The Secretary shall take every necessary step to enact appropriate intergovernmental agreements with other states to preserve the optimal state of the Chesapeake Bay through organization of an interstate body to plan, manage, coordinate, and enforce the proper use of the Chesapeake Bay, so every user of the Bay area can obtain maximum advantage of the Bay.

Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 4, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Renumbered from Natural Resources § 8-204 by Acts 1995, c. 488, § 4, eff. July 1, 1995.

Formerly Art. 66C, § 2.