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Terms Used In Maryland Code, NATURAL RESOURCES 8-706

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
The Department shall carry out the administrative duties concerning the waterways improvement districts. In addition, the Department shall:

(1) Review proposals and petitions to establish waterways improvement districts and report to the governing body on each proposed district as provided in § 8-705 of this subtitle;

(2) Provide engineering design for waterways projects and supervise or provide supervision for these projects;

(3) Clear debris, aquatic vegetation, and obstructions from waters of the State;

(4) Provide liaison with the United States Army Corps of Engineers on projects under § 107 of the Rivers and Harbors Act;

(5) Prepare requests for appropriation of funds necessary to pay the State’s share of the cost of projects;

(6) Administer the Waterway Improvement Fund to provide interest-free loans to any governing body for a waterway improvement project as provided in § 8-708(d) of this subtitle; and

(7) Administer the Waterway Improvement Fund to provide interest-free loans to a governing body for the benefit of a residential property owner, or group of residential property owners, with land abutting a channel adjacent to a main channel or harbor for dredging the adjacent channel as provided in § 8-708.1 of this subtitle.