HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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18-8. (86-18-8 and 18-8)

(A)   EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B), THE
COMMISSION MAY IS AUTHORIZED, PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS
PROMULGATED BY IT, TO PAY FOR ACTUAL PROPERTY DAMAGE CAUSED
BY A SANITARY SEWER BACKUP OCCURRING ON OR AFTER JULY 1,
1979, OR FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A SANITARY SEWER BACKUP
OCCURRING PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1979, IF A CLAIM FOR DAMAGE
CAUSED BY THE BACKUP IS PENDING BEFORE THE COMMISSION ON
JULY 1, 1979. IF THE COMMISSION DECIDES TO PAY, PAYMENT MAY

BE MADE FOR UP TO $1,000 PAYMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS

SECTION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS AN ADMISSION OF LIABILITY.

(B)   THE COMMISSION MAY NOT PAY FOR ACTUAL PROPERTY
DAMAGE CAUSED BY A SANITARY SEWER BACKUP IF THE SANITARY
SEWER BACKUP OR THE RESULTING DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY AN
INTENTIONAL ACT OR NEGLIGENCE OF THE OWNER OR TENANT OF THE
PROPERTY.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 29, 1979.

CHAPTER 669

(House Bill 1707)

AN ACT concerning

St. Mary's County - Airport Committee

FOR the purpose of repealing the provision for the
appointment of an airport committee by the Board of
County Commissioners of St. Mary's County.

BY repealing

The Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County
Section 26-28

Article 19 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1978 Edition, as amended)

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of Maryland be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as

follows:

Article 19 - St. Mary's County
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