956                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 562

CHAPTER 562
(Senate Bill 335)

AN ACT to add new Section 387C to Article 43 of the Annotated

Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Health",
subtitle "Water-, Ice and Sewerage", to follow immediately after
Section 387B thereof, generally requiring that the governing body
of each county be responsible for the preparation of plans for
public water supplies and sewerage systems throughout the county,
as a condition for approval of any projects for the construction
of sewerage systems anywhere in the county, on and after July 1,

1970.

AN ACT TO REPEAL AND RE-ENACT, WITH AMENDMENTS,
SECTION 387B (A) 1 OF ARTICLE 43 OF THE ANNOTATED
CODE OF MARYLAND (1965 REPLACEMENT VOLUME),
TITLE "HEALTH", SUBTITLE "WATER, ICE AND SEWER-
AGE"; AND TO ADD NEW SECTION 387C TO SAID ARTICLE,
TITLE AND SUBTITLE, TO FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY AFTER
387B THEREOF, GENERALLY REQUIRING THAT THE GOV-
ERNING BODY OF EACH COUNTY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE PREPARATION OF PLANS FOR PUBLIC WATER SUP-
PLIES AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY, FOR EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS FOR FINAN-
CING UNDER THE SANITARY FACILITIES FUND PROVI-
SIONS, PROHIBITING A COUNTY WHICH IS EXEMPTED
FROM SUCH PROVISIONS FROM OBTAINING FUNDS FROM
THE SANITARY FACILITIES FUND, AND GENERALLY
PROVIDING FOR THE MEANS OF CARRYING OUT THE
PURPOSES OF THIS ACT.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That new Section 387C be and it is hereby added to Article 43 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume), title

"Health", subtitle "Water, Ice and Sewerage", to follow immed-

diately after Section 387B, thereof, and to read as follows:

THAT SECTION 387B (A) 1 OF ARTICLE 43 OF THE ANNO-
TATED CODE OF MARYLAND (1965 REPLACEMENT VOL-
UME), TITLE "HEALTH", SUBTITLE "WATER, ICE AND SEW-
ERAGE", BE AND IT IS HEREBY REPEALED AND RE-EN-
ACTED, WITH AMENDMENTS, AND TO ADD NEW SECTION
387C TO SAID ARTICLE, TITLE AND SUBTITLE, TO FOLLOW
IMMEDIATELY AFTER 387B THEREOF, AND TO READ AS
FOLLOWS:

387B.

(A) A SANITARY FACILITIES FUND IS HEREBY ESTAB-
LISHED. IT SHALL CONSIST OF TWO PARTS, AS FOLLOWS:

1. THE PLANNING PART WHICH SHALL BE AVAILABLE
TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO FINANCE
PLANNING FOR WATER AND SEWERAGE FACILITIES. THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS HEREBY AUTHOR-
IZED TO UTILIZE FUNDS APPROPRIATED IN THE PRO-
GRAM OF THE ANNUAL STATE OPERATING BUDGET