Marvin Mandel, Governor                         573

APPROPRIATE SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT. NOTICE
OF VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE
SHALL BE FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES, AS WELL AS WITH THE APPROPRIATE
COUNTY AGENCY.

(B) EACH COUNTY SHALL ADOPT GRADING AND BUILD-
ING ORDINANCES, OR PORTIONS THEREOF, WHICH ARE
NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBTITLE. THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
AND THE APPROPRIATE SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT
SHALL ASSIST THE SEVERAL COUNTIES IN THE DEVELOP-
MENT OF SUCH ORDINANCES OR NECESSARY PORTIONS
THEREOF. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL
BE CARRIED OUT PRIOR TO MARCH 1, 1971. PRIOR TO
MARCH 1, 1971, ESTABLISHED ORDINANCES AND PROCE-
DURES SHALL BE USED BY THE COUNTIES TO CARRY OUT
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE.

109.

Any violation of this subheading shall be deemed a misdemeanor,
and the person, partnership, or corporation who is found guilty of
such violation shall be subject to a fine not exceeding five thousand
dollars ($5,000.00) or one year's imprisonment for each and every
violation. Any agency whose approval is required under this sub-
heading or any person in interest may seek an injunction against
any person, partnership, or corporation, whether public or private,
violating or threatening violation of any provisions of this subhead-
ing.

110.

The Department of Natural Resources, by the Secretary of Natural
Resources, is authorized IS EMPOWERED to promulgate regulations
for the administration and enforcement of this subtitle.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBHEADING, THE BUREAU
OF PUBLIC WORKS OR SIMILAR MUNICIPAL AGENCY IS
EMPOWERED AND DIRECTED TO ACT IN THE PLACE OF
THE APPROPRIATE SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT IN
MUNICIPALITIES WHICH ARE NOT WITHIN A SOIL CON-
SERVATION DISTRICT.

Sec. 6 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That Sections 163(a) and
167B(a) of Article 25 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957
Edition, 1966 Replacement Volume and 1969 Cumulative Supple-
ment) title "County Commissioners," subtitle "Erosion" be and they
are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, to read as
follows:

163(a).

Upon the written application or petition of 75 percent of the
property owners in any of said districts, requesting erosion preven-
tion works, the county commissioners, acting as district council for
any of such districts, are hereby authorized and empowered to con-
struct erosion prevention works in said districts to prevent erosion
by the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries, or by any other stream or