Marvin Mandel, Governor                          1477

5(c), 5(d), 5(f), 5(h), 6(a), 7(a), 7(e), 11(a), 25(a), and 28 of
Article 33B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement
Volume AND 1971 SUPPLEMENT), title "Environmental Service"
be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments
to read as follows:

1.

To assist with the preservation, improvement, and management of
the quality of air, land, and water resources, and to promote
the health and welfare of the citizens of the State, it is the intention
of the General Assembly in enactment of this article to exercise the
powers of the State of Maryland to provide for dependable, effective,
and efficient water supply and purification and disposal of liquid
and solid wastes, to encourage reductions in the amount of waste
generated and discharged to the environment, and to serve its political
subdivisions and economic interests. For these purposes, the General
Assembly creates an instrumentality of the State of Maryland con-
stituted as a body politic and corporate to provide water supply and
waste purification and disposal services in compliance with State
laws, regulations, and policies governing air, land, and water pollu-
tion to public and private instrumentalities, and with safeguards to
protect the autonomy of the political subdivisions and the rights of
the private entities it serves.

3(d).

The term "municipality" means any county, municipal corpora-
tion, sanitary district, State or local agency, or other public body or
agency created or established by or pursuant to State or local law,
ordinance, or resolution and having jurisdiction over water supply or
disposal of liquid wastes or solid wastes or established for the pur-
poses of providing water supply services or collecting, transporting,
purifying, or disposing of liquid or solid wastes.

3(e).

The term "service region" means a geographic area which the
Service designates and within which the director, after consultation
with the municipalities affected, shall cause surveys, plans, studies,
and estimates to be made for the purpose of determining the most de-
pendable, effective, and efficient means of providing services through
water supply projects, solid waste disposal projects or waste water
purification projects. Service regions shall be based upon needs set
forth in approved state-county master water and sewerage plans,
or solid waste disposal plans, if any, adopted pursuant to Article 43
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, but may also take account of
other plans and studies.

3(f).

The term "service district" means a geographic area established
by the Service, after consultation with the municipalities affected
thereby, for the purpose of providing water supply projects, waste
water purification projects or solid waste disposal projects. Service
districts may encompass areas containing projects of the Service as
well as nonduplicating, noncompetitive projects owned and operated
by municipalities and persons. Service districts shall be based upon
approved state-county master water and sewerage plans or solid