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HOWARD COUNTY

COUNCIL BILL NO. 45

AN ACT to add new subsection (c) to Section 18.214 of
Title 18 of the Howard County Code, Title "Public
Works" subtitle "Public Utilities" to follow
immediately after subsection (b) of Section
18.214 thereof authorizing and empowering the
County Executive to establish a fee schedule for
public utility permits and generally relating
thereto.

Section 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY OF HOWARD
COUNTY, MARYLAND, that new subsection (c) of Section
18.214 of Title 18 be and is hereby added to the
Howard County Code Title "Public Works," subtitle
"Public Utilities," to follow immediately after
subsection (b) of Section 18.014 thereof, and to read
as follows:

SECTION 18.214

(C) THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS AUTHORIZED
AND EMPOWERED TO FIX A FEE SCHEDULE FOR PERMITS
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. THE
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS SHALL PREPARE A PROPOSED
FEE SCHEDULE AND SHALL SUBMIT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS
BOARD, WHICH SHALL SET A TIME AND DATE OF A
PUBLIC HEARING AND ADVERTISE THE SAME IN TWO
SEPARATE INSERTIONS AT WEEKLY INTERVALS IN ONE OR
MORE OF THE NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN THE COUNTY.
WITHIN FIFTEEN (15) DAYS SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE
OF THE HEARING, THE PUBLIC WORKS BOARD SHALL
FORWARD THE PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE WITH ITS
RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS TO THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE, WHO SHALL FORWARD THE PROPOSED FEE
SCHEDULE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS OF
THE PUBLIC WORKS BOARD TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR
ADOPTION BY RESOLUTION.

Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED BY THE
COUNTY COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND, that this
Act take effect sixty (60) days after its enactment.

This Bill, having been approved by the Executive and
returned to the Council, stands enacted on September