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Md. Code, Environment § 4-311

This is the official text of Md. Code, Environment § 4-311, part of Maryland’s Code, Environment — governs environmental protection.

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§4–311.

Official statutory text

Any person who has the riparian right to use water in the Severn River Watershed for agricultural purposes may not lose this right because the State or local government or any of their units condemns the person’s land.

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