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<section article="gnr" article_name="Natural Resources" number="5-303" title_number="5" title_name="Forests and Parks" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Woodland Incentives and Mel Noland Fellowship Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall develop and implement a Woodland Incentives Program to assist eligible landowners in conducting a program of woodland management.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Regulations under subsection (a) of this section shall include consideration of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The establishment of land size limits for which cost-share assistance may be granted;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A determination of practices that are eligible for cost-sharing assistance;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Subject to the limitations imposed by this subtitle, the establishment of maximum amounts of assistance that an eligible landowner may receive for implementation of an approved practice;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The establishment of criteria for prioritizing applications, including size of land, soil productivity, and tree species;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A periodic review of actual costs of woodland development practices;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>The establishment of criteria for Department assistance in implementation of an approved practice;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>The imposition by the Department of reasonable charges for implementation assistance; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>A system of monitoring the implementation of approved practices.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
