, when possible, money in the Fund shall be granted to local governments and other political subdivisions for agricultural, forestry, stream and wetland restoration, and urban and suburban stormwater nonpoint source pollution control projects, including up to 25% in matching funds to local governments and other political subdivisions that have enacted a stormwater remediation fee under § 4-202.1 of the Environment Article.
2. Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, 13 contractor positions in the Forest Service of the Department to provide technical assistance, planning, and coordination related to tree plantings, tree buffer management, and forest management, including invasive vine removal, on public, private, and agricultural lands and in “underserved areas” as defined in § 8-1911 of this article.
(g)(1) The Treasurer shall invest the money of the Fund in the same manner as other State money may be invested.
Credits
Added as Natural Resources § 8-205 by Acts 2007, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 6, § 5, eff. July 1, 2008. Renumbered as Natural Resources § 8-2A-01 by Acts 2008, c. 120, § 1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, c. 121, § 1, eff. July 1, 2008. Amended by Acts 2008, c. 120, § 2, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, c. 121, § 2, eff. July 1, 2008. Renumbered as Natural Resources § 8-2A-02 by Acts 2008, c. 120, § 3, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, c. 121, § 3, eff. July 1, 2008. Amended by Acts 2015, c. 124, § 1, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2016, c. 43, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2021, c. 645, § 3, eff. June 1, 2021.
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 8-2A-02, MD NAT RES § 8-2A-02
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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