§ 5-303
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§5–303.
(a)The Department shall develop and implement a Woodland Incentives Program to assist eligible landowners in conducting a program of woodland management.
(1)The Secretary shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.
(2)Regulations under subsection
(a)of this section shall include consideration of:
(i)The establishment of land size limits for which cost-share assistance may be granted;
(ii)A determination of practices that are eligible for cost-sharing assistance;
(iii)Subject to the limitations imposed by this subtitle, the establishment of maximum amounts of assistance that an eligible landowner may receive for implementation of an approved practice;
(iv)The establishment of criteria for prioritizing applications, including size of land, soil productivity, and tree species;
(v)A periodic review of actual costs of woodland development practices;
(vi)The establishment of criteria for Department assistance in implementation of an approved practice;
(vii)The imposition by the Department of reasonable charges for implementation assistance; and
(viii)A system of monitoring the implementation of approved practices.