Maryland Code, NATURAL RESOURCES 5-501
Terms Used In Maryland Code, NATURAL RESOURCES 5-501
- Administrator: includes an executor and a personal representative. See
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See - Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(b) “Cutting operation” means the cutting of timber for commercial purposes from five acres or more of land on which loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata), or pond pine (Pinus serotina), singly or together occur and constitute 25 percent or more of the live trees on each acre.
(c) “Diameter” means the distance through the tree at the point of average thickness as measured from outside the bark to outside of bark at a point on the trunk eight inches above the general ground level.
(d) “Landowner” means the person holding title to the land or possessing the right to contract for the cutting operation thereon.
(e) “Operator” means any person, including a “landowner”, who conducts any cutting operation.
(f) “Person” includes the State, any county, municipal corporation or other political subdivision of the State, or any of their units, or an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary, or representative of any kind, or any partnership, firm, association, public or private corporation or any other entity.
(g) “Pine” means any loblolly (Pinus taeda), shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata), or pond pine (Pinus serotina).
(h) “Seedling” means a young loblolly, shortleaf, or pond pine plant less than six inches in diameter.
(i) “Tree” or “timber” means any tree of a currently commercially valuable species which is six inches or more in diameter.