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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXIS TING LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *hb1140* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | HOUSE BILL 1140 | |
| 11 | 8 | M1 EMERGENCY BILL 3lr2358 | |
| 12 | 9 | CF SB 517 | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Delegates Reilly, Arentz, Ghrist, Griffith, and Jacobs | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: February 10, 2023 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Environment and Transportation | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 17 | - | House action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: March 30, 2023 | |
| 19 | 13 | ||
| 20 | - | ||
| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 23 | 17 | ||
| 24 | - | Port of Deposit State Historical Park – Included Areas | |
| 18 | + | Port of Deposit State Historical Park – Included Areas 2 | |
| 25 | 19 | ||
| 26 | 20 | FOR the purpose of altering the areas included in the Port of Deposit State Historical Park; 3 | |
| 27 | 21 | authorizing, rather than requiring, the Bainbridge Development Corporation to 4 | |
| 28 | 22 | transfer a certain portion of a certain site to the Department of Natural Resources 5 | |
| 29 | - | on or before a certain date; composition of the stakeholder advisory committee to 6 | |
| 30 | - | advise the Department of Natural Resources on the scope and management of Port 7 | |
| 31 | - | of Deposit State Historical Park; requiring the Department to make a certain report 8 | |
| 32 | - | to the General Assembly on or before a certain date; altering the deadline for the 9 | |
| 33 | - | Bainbridge Development Corporation to transfer certain property to the 10 | |
| 34 | - | Department; requiring the Department to preserve certain property in a certain 11 | |
| 35 | - | manner; authorizing the Governor to include, for a certain fiscal year, a certain 12 | |
| 36 | - | appropriation in the State budget to the Department for a certain archaeological 13 | |
| 37 | - | survey and soil study; and generally relating to the Port of Deposit State Historical 14 | |
| 38 | - | Park. 15 | |
| 23 | + | on or before a certain date; and generally relating to the Port of Deposit State 6 | |
| 24 | + | Historical Park. 7 | |
| 39 | 25 | ||
| 40 | - | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, | |
| 41 | - | Article – Natural Resources | |
| 42 | - | Section 5–1012(g)(1) | |
| 43 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland | |
| 44 | - | (2018 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) | |
| 26 | + | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8 | |
| 27 | + | Article – Natural Resources 9 | |
| 28 | + | Section 5–1012(g)(1) 10 | |
| 29 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 | |
| 30 | + | (2018 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 12 | |
| 45 | 31 | ||
| 46 | - | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 21 | |
| 47 | - | Article – Natural Resources 22 | |
| 48 | - | Section 5–1012(g)(2) 5–1012(g) 23 2 HOUSE BILL 1140 | |
| 32 | + | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 13 | |
| 33 | + | Article – Natural Resources 14 | |
| 34 | + | Section 5–1012(g)(2) 15 | |
| 35 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 16 | |
| 36 | + | (2018 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 17 | |
| 37 | + | ||
| 38 | + | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 18 | |
| 39 | + | Chapter 39 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2022 19 | |
| 40 | + | Section 5 20 | |
| 41 | + | ||
| 42 | + | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 21 | |
| 43 | + | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 22 | |
| 44 | + | ||
| 45 | + | Article – Natural Resources 23 | |
| 46 | + | ||
| 47 | + | 5–1012. 24 | |
| 48 | + | 2 HOUSE BILL 1140 | |
| 49 | 49 | ||
| 50 | 50 | ||
| 51 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland 1 | |
| 52 | - | (2018 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 2 | |
| 51 | + | (g) (1) (i) The Department shall establish the Port of Deposit State 1 | |
| 52 | + | Historical Park as a partnership park that seeks to educate the public about and preserve 2 | |
| 53 | + | and interpret the lives and experiences of Black Americans both before and after the 3 | |
| 54 | + | abolition of slavery. 4 | |
| 53 | 55 | ||
| 54 | - | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 3 | |
| 55 | - | Chapter 39 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2022 4 | |
| 56 | - | Section 5 5 | |
| 56 | + | (ii) Port of Deposit State Historical Park shall be held by the State 5 | |
| 57 | + | as a State park under the protection and administration of the Department. 6 | |
| 57 | 58 | ||
| 58 | - | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 6 | |
| 59 | - | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 7 | |
| 59 | + | (2) Port of Deposit State Historical Park shall consist of a portion of the 7 | |
| 60 | + | Bainbridge Naval Training Center site, measuring [not less than 120 acres and] not more 8 | |
| 61 | + | than 150 acres, that the Bainbridge Development Corporation transfers to the Department, 9 | |
| 62 | + | including: 10 | |
| 60 | 63 | ||
| 61 | - | ||
| 64 | + | (i) [The historic Tome School; 11 | |
| 62 | 65 | ||
| 63 | - | ||
| 66 | + | (ii)] The Snow Hill archaeological site; and 12 | |
| 64 | 67 | ||
| 65 | - | (g) (1) (i) The Department shall establish the Port of Deposit State 10 | |
| 66 | - | Historical Park as a partnership park that seeks to educate the public about and preserve 11 | |
| 67 | - | and interpret the lives and experiences of Black Americans both before and after the 12 | |
| 68 | - | abolition of slavery. 13 | |
| 68 | + | [(iii)] (II) The adjacent wooded conservation area. 13 | |
| 69 | 69 | ||
| 70 | - | (ii) Port of Deposit State Historical Park shall be held by the State 14 | |
| 71 | - | as a State park under the protection and administration of the Department. 15 | |
| 70 | + | Chapter 39 of the Acts of 2022 14 | |
| 72 | 71 | ||
| 73 | - | | |
| 74 | - | Bainbridge | |
| 75 | - | ||
| 76 | - | including: | |
| 72 | + | SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, on or before June 1, [2023] 15 | |
| 73 | + | 2024, the Bainbridge Development Corporation [shall] MAY transfer to the Department of 16 | |
| 74 | + | Natural Resources a portion of the Bainbridge Naval Training Center site consisting of [not 17 | |
| 75 | + | less than 120 acres and] not more than 150 acres, including: 18 | |
| 77 | 76 | ||
| 78 | - | ( | |
| 77 | + | (1) [the historic Tome School; 19 | |
| 79 | 78 | ||
| 80 | - | ( | |
| 79 | + | (2)] the Snow Hill archaeological site; and 20 | |
| 81 | 80 | ||
| 82 | - | [( | |
| 81 | + | [(3)] (2) the adjacent wooded conservation area. 21 | |
| 83 | 82 | ||
| 84 | - | (3) (i) The Department shall establish a stakeholder advisory 23 | |
| 85 | - | committee to advise the Department on the scope and management of Port of Deposit State 24 | |
| 86 | - | Historical Park. 25 | |
| 83 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency 22 | |
| 84 | + | measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety, has 23 | |
| 85 | + | been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three–fifths of all the members elected to 24 | |
| 86 | + | each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is 25 | |
| 87 | + | enacted. 26 | |
| 87 | 88 | ||
| 88 | - | (ii) The stakeholder advisory committee shall consist of the following 26 | |
| 89 | - | members: 27 | |
| 90 | - | ||
| 91 | - | 1. One member designated by the Mayor and Town Council 28 | |
| 92 | - | of Port Deposit; 29 | |
| 93 | - | ||
| 94 | - | 2. Two members OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES AND ONE 30 | |
| 95 | - | MEMBER OF THE SENATE OF MARYLAND REPRESENTING CECIL COUNTY, designated 31 | |
| 96 | - | by the Cecil County Delegation of the General Assembly; 32 HOUSE BILL 1140 3 | |
| 97 | - | ||
| 98 | - | ||
| 99 | - | ||
| 100 | - | 3. The County Executive of Cecil County, or the County 1 | |
| 101 | - | Executive’s designee; 2 | |
| 102 | - | ||
| 103 | - | 4. The President of the Cecil County Council, or the 3 | |
| 104 | - | President’s designee; 4 | |
| 105 | - | ||
| 106 | - | 5. The President of the Cecil County branch of the NAACP, 5 | |
| 107 | - | or the President’s designee; 6 | |
| 108 | - | ||
| 109 | - | 6. The President of the Historical Society of Cecil County, or 7 | |
| 110 | - | the President’s designee; 8 | |
| 111 | - | ||
| 112 | - | 7. The Director of the Cecil County Department of Parks and 9 | |
| 113 | - | Recreation; 10 | |
| 114 | - | ||
| 115 | - | 8. THE CHAIR OF THE BAINBRIDGE DEVELOPMENT 11 | |
| 116 | - | CORPORATION , OR THE CHAIR’S DESIGNEE; 12 | |
| 117 | - | ||
| 118 | - | 9. THE CHIEF ARCHAEOLOGIST OF THE MARYLAND 13 | |
| 119 | - | DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION , STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION , OR THE 14 | |
| 120 | - | CHIEF ARCHAEOLOGIST ’S DESIGNEE; AND 15 | |
| 121 | - | ||
| 122 | - | [8.] 10. The following nonvoting ex officio members: 16 | |
| 123 | - | ||
| 124 | - | A. The Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee; 17 | |
| 125 | - | ||
| 126 | - | B. THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, OR THE 18 | |
| 127 | - | SECRETARY’S DESIGNEE; 19 | |
| 128 | - | ||
| 129 | - | C. THE SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT , OR THE 20 | |
| 130 | - | SECRETARY’S DESIGNEE; 21 | |
| 131 | - | ||
| 132 | - | D. THE SECRETARY OF PLANNING, OR THE 22 | |
| 133 | - | SECRETARY’S DESIGNEE; 23 | |
| 134 | - | ||
| 135 | - | [B.] E. The Director of the Maryland Historical Trust, or 24 | |
| 136 | - | the Director’s designee; 25 | |
| 137 | - | ||
| 138 | - | [C.] F. The President of the Lower Susquehanna Heritage 26 | |
| 139 | - | Greenway, or the President’s designee; 27 | |
| 140 | - | ||
| 141 | - | [D.] G. The Superintendent of Cecil County Public Schools; 28 | |
| 142 | - | ||
| 143 | - | [E.] H. The Executive Director of the Cecil County Public 29 | |
| 144 | - | Library; and 30 4 HOUSE BILL 1140 | |
| 145 | - | ||
| 146 | - | ||
| 147 | - | ||
| 148 | - | [F.] I. The President of Cecil College[; and 1 | |
| 149 | - | ||
| 150 | - | 9. Any other members as determined by the Department]. 2 | |
| 151 | - | ||
| 152 | - | (iii) To the extent practicable, the stakeholder advisory committee 3 | |
| 153 | - | shall reflect the diversity of Cecil County. 4 | |
| 154 | - | ||
| 155 | - | (4) On or before [January 1, 2023] SEPTEMBER 1, 2024, the Department 5 | |
| 156 | - | shall submit a report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State 6 | |
| 157 | - | Government Article on: 7 | |
| 158 | - | ||
| 159 | - | (i) Property that is suitable for inclusion in Port of Deposit State 8 | |
| 160 | - | Historical Park; [and] 9 | |
| 161 | - | ||
| 162 | - | (ii) The funding needed to establish and promote Port of Deposit 10 | |
| 163 | - | State Historical Park; AND 11 | |
| 164 | - | ||
| 165 | - | (III) THE APPROPRIATE MANNE R OF PRESERVING PROP ERTY 12 | |
| 166 | - | THAT IS NOT IDEN TIFIED FOR INCLUSION IN PORT OF DEPOSIT STATE HISTORICAL 13 | |
| 167 | - | PARK IN PERPETUITY FO R ITS ARCHAEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CULTURAL 14 | |
| 168 | - | SIGNIFICANCE. 15 | |
| 169 | - | ||
| 170 | - | Chapter 39 of the Acts of 2022 16 | |
| 171 | - | ||
| 172 | - | SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, on THAT: 17 | |
| 173 | - | ||
| 174 | - | (A) ON or before June 1, [2023] 2024 2025, the Bainbridge Development 18 | |
| 175 | - | Corporation [shall] MAY transfer to the Department of Natural Resources a portion of the 19 | |
| 176 | - | Bainbridge Naval Training Center site consisting of [not less than 120 acres and] not more 20 | |
| 177 | - | than 150 acres, including: 21 | |
| 178 | - | ||
| 179 | - | (1) [the historic Tome School; 22 | |
| 180 | - | ||
| 181 | - | (2)] the Snow Hill archaeological site; and 23 | |
| 182 | - | ||
| 183 | - | [(3)] (2) the adjacent wooded conservation area. 24 | |
| 184 | - | ||
| 185 | - | (B) ANY PROPERTY TRANSFER RED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 25 | |
| 186 | - | RESOURCES UNDER THIS SECTION THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN PORT OF DEPOSIT 26 | |
| 187 | - | STATE HISTORICAL PARK SHALL BE PRESERV ED IN PERPETUITY FOR ITS 27 | |
| 188 | - | ARCHAEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CULTURAL SIGNIFI CANCE, IN ACCORDANCE 28 | |
| 189 | - | WITH THE RECOMMENDAT IONS OF THE STAKEHOL DER ADVISORY COMMITT EE 29 | |
| 190 | - | ESTABLISHED UNDER § 5–1012(G) OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES ARTICLE. 30 | |
| 191 | - | HOUSE BILL 1140 5 | |
| 192 | - | ||
| 193 | - | ||
| 194 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That for fiscal year 2025, the 1 | |
| 195 | - | Governor may include in the annual State budget an appropriation of at least $400,000 to 2 | |
| 196 | - | the Department of Natural Resources to conduct a Phase 1 Archaeological Survey and Soil 3 | |
| 197 | - | Study for the Tome School and Snow Hill sites. 4 | |
| 198 | - | ||
| 199 | - | SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency 5 | |
| 200 | - | measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety, has 6 | |
| 201 | - | been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three–fifths of all the members elected to 7 | |
| 202 | - | each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is 8 | |
| 203 | - | enacted. 9 | |
| 204 | - | ||
| 205 | - | ||
| 206 | - | ||
| 207 | - | ||
| 208 | - | ||
| 209 | - | Approved: | |
| 210 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 211 | - | Governor. | |
| 212 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 213 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 214 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 215 | - | President of the Senate. |