772                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                              Ch. 356

County, and generally relating to a sanitary district in Queen Anne's County.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Sections 419 through 446, inclusive, be and they are
hereby added to the Code of Public Local Laws of Queen Anne's County (Article
18 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition)), title "Queen
Anne's County", to follow immediately after Section 418 thereof, as added by
Chapter 583 of the Acts of 1966, and to be under the new subtitle "Sanitary
District", and to read as follows:

SANITARY DISTRICT

419.

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IS DECLARED TO BE A SANITARY
DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE EXERCISE OF THE POWERS
VESTED BY THIS SUBTITLE IN THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "THE
COUNTY") PROVIDED:

(A)    THAT THE COUNTY SHALL EXERCISE NO AUTHORITY OVER
THE OPERATION OR CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEWERAGE, WATER,
DRAINAGE AND SOLID WASTE FACILITIES OF ANY INCORPORATED
MUNICIPALITY, EXCEPT OVER SUCH FACILITIES WITHIN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF ANY MUNICIPALITY OVER WHICH THE
COUNTY OR COUNTY AGENCY MAY HAVE EXERCISED
JURISDICTION PRIOR TO JUNE 1, 1972. THE COUNTY MAY, UPON
PETITION BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF A MUNICIPALITY, ENTER
THE INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITY IN COOPERATION WITH THE
MUNICIPALITY FOR THE OPERATION, CONSTRUCTION AND
MAINTENANCE OF WATER, SEWERAGE, DRAINAGE AND SOLID
WASTE FACILITIES WITHIN THAT MUNICIPALITY. THE COUNTY
MAY, EITHER JOINTLY WITH AN INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITY
OR INDEPENDENTLY, ACQUIRE BY PURCHASE OR CONDEMNATION
ANY LAND, STRUCTURE, BUILDING OR FRANCHISE OF A
PRIVATELY OWNED WATER, SEWERAGE, OR SOLID WASTE SYSTEM
WITHIN ANY MUNICIPALITY.

(B)         WATER, SEWERAGE, DRAINAGE, AND SOLID WASTE
FACILITIES OF ANY INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITY SHALL NOT
BE EXTENDED BEYOND THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THAT
MUNICIPALITY WITHOUT THE EXPRESS APPROVAL AND
AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY, EXCEPT THAT THE APPROVAL
SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED IN THE EVENT OF ANNEXATION BY
THAT MUNICIPALITY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 23A OF THE
ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND.

(C)    IN EXERCISING THE POWERS GRANTED BY THIS SUBTITLE,
THE COUNTY SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ANY
PLANNING REGULATIONS OR ZONING ORDINANCES ENACTED
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 66B OF THE ANNOTATED
CODE OF MARYLAND.