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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDE D TO EXISTING LAW . |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0149* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 149 |
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| 8 | 8 | | M3, N1 2lr1306 |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB 160/21 – ENT (PRE–FILED) |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegate Bagnall |
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| 11 | 11 | | Requested: October 20, 2021 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: January 12, 2022 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Environment and Transportation |
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| 14 | 14 | | |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | |
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| 19 | 19 | | Wetlands and Waterways – Riparian Rights – Voluntary Registry and Notice 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of the Environment to establish and 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | maintain a voluntary registry on the Department’s website for property owners who 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | have registered a claim of riparian rights with the Department; requiring the 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Governor to appropriate funds to the Department to cover the cost of establishing 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | and maintaining the registry; requiring the holder of a covenant for riparian rights 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | to be provided notice of a certain proposed project at a certain time; and generally 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | relating to riparian rights. 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | BY adding to 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Article – Environment 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 16–201.1 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2014 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15 |
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| 36 | 36 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16 |
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| 37 | 37 | | |
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| 38 | 38 | | Article – Environment 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 16–201.1. 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (A) (1) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTA BLISH AND MAINTAIN A PUBLICLY 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ACCESSIBLE VOLUNTARY REGISTRY ON THE DEPARTMENT ’S WEBSITE OF PROPERT Y 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | OWNERS WHO HAVE REGI STERED A CLAIM OF RI PARIAN RIGHTS WITH T HE 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | DEPARTMENT . 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DETE RMINE THE INFORMATIO N THAT A 23 2 HOUSE BILL 149 |
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| 50 | 50 | | PROPERTY OWNER IS RE QUIRED TO SUBMIT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE R EGISTRY 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION . 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | |
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| 53 | 53 | | (3) THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPROP RIATE FUNDS TO THE 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | DEPARTMENT TO COVER T HE COST OF ESTABLISH ING AND MAINTAINING TH E 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | REGISTRY. 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (B) THE HOLDER OF A COVEN ANT FOR RIPARIAN RIG HTS, INCLUDING A 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIO N, SHALL BE PROVIDED NO TICE OF A PROPOSED P ROJECT 7 |
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| 59 | 59 | | IN THE IMMEDIATE ARE A OF THE PROPERTY SU BJECT TO THE COVENAN T AT THE 8 |
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| 60 | 60 | | BEGINNING OF THE STATE OR LOCAL PERMITTIN G OR OTHER APPROVAL PROCESS 9 |
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| 61 | 61 | | FOR THE PROPOSED PRO JECT. 10 |
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| 63 | 63 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 11 |
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| 64 | 64 | | October 1, 2022. 12 |
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