2708                                  Municipal Charters

Enacted December 16, 1969
Effective December 7, 1970
November Legislative Session 1969

Chapter 47
(Bill No. 55-69)

An Act to amend Chapter 11, title "Health and Sanitation" of the
Montgomery County Code 1965, Section 11-11, title, "Rules and regu-
lations for collection or disposal", Section 11-13, title "Authority to
establish service and disposal plants, contract for collection and re-
moval, etc.", and repeal in its entirety Section 11-16, title "Dumps—
Authority to purchase land for use as dump; payment of cost", to
authorize the County Executive rather than Council to regulate, con-
trol and set fees to cover the cost of inspecting and licensing the
collection and/or disposal of refuse, garbage, trash or junk; to au-
thorize the County rather than Council to establish and maintain
refuse disposal plants, license or contract for collection and/or dis-
posal of refuse, to contract for the construction and/or operation of
disposal plants; to provide that the provision of service in one area
by either the County or other board or agency shall serve to suspend
the authority of other boards or agencies to provide such service in
the same area; and to repeal as repetitive Section 11-16 authorizing
the County to purchase property for use as a dump.

Be It Enacted by the County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland,
that—

Section 1. Section 11-11, Chapter 11, title "Health and Sanitation",
of the Montgomery County Code 1965, is hereby amended to read as
follows:

11-11. Rules and regulations for collection or disposal.

Collection or disposal of garbage, trash, junk or other refuse shall
be in accordance with such rules and regulations, which may include the
imposition of reasonable fees to cover the cost of inspection and licensing,
as the County Executive shall, from time to time, prescribe; provided,
however, that no incorporated town or special taxing area shall be required
to pay any fees for inspection and licensing.

Section 2. Section 11-13, Chapter 11, title "Health and Sanitation",
of the Montgomery County Code 1965, is hereby amended to read as
follows:

11-13. Authority to establish service and disposal plants, contract for
collection and removal, etc.

(a) The County may:

(1)    Establish and maintain such service and disposal plants as it
may deem necessary or desirable for the collection and disposal of refuse,
and fix the charges for such service;

(2)    License or contract with a contractor to collect and dispose of
such refuse under such regulations as to charges and methods as it deems
advisable;