MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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for violations thereof.

(b)     No [such] rules and regulations [so] adopted
by the County Commissioners of Prince George's County
shall be [deemed] valid or effective until they [have
been] ARE formally adopted by the County Commissioners at
a regular meeting and recorded in a book kept at its
office for that purpose. Prior to the adoption of any
[such] rules and regulations, the Board shall cause to be
published in one or more newspapers of general
circulation in that portion of the Regional District [to
be] affected by [any such] THE rules and regulations,
notice of the date, place, and time of the meeting of the
Board at which [any such] THE rules and regulations
[shall be] ARE presented for adoption[, said] THE notice
[stating] SHALL STATE that at [such] THE meeting a
hearing will be held on the proposed rules and
regulations, at which hearing an opportunity will be
given to all persons having an interest therein to
express their views with respect thereto. The notice
shall indicate briefly the nature of the rules or
regulations to be adopted, amended, or repealed; or if a
complete and comprehensive Building Code is to be
considered for adoption, a statement to that effect shall
be sufficient. The notice shall be published at least
once in each of two consecutive weeks next preceding the
date of the meeting, but the Board may [, in its
discretion,] provide for more extensive notification.

(c)    Following the adoption of any [such] rules or
regulations, [it is the duty of] the County Commissioners
of Prince George's County [to] SHALL cause the rules and
regulations adopted by it to be recorded in a book or
books kept by it for that purpose in its office, and when
[so] recorded all persons shall be deemed and taken to
have notice thereof, and no actual notice need be proven.
It is further the duty of County Commissioners to cause
to be printed for general distribution a sufficient
number of copies of the rules and regulations when [so]
adopted and recorded, and the printed copy of [such] THE
rules and regulations shall be [deemed] prima facie
evidence thereof whenever it may be necessary to prove
their existence in any judicial proceedings. The rules
and regulations now in force in that portion of the
Regional District within Prince George's County shall be
deemed to have been adopted as aforesaid.

(d)     The County Commissioners of Prince George's
County [has power to] MAY change or amend from time to
time, as [may be] necessary, any [such] rules and
regulations, in whole or in part, within that portion of
the Regional District in Prince George's County. In
[such] THIS event the change or amendment shall be valid
and effective when recorded as hereinabove provided.