1436                                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                          [Ch. 350

Article — Natural Resources
Section 3-601, 8-610(a) and 8-613
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume)

BY repealing

Article — Natural Resources
Section 8-602(b) and 8-609(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume)

SECTION 1. BE I? ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 8-601, 8-610(a) and 8-613 of
Article — Natural Resources, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1974 Volume) be and they are hereby repealed
and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article — Natural Resources
8-601.

(a) In this subtitle, the following words and
phrases have the meanings indicated.

(B)     "ABANDON11 BEAMS TO PERMANENTLY DISCONTINUE THE
USE OF A WELL. ANY WELL SHALL BE DEEMED ABANDONED WHEN
IT IS IN SUCH A STATE OF DISREPAIR THAT CONTINUED USE FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING GROUNDWATER IS IMPRACTICABLE OR
WHEN IT HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY DISCONNECTED FROM ANY WATER
SUPPLY SYSTEM OR IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

(C)    "AQUIFER" MEANS ANY FORMATION OF      SOIL, SAND,
ROCK, GRAVEL, LIMESTONE, SANDSTONE, OR OTHER    MATERIAL, OR
ANY CREVICE FROM WHICH UNDERGROUND WATER    IS OR MAY BE
PRODUCED.

[(b)] (D) "Board" means Maryland State Board of
Well Drillers.

[ (c) ] (E) "Business of well drilling" includes the
construction, INSTALLATION, ABANDONMENT, BY PERMANENT
DISCONNECTION alteration, or repair, FOR PROFIT, of a
[water] well and related equipment necessary to draw and
purify water from the [drilled] well, including water
pump, tank, or water conditioning equipment.

[(d)] (F) "Owner" is a person who has the right to
drill into, produce, and appropriate the production of
water, either for himself, another person, or for both of
them .