1. (a) This subtitle applies only to land owned by the State as a result of the relationship of the land to the waters of the State.

2. (b) This subtitle does not:

   1. (1) affect the title to interests conveyed by the State before July 1, 1970, by a valid grant, lease, or patent or a grant confirmed by Article 5 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights;
   2. (2) prohibit the execution of a conveyance for which application was made and approved by the Board before July 1, 1970;
   3. (3) deprive any riparian owner or proprietor of any riparian rights, privilege, or enjoyment that the owner or proprietor had before July 1, 1970; or
   4. (4) affect §§ 3-101 and 3-102 of the Natural Resources Article of the Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County.

Added by Acts 1985, c. 11, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1985.

Formerly Art. 78A, § 15A.