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ARTICLE 1 



CHESAPEAKE BAY BASIN DEPARTMENT 



CREATED 



Part One 



Purposes and Definitions 



1.101 - Purposes 



It is the intention of the General Assembly in the enactment of this act that the planning, 

 development, management and conservation of the waters of the State, the Chesapeake Bay, 

 and all other tidal waters and tidal resources are the proper responsibility of the State. 



1.102 - Definitions 



For the purpose of this act, except as may be otherwise required by the context: 



(a) "Department" means the Chesapeake Bay Basin Department created by this act. 



(b) "Director" means the Director of the Chesapeake Bay Basin Department. 



(c) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, joint stock company, firm, 

 society, association or other unincorporated organization, receiver, trustee, and any officer, 

 agent or employee of any of the foregoing acting in his capacity as such, but shall not include 

 governmental agencies or their officers and employees. 



(d) "Governmental Agencies" means the Government of the United States, Maryland, and 

 all other States, their political subdivisions, and every department, agency, commission and 

 other unit or instrumentality thereof and interstate compact commissions. 



(e) "Waters of the State" means all waters, surface and underground, tidal and non-tidal 

 within the boundaries of the State, the Atlantic Ocean bordering on the coast of the State for a 

 distance of three (3) miles from the mean low watermark on the coast, and the flood plain of 

 free-flowing waters determined by the Department as being subject to a fifty (50) year flood 

 frequency. 



(f) "Tidal Waters" means all waters within the boundaries of the State where the tide 

 ebbs and flows, and the Atlantic Ocean bordering on the coast of the State for a distance of 

 three (3) miles from the mean low watermark on such coast. 



(g) "Non-Tidal Surface Waters" means all surface waters of the State which ore not af- 

 fected by the ebb and flow of the tides. 



(h) "Tidal Region" means the entire geographical area embraced by tidal waters and sub- 

 merged tidal land, and all lands located within one (1) mile of the mean high watermark on 

 tidal waters, and all lands which are one hundred (100) feet above sea level, or less, in 

 Somerset, Worchester, Wicomico, Dorchester, Talbot, Caroline, Kent, Queen Annes, Cecil, 

 Harford, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Prince Georges, Calvert, Charles, St. Mary's Counties and 

 Baltimore City. 



(i ) "Resources of the Tidal Region" means all natural resources within the tidal region 

 including but not limited to, fresh water, tidal water, open space, scenic, historic, wilderness, 

 wetland and other natural areas, harbors, aquatic life, wildlife, sand, gravel, earth, clay, shell 

 deposits, minerals, ore, metals, oil and gas. 



