Maryland Code, NATURAL RESOURCES 3-1018
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- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(a) On or before October 1, 2019, the Department of Planning, in consultation with the Department and the Department of the Environment, shall develop and publish guidelines to assist local jurisdictions in the collection of data to establish nuisance flooding baselines.
(b) (1) On or before October 1, 2020, a local jurisdiction that experiences nuisance flooding shall develop a plan to address nuisance flooding.
(2) A local jurisdiction shall update the plan required under paragraph (1) of this subsection at least once every 5 years.
(3) A local jurisdiction shall publish the plans required under this subsection on the local jurisdiction’s website.
(c) A local jurisdiction that develops a plan to address nuisance flooding shall submit a copy of the nuisance flooding plan to the Department of Planning.