(a) Failure by a person to establish, install, construct, or maintain a best management practice in accordance with the agreement required to be executed with the Department under § 8-704 of this subtitle shall render the person liable for an amount, to be determined by the Department, of State cost sharing funds paid for practices that are not implemented or maintained. However, a person may not be found liable for inadequate maintenance or destruction of a best management practice if it were caused by an act of nature that could not reasonably be anticipated by the person. (b) The Attorney General, at the request of the Secretary of Agriculture may institute appropriate legal action to enforce the terms and conditions of all cost sharing agreements executed under this subtitle. §8-706. IN EFFECT // EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2031 PER CHAPTER 645 OF 2021 // (a) To maximize participation in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, in fiscal years 2023 through 2031, inclusive, a landowner who enrolls land planted with a forested streamside buffer shall receive a one-time signing bonus of up to $1,000 per acre of land enrolled. (b) Signing bonuses provided under this section shall be funded with: (1) Money appropriated under subsection (c) of this section; and (2) The amount specified in § 9-1605.2(i)(11)(i) of the Environment Article. (c) (1) For fiscal year 2024, the Governor shall appropriate $2,500,000 in the annual State budget to fund tree planting under this section and other tree planting programs on agricultural land. (2) For each of fiscal years 2025 through 2031, the Governor shall appropriate $500,000 in the annual State budget to fund tree planting under this section and other tree planting programs on agricultural land. (3) Money appropriated under this subsection is supplemental to and may not take the place of funding that would otherwise be appropriated for tree plantings under this section and other tree planting programs on agricultural land.
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