SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                          993

dam or waterway obstruction, or in any manner to change or di-
minish the course, current, or cross-section of any stream or body
of water, wholly or partly, in any waters of the State under the
provisions of this subtitle, the Department shall set a day for a
public hearing upon said application. The applicant shall give notice
to the public of such application and hearing, either in the manner
prescribed by the Department, or by publication once in each week,
for two successive weeks prior to said hearing in a daily newspaper
published in the city or cities, county or counties, or in a weekly
newspaper of general circulation in the city or cities, county or coun-
ties, which the Department shall determine may be directly affected
by the proposed appropriation or use, or construction, reconstruction
or repair. The county commissioners of each such county, the mayor
or chief executive officials of each such city and the proper officials
of any interested agency of the State, or political subdivision there-
of, shall also be notified by the applicant by registered mail. In the
public notice of such application, the date, place and time fixed by
the Department for the public hearing on said application shall be
stated. At such public hearing, the applicant and any other inter-
ested person or corporation, municipal or private, shall be given an
opportunity to present facts, evidence and arguments for or against
the granting of said application. In case of emergency, or the making
of minor repairs, the Department may, upon written or oral appli-
cation, grant applications to repair any reservoir, dam or waterway
obstruction without notice or hearing; provided, however, that re-
pairs necessary to save life or property may be made without such
application, but notice thereof shall be given promptly to the De-
partment.

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

Approved April 21, 1967.

CHAPTER 417
(Senate Bill 35)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 240A (b)
of Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replace-
ment Volume and 1966 Cumulative Supplement), title "Insurance
Code", subtitle "Unfair Trade Practices", to correct an error in
the section relating generally to notice of intention to cancel or
not renew motor vehicle liability insurance.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 240A (b) of Article 48A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and 1966 Cumulative Supple-
ment), title "Insurance Code", subtitle "Unfair Trade Practices",
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and to
read as follows:

240A.

(b) The notice shall be in substantially the following form:

"You have been notified that your insurance company does not de-
sire to carry automobile liability insurance for you any longer. You