MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             1965

(Senate Bill 389)
AN ACT concerning

St. Mary's County - Gasoline, Petroleum,
or Chemical Manufacturing

FOR the purpose of prohibiting certain chemical or
catalytic manufacturing, chemical fabrication,
gasoline processing, or refining of petroleum or
petroleum products in St. Mary's County and
providing for the submission of this Act to the
qualified voters of St. Mary's County for their
adoption or rejection.

BY adding to

Article 66B - Zoning and Planning

Section 4.01(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1970 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 4.01(c) be and it is hereby
added to Article 66B — Zoning and Planning, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume and
1973 Supplement) to read as follows:

Article 66B - Zoning and Planning
4.01.

(C) IN ST. MARY'S COUNTY, LAND AND BUILDINGS MAY
NOT BE USED FOR CHEMICAL OR CATALYTIC MANUFACTURING,
CHEMICAL FABRICATION, GASOLINE PROCESSING, OR REFINING OF
PETROLEUM OR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. THIS PROHIBITION DOES
NOT APPLY TO LAND AND BUILDINGS USED FOR THESE PURPOSES
ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBSECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That before
this Act becomes effective it shall first be submitted to
a referendum of the legally qualified voters of St.
Mary's County at a special election to be held within 60
days after the effective date of this Act. The cost of
the special election, if any, shall be paid by the Board

of County Commissioners.____The Board of County

Commissioners and the Board of Supervisors of Election of
St. Mary's County shall do those things necessary and
proper to provide for and hold the referendum here
required. There shall be printed on the ballots or