J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     957

WHICH PROVIDES FOR GENERAL LOCAL HEALTH
SERVICES, FOR THIS PURPOSE. WHEN SO USED, THE PRO-
PORTION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND LOCAL FUNDS, RE-
SPECTIVELY, SHALL BE THAT SPECIFIED FOR THE FINAN-
CING OF MINIMUM HEALTH SERVICES. THE PLANNING
FOR WATER AND SEWERAGE FACILITIES TO BE FINANCED
IN THIS MANNER MAY BE FINANCED JOINTLY BY, OR
UNDER THE JOINT AUTHORITY OF THE STATE DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND ANY COUNTY OR BALTIMORE
CITY, OR THE WASHINGTON SUBURBAN SANITARY COM-
MISSION.

387C.

(a) Definitions. As used in this subsection:

(1) "County plan" means a comprehensive plan and all amend-
ments and revisions thereof for the provision of both adequate water
supply systems and sewerage systems throughout the county-: TO
INCLUDE ALL TOWNS, MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, AND
SANITARY DISTRICTS THEREIN.

(2) "Community sewerage system" means any system, whether
publicly- or privately-owned, serving two or more individual lots
for the collection and disposal of sewage or industrial wastes of a
liquid nature, including various devices for the treatment of such
sewage and industrial wastes.

(3) "Community water supply system" means a source of water
and a distribution system, including treatment facilities and storage
facilities, whether publicly- or privately-owned, serving two or more
individual lots.

(4) "Department" means the State Department of Health.

(5) "Individual sewerage system" means a single system of sewers
and piping, treatment tanks, or other facilities serving only a single
lot and disposing of sewage or individual wastes of a liquid nature,
in whole or in part, on or in the soil of the property, into any waters
of this State, or by other methods.

(6) "Individual water supply system" means a single system of
piping, pumps, tanks, or other facilities utilizing a source of ground
or surface water to supply only a single lot.

(7) "Lot" means a part of a subdivision or a parcel of land
used as a building site or intended to be used for building purposes,
whether immediate or future, which would not be further sub-
divided.

(8) "County" means any of the twenty-three counties or Balti-
more City.

(9) "Potable water" means water free from impurities in
amounts sufficient to cause disease or harmful physiological effects
with the bacteriological and chemical quality conforming to appli-
cable standards of the Department.

(10) "Subdivision" means the division of a single tract, tracts
or other parcels of land, or a part thereof, into two or more lots,
for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or of build-
ing development, and shall also include changes in street lines or