1722                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 814

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved May 6, 1963.

CHAPTER 814
(House Bill 668)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 72-104(A)
of the Montgomery County Code 1960, (being Article 16 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Bi-county District
Laws," subtitle "Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning
Commission," subheading "Maryland-Washington Regional Dis-
trict," also being Section 98(A) of Chapter 780 of the Acts of 1959,
providing that the Commission's approval of building permits of
Montgomery County shall not be required- AND , REMOVING
THE GENERAL PENAL PROVISION,, AND PROVIDING FOR
THE REFERRAL OF BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS, IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TO THE COMMISSION FOR RE-
VIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 72-104 (A) of the Montgomery County Code 1960, (being
Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title
"Bi-county District Laws," subtitle "Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission," subheading "Maryland-Washington Re-
gional District," also being Section 98 (A) of Chapter 780 of the
Acts of 1959, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments to read as follows:

72-104 (98).

(a) Building permits required. No building or other structure
shall be erected or structurally altered in the Regional District with-
out the issuance of a building permit, and no such permit shall be
given except in conformity with the provisions of this article and of
the regulations enacted by the respective district councils. [IN THAT
PORTION OF THE REGIONAL DISTRICT IN PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY, construction or structural alteration of a
building or structure shall not begin until and unless the building
permit is approved by the Commission as to zoning requirements and
as to the requirements of Section 72 105.] 97 OF THIS SUBHEAD-
ING. No building permit shall be required for buildings and
structures to be used exclusively for purposes of agriculture upon
land used exclusively for agriculture. [The beginning of any con-
struction whatsoever of a building or other structure within the
Regional District without securing the approval of a building permit
by the Commission as herein provided is a misdemeanor and punish-
able as such under the general penalty provisions of this chapter.]
In any part of the Regional District in which there does not now
exist provision of law or ordinance designating an administrative
official by whom building permits are to be issued, the appropriate
district council shall designate such official.] No act, ordinance, or
regulation issued under the authority of this article shall require