# Natural Resources (GNR)

## Title 8. Waters

### Subtitle 13. Patuxent River Watershed

#### Section 8-1318

The appropriate county governing body or its duly designated agency may acquire land or other property in anticipation of matching money of the Department, when, in the sole discretion of the appropriate county governing body or its duly designated agency, acquisition of the land is deemed immediately essential to safeguard and preserve the Watershed plan.

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