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Prince George’s bill would limit enforcement harms for buyers of deforested Critical Area property; commission supports delegation amendments
Summary
Delegate Chris Valderrama presented HB 1470 to address a case in Prince George’s County where a buyer inherited responsibility for prior unauthorized deforestation. The Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Commission supported delegation amendments that narrow scope and add a sunset.
Delegate Chris Valderrama told the Environment and Transportation Committee that House Bill 1470 responds to a specific enforcement scenario in Prince George’s County in which a property purchaser inherited responsibility for prior, undocumented deforestation in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area.
Valderrama described a constituent case in which the prior owner had cleared trees in violation of the Critical Area statute and, despite a presale remediation agreement, the subsequent owner received a…
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