§ 5-1613. Annual report

   On or before July 1 of each year, the Department shall submit, subject to § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, to the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee and the House Environmental Matters Committee a statewide report, compiled from local authorities' reports to the Department, on:

   (1) The number, location, and type of projects subject to the provisions of this subtitle;

   (2) The amount and location of acres cleared, conserved, and planted, including any areas which utilize forest mitigation bank credits or areas located in the 100 year floodplain, in connection with a development project;

   (3) The amount of reforestation and afforestation fees and noncompliance penalties collected and expended;

   (4) The costs of implementing the forest conservation program;

   (5) The size, location, and protection of any local forest mitigation banks which are created under a local or State program;

   (6) The number, location, and type of violations and type of enforcement activity conducted in accordance with this subtitle; and

   (7) To the extent practicable, the size and location of all conserved and planted forest areas, submitted in an electronic geographic information system or computer aided design format.

HISTORY: 1991, ch. 255, § 1; 1992, ch. 22, § 1; 1994, ch. 662, § 6; 1997, ch. 559, § 2; ch. 635, § 9; ch. 636, § 9; 2003, ch. 21, § 1; 2008, ch. 104.