MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY OR UPON A TIDEWATER PORTION
OF ANY OF ITS TRIBUTARIES MAY SEEK AN INJUNCTION AGAINST
ANY PERSON, FIRM, OR CORPORATION, VIOLATING OR
THREATENING TO VIOLATE ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE.

8-1604. ENFORCEMENT.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND OR THE STATE'S
ATTORNEY OF ANY COUNTY OF THIS STATE WHICH BORDERS UPON A
PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY OR UPON A TIDEWATER PORTION
OF ANY OF ITS TRIBUTARIES MAY ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SUBTITLE AND SEEK CRIMINAL PENALTIES AGAINST ANY
PERSON, FIRM, OR CORPORATION, VIOLATING OR ALLEGED TO BE
VIOLATING SECTION 8-1602 OF THIS SUBTITLE ANYWHERE IN THE
AREA OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE TIDEWATER PORTIONS OF
ITS TRIBUTARIES.

8-1605. PENALTIES.

ANY PERSON, FIRM, OR CORPORATION, VIOLATING ANY
PROVISION OF THIS SUBTITLE IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR;
AND IS SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $5,000, OR
IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING ONE YEAR, OR BOTH, FOR ANY
VIOLATION, WITH COSTS IMPOSED IN THE DISCRETION OF THE
COURT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
[[is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
health and safety and having been passed by a yea and nay
vote supported by three—fifths of all the members elected
to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage]]
shall take effect [[July 1. 1975]] June 1, 1975.

Approved March 11, 1975.

CHAPTER 23
(Senate Bill 247)

AN ACT concerning

Drug Abuse Authority — Technical Correction

FOR the purpose of correcting an erroneous agency
designation in the laws relating to the Drug Abuse