Ch. 193 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Commission relating to publicly owned watershed property in the Washington
Suburban Sanitary District.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article 29 - Washington Suburban Sanitary District

Section 18-104.1(b)(l)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1986 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 29 - Washington Suburban Sanitary District

Section 18-104.1(b)(4) and (7)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1986 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 29 - Washington Suburban Sanitary District

18-104.1.

(b) (1) Any violation of a watershed rule or regulation is a "WSSC infraction",
unless the violation is declared by law to be a criminal offense. For the purpose of this
article, a WSSC infraction is a civil offense.

(4) (i) A preset fine not to exceed [$20] $50 may be imposed for each
conviction of a WSSC infraction.

(ii) The WSSC may establish a schedule of preset fines for each
conviction of a WSSC infraction, which is payable by the recipient of the citation to the
WSSC within 20 calendar days of the receipt of the citation.

(iii) Repeat offenders may be assessed a preset fine not to exceed
[$40] $100 for each repeat offense.

(7) If any person is found by the District Court to have committed a WSSC
infraction, the person shall be required to pay a fine in an amount not to exceed [$20]
$50 or, in the event that the infraction is a repeat offense, [$40] $100.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved April 24, 1990.

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