Ch. 712                            MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                  1497

188C.

(10) If it bears [on] OR contains any artificial flavoring, artificial coloring, or
chemical preservative, unless it bears labeling stating that fact; provided, however,
that to the extent that compliance with the requirements of this subsection is
impracticable, exemptions shall be established by regulations promulgated by the
Secretary. The provisions of this subsection and of subsections (8) and (12) with
respect to artificial coloring shall not apply to butter, cheese, or ice cream.

387D.

(a) Submission of applications to Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.
In those districts of the State of Maryland, established by the Commissioner of
Health with the approval of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene under §
6 of this Article 43, which follow the county lines of and embrace the counties of
Prince George's and Montgomery, neither the State Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene, any deputy state health officer, or local health department may
issue or approve a permit for the installation and utilization of an individual septic
tank or private septic system unless the application [therefore] THEREFOR has
first been submitted to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission for its
review and comment, but the submission of the application to the Commission for
review and comment shall not be required if the septic tank permit application is
for property in an area shown on the pertinent county's ten-year sewerage plan,
adopted pursuant to § 387C of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as
an area in which a public sewerage system is not contemplated within 10 years,
such area currently being denominated Area 5 in the Prince George's County
ten-year sewerage plan and Category III in the current Montgomery County
ten-year sewerage plan, nor shall the permit issue unless the other conditions for
issuance specified in this section have been met. The Commission shall review and
comment in writing to the health officer submitting an application for septic tank
or for connection to private septic tank systems, with the review and comments to
include a determination of the location of the nearest public sewer collection line,
capacity, feasibility, cost, and engineering conditions or requirements for extension
thereof, and an estimate of time of extension, if available. If more than one
property in an area or subdivision is proposed for development, or reasonably
expected to be developed, with the use of private septic tank or a private septic
system, the health officer shall indicate that fact to the Commission with the
submission of the initial septic tank permit, or with the submission of such permit
after that knowledge reasonably becomes known to the health officer, and in such
cases the Commission may group the applications for review and comment
purposes. If the Commission does not respond in writing to the submitting health
officer within 30 days of the Commission's receipt of the health officer's submittal,
the health officer may proceed to process and issue the permit, if otherwise
appropriate, without further regard to this subsection (a).

424.

Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor in §§409-427, unless
otherwise stated, shall be punishable in a court of competent jurisdiction sitting in
the county within which such offense is committed, and action shall be brought by
warrant or indictment upon the oath or information of any municipal official, or
any agent of municipal authorities, and the offender shall, upon conviction, be
subject to a fine not exceeding $100 or 30 days in the county jail, or both, in the
discretion of the court. Where such act or omission is of a continuing nature, and
is persistent in [[, in]] [violations] VIOLATION of the provisions of §§ 409-427,
or of any rule or regulation formulated thereunder, a conviction for one offense
shall not be a bar to a conviction for a continuation of such offense subsequent to
the first or any subsequent conviction.