Section 5-104 - No Net Loss of Forest Policy.
§ 5-104. No Net Loss of Forest Policy.
(a) Cooperation with forestry-related stakeholders.- The Department shall cooperate with forestry-related stakeholder groups to:
(1) Determine the meaning of no net loss of forest for the purposes of any State policy; and
(2) Develop proposals for the creation of a policy of no net loss of forest in the State.
(b) Report.- On or before December 1, 2011, the Department, in consultation with the forestry-related stakeholder groups, shall report to the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee and the House Environmental Matters Committee, in accordance with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, on proposals for the development of statutory, budgetary, and regulatory policies to achieve no net loss of forest in the State.
[2009, ch. 298.]