# Natural Resources (GNR)

## Title 3. Environmental Programs

### Subtitle 2A. Land Trust Grant Fund

#### Section 3-2A-01

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.

(c) "Grant Fund" means the Land Trust Grant Fund established under Sec. 3-2A-02 of this subtitle.

(d) "Land trust" means a qualified conservation organization that:

  (1) Is a qualified organization under Sec. 170(h)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations adopted under Sec. 170(h)(3); and

  (2) Has executed a cooperative agreement with the Maryland Environmental Trust.

(e) "Trust" means the Maryland Environmental Trust.

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Md. Code Ann., Nat. Res. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)