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other agreement concerning any other matter deemed by the Com-
mission to be necessary, advisable or expedient for the proper con-
struction, maintenance and operation of the water supply, sewerage
or drainage systems under its control, or those under the control of
any municipality or county, or other such governmental agency.
CONTRACTS WITH A MUNICIPALITY, ADJOINING COUNTY
OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, SHALL BE AP-
PROVED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF HARFORD
COUNTY.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved April 14, 1967.

CHAPTER 181
(Senate Bill 305)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 344 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Howard County (1965 Edition,
being Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland),
title "Howard County", subtitle "Zoning", to provide that no
zoning decisions shall be made between the date of the primary
election and the effective date of taking office, or where no primary
election is held, between the date of the general election and the
effective date of taking office. FINAL ZONING ACTIONS SHALL
BE TAKEN BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BETWEEN
THE DATE OF THE PRIMARY ELECTION AND THE SEAT-
ING OF THE NEWLY ELECTED COMMISSIONERS, OR, IN
THE EVENT OF A SUCCESSFUL CHARTER REFERENDUM,
BETWEEN THE DATE OF SUCH REFERENDUM AND THE
SEATING OF THE COUNTY GOVERNING BODY ELECTED
PURSUANT TO ITS PROVISIONS.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 344 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Howard
County (1965 Edition, being Article 14 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Howard County", subtitle "Zoning", be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

344.

(1) The County Commissioners shall determine the manner in
which regulations and restrictions, and the boundaries of such Dis-
tricts, shall be established and enforced, and from time to time
amended, supplemented and changed. Before determining the bound-
aries of the proposed Districts and the regulations to be enforced
therein, they shall hold a public hearing or hearings thereon, giving
at least fifteen days' notice in a newspaper of general circulation
throughout the County, of the place and time of the beginning of
such hearing or hearings. The County Commissioners shall have
power to amend, supplement or repeal the regulations or restric-