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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="10-402" title_number="10" title_name="Board of Public Works -- Miscellaneous Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Conveyance of Title to Lands Owned by State Due to Their Relationship to State Waters">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board may not convey any title to land covered by this subtitle to any person other than the riparian owner or proprietor of the land abutting the land conveyed.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may convey title to land covered by this subtitle only after seeking the advice of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Department of Natural Resources;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>appropriate agricultural agencies, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Maryland Agricultural Commission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the agricultural stabilization and conservation committee of the county in which the land lies; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the soil conservation district committee of the county in which the land lies; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>other interested federal and State agencies.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Before the Board may convey title to land covered by this subtitle, the Board shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>hold a public hearing, after proper notice, in the county in which the land lies; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>issue a written decision that justifies the action of the Board, taking into account the best interests of the State with respect to the varying ecological, economic, developmental, agricultural, recreational, and aesthetic values of the area under consideration.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The written decision issued under this subsection shall be kept among the permanent records of the Board and be open to public inspection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
