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Subtitle 1 - General Provisions
Section 8-101 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 8-102 - Legislative Determinations and Declaration of Policy - (a) The soil, water and related resources of the State...
Subtitle 2 - State Soil Conservation Committee
Section 8-201 - Composition of Committee; Appointment of Soil Conservation District Supervisor; Tenure of Members; Filling Vacancies - (a) The following persons shall serve as members of the...
Section 8-202 - Chairman and Vice-Chairman; Quorum; Compensation and Expenses; Audit - (a) The Committee annually shall elect in July a chairman...
Section 8-203 - Administrative Officer and Employees; Legal Services; District Employees - (a) The Committee may employ any administrative officer, technical experts,...
Section 8-204 - Acceptance, Management, and Disposal of Federal Grants - The Committee may accept any allotment of federal funds and...
Section 8-205 - Powers and Duties of the Committee - (a) The Committee may perform acts, hold public hearings, and,...
Subtitle 3 - State Soil Conservation Districts
Section 8-301 - Soil Conservation Districts Continued; Boundaries - (a) The 24 soil conservation districts are established and continued...
Section 8-302 - District Supervisors Constituted Governing Body; Number, Qualifications, Appointment and Removal; Tenure; Vacancies - (a) The governing body of each district consists of five...
Section 8-303 - Meetings of Supervisors; Bonds; Audit; Representatives of Localities; Services of Attorney General - (a) The supervisors shall designate annually a chairman and such...
Section 8-303.1 - Immunity From Liability - A member or employee of a board of supervisors for...
Section 8-304 - Committee to Be Furnished Information by Supervisors - The supervisors, upon request, shall furnish the Committee with copies...
Section 8-305 - State Agencies to Cooperate With Supervisors; Right of Entry on Public Land - (a) Any State agency, or any agency of any county,...
Section 8-306 - Powers of Supervisors - (a) A soil conservation district constitutes a political subdivision of...
Section 8-307 - Land-Use Rules and Regulations -- Generally - (a) The supervisors of any district may formulate rules and...
Section 8-308 - Land-Use Rules and Regulations -- Procedure for Adopting; Effect; Amendment or Repeal - (a) Before any land-use rule or regulation is enacted into...
Section 8-309 - Land-Use Rules and Regulations -- Enforcement - The supervisors may go upon any lands within the district...
Section 8-310 - Land-Use Rules and Regulations -- Enforcement -- Judicial Proceedings - (a) If the supervisors of any district find that any...
Section 8-311 - Costs of Review of Grading and Sediment Control Plans -- Fee System - (a) In order to develop a fee system to be...
Section 8-312 - Supplementation of Employee's Income - A soil conservation district or a county in which a...
Subtitle 4 - Division, Combination, and Termination of Districts
Section 8-401 - Procedure to Divide or Combine Districts - (a) Any district or districts continued in accordance with the...
Section 8-402 - Appointment of Supervisors to Governing Body; Disposal of District Property - (a) If the Committee determines that the division or combination,...
Section 8-403 - Application and Statement of Supervisors and Committee - (a) The supervisors of each resulting district shall file a...
Section 8-404 - Certificate of Constitution of District; Powers of New Districts and Supervisors - (a) When the Secretary of State has examined, received, filed,...
Section 8-405 - Adequate Personnel and Resources for Soil Conservation Districts - (a) The General Assembly finds that, from fiscal year 1991...
Subtitle 5 - Short Title
Section 8-501 - Short Title - The first four subtitles of this title may be cited...
Subtitle 6 - Drainage of Agricultural Land
Section 8-601 - Powers and Duties of Secretary - The Secretary shall promote and encourage the drainage of agricultural...
Section 8-602 - Cost Sharing in Maintenance of Drainage Outlet Systems - (a) To implement the purposes of this subtitle, the Secretary...
Section 8-603 - Regulation of Agricultural Drainage Projects Financed or Managed by Public Drainage Associations - (a) (1) “Agricultural drainage project” means the construction, reconstruction, or...
Subtitle 7 - Cost Sharing -- Water Pollution Control
Section 8-701 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 8-702 - Establishment of Program; Implementation With Other Programs - (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that agriculturally related...
Section 8-703 - Rules and Regulations; Selection of Project; Financial and Technical Assistance - (a) The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Environment shall, by...
Section 8-704 - State Cost Sharing - (a) (1) State cost sharing in any project may be...
Section 8-704.1 - Manure Matching Service - (a) In this section, “Service” means the Manure Matching Service....
Section 8-704.2 - Manure Transportation Project - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 8-705 - Failure to Establish and Maintain Best Management Practice - (a) Failure by a person to establish, install, construct, or...
Section 8-706 - Signing Bonus for Landowner Enrolling With Forested Streamside Buffer -- Funding - // EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2031 PER CHAPTER 645 OF...
Subtitle 7A - Animal Waste Technology Fund
Section 8-7A-01 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 8-7A-02 - Animal Waste Technology Fund - (a) There is an Animal Waste Technology Fund in the...
Section 8-7A-03 - Financial Assistance - (a) To be eligible for assistance from the Fund, an...
Section 8-7A-04 - Animal Waste Technology Fund Advisory Committee - (a) The Department shall establish an Animal Waste Technology Fund...
Section 8-7A-05 - Protection of Interests of Department - The Secretary may take all reasonable actions to protect the...
Subtitle 8 - Nutrient Management
Section 8-801 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 8-801.1 - Nutrient Management Plan - (a) (1) Each nutrient management plan shall be developed considering...
Section 8-802 - Certification and License Requirement - (a) A person may not prepare a nutrient management plan,...
Section 8-803 - Certifications and Licenses -- Application; Issuance; Term; Renewal - (a) To apply for certification as a nutrient management consultant,...
Section 8-803.1 - Nutrient Management Plans -- General Provisions - (a) In this section, “gross income” means the actual income...
Section 8-803.2 - Certified Nutrient Management Consultants - (a) A person who applies nutrients for hire to land...
Section 8-803.3 - Nutrient Application Educational Programs - (a) This section does not apply to: (1) A person...
Section 8-803.4 - Application of Fertilizer by Professional Applicator - (a) In this section, “fertilizer” means a commercial fertilizer and...
Section 8-803.5 - Application of Fertilizer by Persons - (a) In this section, “fertilizer” means commercial fertilizer and specialty...
Section 8-803.6 - Certification Program for Professional Fertilizer Applicators - (a) (1) The Department shall, in consultation with the University...
Section 8-803.7 - Public Education Program; Soil Testing; Fertilizer Turf Guidelines - (a) The Department, in consultation with the University of Maryland,...
Section 8-803.8 - Regulation of Fertilizer and Its Application - (a) Except for enforcement as authorized under § 8–803.5(g) of...
Section 8-803.9 - Regulations - The Department may adopt regulations for agricultural research, education, and...
Section 8-804 - Regulations; Advisory Committee - (a) The Department shall establish a Nutrient Management Advisory Committee....
Section 8-805 - Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of Certificates or Licenses - Subject to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, the...
Section 8-806 - Fees - (a) Except for a government agency, the Department shall charge...
Section 8-807 - Report on Coverage, Implementation, and Evaluation of Nutrient Management Plans; Inclusion of Water Quality Improvement Act of 1998 - (a) On or before December 31 of each year, the...
Subtitle 9 - Voluntary Agricultural Nutrient and Sediment Credit Certification Program
Section 8-901 - Legislative Findings - The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) Voluntary nutrient...
Section 8-902 - Voluntary Certification and Registration of Nutrient or Sediment Credits on Agricultural Land - (a) The Department may establish requirements for the voluntary certification...
Section 8-903 - Suspension or Revocation of Certification - On notice and opportunity to be heard, the Secretary may...
Section 8-904 - Other Nutrient or Sediment Offset Credits Not Affected - Nothing in this subtitle is intended to supplant or limit...
Subtitle 10 - Maryland Agricultural Certainty Program
Section 8-1001 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 8-1002 - Legislative Intent - It is the intent of the General Assembly to create...
Section 8-1003 - Maryland Agricultural Certainty Program Established - (a) There is a voluntary Maryland Agricultural Certainty Program. (b)...
Section 8-1004 - Certification of Agricultural Operations - (a) (1) A person that manages an agricultural operation may...
Section 8-1005 - Recertification - An agricultural operation certified under § 8–1004 of this subtitle...
Section 8-1006 - Exemptions for Compliant, Certified Operations - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 8-1007 - Duties of Managers of Certified Agricultural Operations - (a) A person that manages an agricultural operation certified under...
Section 8-1008 - Inspections - (a) (1) At least once every 3 years within the...
Section 8-1009 - Program to Certify Verifiers - (a) The Department, in coordination with the Department of the...
Section 8-1010 - Records Available for Public Review; Confidentiality - (a) Except as provided in § 8–1007(b) of this subtitle,...
Section 8-1011 - Revocation or Suspension of Certifications - (a) In accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, on notice...
Section 8-1012 - Regulations - The Department, with approval from the Department of the Environment,...
Section 8-1013 - Oversight Committee - (a) (1) The Department shall establish an oversight committee. (2)...