If privately owned land is surrounded completely by areas designated by Part II of this subtitle as State wildland, the private owner and his successor in interest has the rights necessary to assure adequate access to the privately owned land, or the privately owned land may be exchanged for State-owned land in the same county of approximately equal value under authority available to the Secretary. However, the State may not transfer to a private owner any mineral interests unless the private owner relinquishes or causes to be relinquished to the State the mineral interest in the surrounded land. If valid mining claims or other valid occupancies are wholly within a designated wildlands area, the Secretary, by regulations consistent with the preservation of the area as State wildlands, may permit ingress and egress to the surrounded areas by means which have been or are being customarily enjoyed with respect to other areas similarly situated.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 12 - Wildland and Open Areas
Section 5-1203 - Declaration of Policy; Establishment of State Wildlands Preservation System
Section 5-1204 - Jurisdiction of Unit Over Areas Continued; Limitation Upon Appropriations
Section 5-1208 - Notice and Hearings as to Designations
Section 5-1209 - Adjustment of Boundaries by Notice, Hearing and Legislative Action
Section 5-1212 - Restrictions on Certain Uses
Section 5-1212.1 - Areas Open to Activities Prior to Wildlands Designation
Section 5-1213 - When Motorboats Permitted; Control of Fire, Insects, and Disease
Section 5-1213.1 - Measures to Protect Nearby Private Land
Section 5-1214 - Development of Resources and Facilities
Section 5-1215 - Access Rights of Owners of Surrounded Areas
Section 5-1218 - Private Property Not to Be Acquired Without Consent of Owner