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DNR seeks foundation authority and flexibility to use state open-space funds for operations
Summary
The Department of Natural Resources told lawmakers House Bill 717 would authorize affiliated foundations to raise private money, allow limited transfer of state-side program open space balances for operations when reserves exceed a threshold, and increase local flexibility for park development.
Josh Kurtz, secretary of the Department of Natural Resources, told the Environment and Transportation Committee that House Bill 717 would expand tools to sustain and operate Maryland's public lands. The department said the bill builds on the Great Maryland Outdoors Act by creating a mechanism for affiliated foundations, clarifying staffing and pin allocations for newly acquired lands, and allowing local governments greater flexibility to use program open space funds for park development.
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