HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Maryland—National Capital Park and Planning Commission

(Enforcement of Commission Rules and Regulations)

MC/PG 51-79

FOR the purpose of providing that the violation of a
Commission regulation shall be a Commission infraction
which shall be a civil offense; for the District Court
to have jurisdiction thereof; for the issuance of
police citations for a Commission infraction; for
establishment of a schedule of pre—set fines and for
the payment thereof; and for the trial of a Commission
infraction.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 66D — Maryland—National Capital Park and

Planning Commission
Section 5—113

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1978 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 4-401(9)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 66D - Maryland—National Capital Park
and Planning Commission

5-113.

(A)    The Commission may make rules and regulations for
the government and use of all land or other property
acquired by it or under its care JURISDICTION. It shall
cause these rules and regulations to be posted on the
property to which they apply. Following their promulgation,
they shall be published at least three times within 60 days,
in one or more newspapers published in the metropolitan
district, and the posting and publication shall be
sufficient notice to all persons. The sworn certificate of
any member of the Commission of the posting and publication
shall be prima facie evidence thereof. [Any violation of a
rule or regulation shall be a misdemeanor punishable under
the general penalty provisions of this article.]

(B)    (1) ANY VIOLATION OF A RULE OR REGULATION IS A
"COMMISSION INFRACTION" UNLESS THE VIOLATION IS DECLARED BY
LAW TO BE A MISDEMEANOR CRIMINAL OFFENSE. FOR THE PURPOSE
OF THIS ARTICLE, A COMMISSION INFRACTION IS A CIVIL OFFENSE.