J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       1321

CHAPTER 608
(House Bill 311)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, subsection (c) of
Section 1575A of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's
County (1953 Edition), being Article 17 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Prince George's County," subtitle
"Washington Suburban Sanitary District," AS SAID SECTION
WAS LAST AMENDED BY CHAPTER 609 OF THE ACTS OF
1961, relating to the authority of the Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission with respect to water supply and sewage collection
and disposal systems in any area in Prince George's County not
within the Washington Suburban Sanitary District.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That subsection (c) of Section 1575A of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Prince George's County (1953 Edition), being Article 17 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Prince George's
County," subtitle "Washington Suburban Sanitary District," AS
SAID SECTION WAS LAST AMENDED BY CHAPTER 609 OF
THE ACTS OF 1961," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

(c) Upon the completion of any such project the individual, firm
or corporation constructing the same shall file with said Commission
as a permanent record a certified copy of the plans in full, showing
the work as built, and such record shall be of such character and such
forms as may be prescribed by the Commission. Any water supply,
sewage collection and disposal system, including oxidation ponds or
sewage lagoons, for the construction, alteration or extension of which
a permit is required under this section, and is not exempt from the
requirements for a permit pursuant to subsection (e) of this section,
shall be installed, maintained and operated under such rules and
regulations as the Commission may require or devise. The Commis-
sion is authorized and directed to make inspections of the operations
of all such projects and to require the owners or operators thereof to
maintain and operate them in compliance with the Commission's re-
quirements and with due regard to public health, safety and comfort.
The Commission is authorized to fix and collect from the owners or
operators of such systems a reasonable fee for its supervision and
inspection. Whenever an owner or operator of such system fails or
refuses to make any correction or fails or refuses to maintain and
operate the system in compliance with the Commission's require-
ments, the Commission may make the correction or, if necessary, take
over for so long a period as may be necessary for the operation of the
system, and collect the costs therefor from the owners or operators. ;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHERE A MUNICIPALITY
OWNS OR OPERATES SUCH A SYSTEM AND PERFORMS, OR
HAS PERFORMED FOR IT, BACTERIOLOGICAL AND CHEM-
ICAL ANALYSES BY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL, AS AP-
PROVED BY THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND THE WASHINGTON SUBURBAN SANITARY
COMMISSION, AND FILES MONTHLY REPORTS OF SUCH
ANALYSES WITH THE SAID COMMISSION SHOWING THAT
SATISFACTORY OPERATING CONDITIONS CURRENTLY EX-
IST IN THAT SYSTEM, THE COMMISSION SHALL NOT BE