Md. Code, Nat. Res. § 5-1613

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session from Chs. 2 through 1049, effective on or before 6/1/2024
Section 5-1613 - Annual report

On or before September 30 of each year, the Department shall submit, subject to § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, to the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee and the House Environment and Transportation Committee a statewide report, compiled from local authorities' reports to the Department, on:

(1) The number, location, and type of projects subject to the provisions of this subtitle;
(2) The amount and location of acres cleared, conserved, and planted, including any areas which utilize forest mitigation bank credits or areas located in the 100 year floodplain, in connection with a development project;
(3) The amount of reforestation and afforestation fees and noncompliance penalties collected and expended, the number of acres for which the fees were collected, and the number of acres reforested, afforested, or conserved using the fees;
(4) The costs of implementing the forest conservation program;
(5) The size, location, and protection of any local forest mitigation banks which are created under a local or State program;
(6) The number, location, and type of violations and type of enforcement activity conducted in accordance with this subtitle; and
(7) To the extent practicable, the size and location of all conserved and planted forest areas, submitted in an electronic geographic information system or computer aided design format.

Md. Code, NR § 5-1613

Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 602,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2019.
Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 601,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2019.
Amended by 2015 Md. Laws, Ch. 58,Sec. 1, eff. 6/1/2015.