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<chapter num="02" heading="Guidelines for the Designation of Areas of Critical State Concern" title_num="34" subtitle_num="03">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Time Schedule for Compliance with Land Use Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Explanation. Chapter 363 of the Laws of 1975 extended until December 31, 1975, the life of local comprehensive plans not then in compliance with the provisions of former Article 66B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (including §3.05(a)(7)) (Chapter 8 of the Laws of 1975 established a compliance date of October 31, 1975 for Somerset County).  The applicable provisions of former Article 66B are now codified in the Land Use Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.  On December 11, 1974, the Department of State Planning suspended for an indefinite period of time the compliance date for the critical area portion of the local plan (now codified at Land Use Article, §3-109, Annotated Code of Maryland, see 1:5 Md. R. 242 (December 11, 1974)).</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>A local plan may not be deemed invalid or ineffective solely because of a failure to comply timely with Land Use Article, §3-109, Annotated Code of Maryland, unless the Secretary of the Department of Planning makes a determination that the local jurisdiction has not made good faith efforts to comply. Before making any such determination, the Secretary shall afford the affected jurisdiction an opportunity to present evidence of its efforts to comply.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">State Finance and Procurement Article, §5-611(d), Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: December 11, 1974 (1:5 Md. R. 242)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised effective January 7, 1976 (3:1 Md. R. 41)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .03 and .11 amended effective June 30, 1978 (5:13 Md. R. 1065)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03B amended as an emergency provision effective September 26, 1980 (7:21 Md. R. 1991); adopted permanently effective November 28, 1980 (7:24 Md. R. 2263)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .12 amended as an emergency provision effective May 8, 1978 (5:10 Md. R. 776); adopted permanently effective June 30, 1978 (5:13 Md. R. 1065)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Previous Regulation .05 repealed as an emergency provision effective May 8, 1978 (5:10 Md. R. 776); Regulations .02 and .05 repealed effective June 30, 1978 (5:13 Md. R. 1065) (Previous Regulations .03, .04, .06—.14 renumbered as Regulations .02, .03, .04—.12, respectively)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter recodified from COMAR 16.00.02 to 16.04.01</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.11 repealed and Regulation .12 recodified to Regulation .01 effective November 30, 1987 (14:24 Md. R. 2558)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter recodified from COMAR 16.04.01 to COMAR 14.24.07 in July, 1989</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter recodified from COMAR 14.24.07 to COMAR 34.03.02 in 2008</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective April 24, 2017 (44:8 Md. R. 407)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>