334                              Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 83

either the Chairman or vice chairman, and the treasurer, upon
whatever terms and conditions as the Commission deems right and
proper; the amount borrowed may not exceed [$500,000] $1,000,000
at any one time, and be only with the written endorsement of the
County Commissioners.

(c) The legislative purpose of this section is to provide additional
financial resources to implement the development of sanitary fa-
cilities in Harford County; but it is hereby specifically declared that,
insofar as feasible, [such] those installations should be financed on a
self-liquidating basis by special-user charges and benefit assessments.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved April 23, 1971.

CHAPTER 83
(Senate Bill 408)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 70-4
and 70-5 of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970
Supplement), title "Courts," subtitle "Juvenile Causes," to provide
for an adjudicatory hearing in the county where an alleged escape
or an alleged attempted escape by a juvenile took place and to
provide that juvenile proceedings in escape cases may not be
transferred until after an adjudicatory hearing in the county
where the alleged escape or an alleged attempted escape occurred.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 70-4 and 70-5 of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1970 Supplement), title "Courts," subtitle "Juvenile
Causes," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments and both to read as follows:

70-4.

Except as hereinafter provided, proceedings under this subtitle
shall be brought in the county where the child is living or domiciled.

(1)   If delinquency is alleged, the proceedings shall be brought in
the county where the alleged delinquent acts occurred; but the pro-
ceedings may be transferred as provided in Section 70-5 of this
subtitle.

(2)  If the delinquent act is alleged to be escape or attempted
escape from an institution under the control of the Department of
Juvenile Services, the proceedings [may be before the juvenile court
which originally committed the child to the institution, or if the
proceedings have been transferred in accordance with the provisions
of this subtitle, before the court then exercising jurisdiction over the
child.] shall be brought and the adjudicatory hearing shall be held in
the county where the alleged act occurred. The proceedings may be
transferred as provided in Section 70-5 to the court exercising juris-
diction over the child at the time of the alleged act for the disposition
hearing.