Marvin Mandel, Governor                         569

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That new Section 91(e) be and
it is hereby added to Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition, 1967 Replacement Volume and 1969 Cumulative Sup-
plement), title "Natural Resources," subtitle "Agriculture," subhead-
ing "Soil Conservation Districts," to follow immediately after Section
91(d) of said Article, and to read as follows:

Upon the effective date of this legislation, the State Board of
Agriculture and the Regents of the University of Maryland shall
transfer to the Department of Natural Resources all funds, credits,
records, equipment, papers and other personal property assigned to
the State Soil Conservation Committee.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That Sections
411AB and 411AD of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition, 1967 Replacement Volume and 1969 Cumulative Sup-
plement), title "Natural Resources," subtitle "Patuxent River Water-
shed," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

411AB.

Any person, partnership, or corporation who shall discharge raw
sewage or other waste of any kind into the river, or any of its
tributaries, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished as provided in Section 411AD(b). Oyster
and clam shells, and materials used in the culture of marine life
shall not be deemed waste for the purposes of this subheading, nor
shall a discharge from a sewage treatment plant operating pursuant
to the provisions of Section 411W be deemed waste for the purposes
of this section.

[Before any streets are constructed, minerals commercially mined
or any ground broken for construction, by any person, partnership,
or corporation except for dwellings and outbuildings on lots of two
(2) acres or more within the watershed, the proposed earth change
shall first be approved by the soil conservation district and the
construction and soil movement done in accordance with the recom-
mendations of the soil conservation district so that erosion and
siltation will be controlled.]

411AD.

[Each of the counties shall have the power and authority to issue
grading permits and building permits within the watershed only
after the developer submits a plan of development approved by the
soil conservation district and, if with septic or private sewer facili-
ties, the State Health Department, which shall approve only if
such facilities will not contribute to the pollution of the Patuxent
in any way, and with a certification from a registered professional
engineer that the plan for controlling of silt and erosion is designed
so that it will contain the silt on the property covered by the plan;
and with a further certification by the developer that any construc-
tion or development will be done pursuant to said plan. Such ap-
provals may be obtained by developers of subdivisions at the time

91(e).