MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                       1721

(3)   THE PROPORTION OF THE VOTES CAST IN
REFERENDUM IN FAVOR OF THE DISCONTINUANCE TO THE TOTAL
NUMBERS OF VOTES CAST;

(4)   THE APPROXIMATE WEALTH AND INCOME OF THE
LAND OCCUPIERS OF THE DISTRICT;

(5)   THE PROBABLE EXPENSE OF CARRYING ON
EROSION CONTROL OPERATIONS WITHIN THE DISTRICT; AND

(6)    OTHER ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FACTORS
RELEVANT TO THE DETERMINATION, HAVING DUE REGARD TO
THE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS SET FORTH IN §8-102.

HOWEVER, THE COMMITTEE MAY NOT DETERMINE THAT THE
CONTINUED OPERATION OF A DISTRICT IS ADMINISTRATIVELY
FEASIBLE, UNLESS AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST
IN THE REFERENDUM ARE CAST IN FAVOR OF CONTINUANCE.

(E) COMMITTEE SHALL RECORD DETERMINATION; CERTIFY
APPROVAL.

IF THE COMMITTEE DETERMINES THAT THE CONTINUED
OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT IS ADMINISTRATIVELY
FEASIBLE, IT SHALL RECORD THE DETERMINATION AND DENY
THE PETITION. IF THE COMMITTEE DETERMINES THAT THE
CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT IS NOT
ADMINISTRATIVELY FEASIBLE, IT SHALL RECORD THE
DETERMINATION AND SHALL CERTIFY IT TO THE SUPERVISORS
OF THE DISTRICT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 66C, §101(a) and (b) of the Code.
Subsection (a) is revised to allow 25 or more
land occupiers to petition for termination.
New language derived from §101 (e) is added in
subsection (a) for organizational purposes.
The present provision of §101(e) that
prohibits the committee from making
determinations on any petition is omitted
here as unnecessary. The committee cannot
make a determination unless it holds a
referendum. In subsection (c), the present
provision making all land occupiers eligible
to vote is proposed for deletion as
unnecessary. Since only land occupiers may
vote, it is implicit that all land occupiers
may do so in the absence of some contrary
provision.

In subsection (d) the present provision that