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92A.

(a) Prior to the issuance of any license or renewal thereof to
exercise the privilege of operating a motor vehicle upon the highways
of this State, the applicant, as a condition precedent to the issuance
or renewal of said license, shall be required by the Department to
sign a statement, under oath or affirmation, containing the following
language:

"I hereby consent to take a chemical test to determine the alcoholic
content of my blood, breath, or urine, as provided in the laws of the
State of Maryland, should I be detained upon suspicion of operating
or attempting to operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of
intoxicating liquor or while my ability is impaired by consumption of
alcohol, I understand that I cannot be compelled to take a chemical
test for alcohol but I consent, in return for the privilege of operating
a motor vehicle on the highways of Maryland, that the Department of
Motor Vehicles may suspend my license [of] or privilege to operate
a motor vehicle, for a period not to exceed 60 days, upon receipt of
a sworn statement from the detaining officer and, after a hearing on
said statement, that I was so charged and refused to take a chemical
test for alcohol." The Department shall not issue or renew any license
where the applicant refuses to sign an application containing the
express consent to take the chemical test to determine the alcoholic
content of his blood, breath, or urine.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.

Approved April 15, 1970

CHAPTER 116

(Senate Bill 196)

AN ACT to add new Section 16(j) to Article 1A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume), title "Aeronau-
tics", subtitle "Airport Zoning", to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 16 (i) thereof to prohibit the establishment of an airport in
the sixth election district of Queen Anne's County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 16(j) be and it is hereby added to Article 1A of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume),
title "Aeronautics", subtitle "Airport Zoning", to follow immediately
after Section 16(i) thereof and to read as follows:

16.

(j) The establishment of an airport in the sixth election district
of Queen Anne's County is unlawful and nothing in this Article
and no regulations, rule or ordinance of the local government of that
county or any agency thereof shall be construed to permit the estab-
lishment of an airport in that district.