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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

TYPE OF PIPE AND INCLUDE ALL FIXTURES,
STRUCTURES, APPARATUS, CONNECTIONS ACCESSORIES,
PUMPS AND ALL THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF WATER
AND SEWER SYSTEMS.

(B)    [[FOUR WEEKS PRIOR TO THE
PRESENTATION OF SAID STANDARDS AND
SPECIFICATIONS, OR AMENDMENTS, THERETO TO THE
COUNTY COUNCIL, NOTICE SHALL BE PUBLISHED AT
LEAST ONCE EACH WEEK FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE WEEKS
IN ONE OR MORE NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN THE
COUNTY, STATING THAT THE PROPOSED STANDARDS AND
SPECIFICATIONS MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE OFFICE OF
THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND FURTHER STATING
THAT ANY INTERESTED PERSON WILL BE HEARD BY THE
DIRECTOR AT A TIME SPECIFIED IN SAID NOTICE.]]

ANY PROPOSED CODE OR AMENDMENTS SHALL BE

SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, WHO SHALL
SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED CODE OR

AMENDMENTS WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF RECEIPT__OF

THE____PROPOSED___CODE OR AMENDMENTS.____A__BRIEF

EXPLANATION OF THE CODE OR AMENDMENTS AND THE
TIME AND PLACE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE

BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS SHALL BE PUBLISHED__IN__AT

LEAST TWO NEWSPAPERS__OF__GENERAL___CIRCULATION

PUBLISHED IN THE COUNTY.___THE__BOARD__OF__PUBLIC

WORKS MAY HAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE DIRECTOR OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.

(C)    THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS SHALL
THEREAFTER PRESENT THE STANDARDS AND
SPECIFICATIONS, OR AMENDMENTS, TO THE COUNTY
COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION [[THEREOF]], BY APPROPRIATE
RESOLUTION.

(D)    [[THE CODE HERETOFORE ADOPTED BY THE
COUNTY COUNCIL ON MARCH 2, 1970 PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION OF THE HOWARD COUNTY CODE SHALL REMAIN IN
FULL FORCE AND EFFECT, SUBJECT TO AMENDMENT OR
MODIFICATION AS PROVIDED HEREIN.]] UNTIL THE

COUNTY COUNCIL ADOPTS______STANDARDS______AND

SPECIFICATIONS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS

SECTION, THE WATER AND SEWER STANDARDS AND

SPECIFICATIONS ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL ON
MARCH 2. 1970, SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND
EFFECT AND SUBJECT TO AMENDMENT.

Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED BY THE
COUNTY COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND, that this