HARRY HUGHES, Governor

3175

(House Bill 1882)

AN ACT concerning

Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority

FOR the purpose of adding a new article to Subtitle 7 of
Title 3, Environmental Programs, of the Natural
Resources Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland to
be titled "Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority
Act", to provide for the creation of the Northeast
Maryland Waste Disposal Authority, the purpose of which
is to assist certain participating political
subdivisions of this State, other public entities and
the private sector of the economy to provide adequate
waste disposal facilities (including those which
provide for energy generation and resource recovery)
and facilities for the generation of steam,
electricity, or other forms of energy from fuels which
are derived from or are otherwise related to waste
disposal facilities by providing a coordinating agency
and a financing vehicle for such facilities; creating a
body politic and corporate to be known as the
"Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority" which is
constituted a public instrumentality of the State of
Maryland and shall be deemed to be organized and
commence its activities when there shall have been
filed with the Secretary of State and the Department of
Legislative Reference resolutions of participation of
at least two of the following three four counties:
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Baltimore County,
Anne Arundel County, and Harford County; providing that
the Authority shall consist of one member from each
participating county, the executive director of the
Authority and the Treasurer of the State of Maryland
and the director of the Maryland Environmental Service
ex officio and that the member from each participating
county shall be appointed by the Governor from a list
of persons submitted by such county; providing for an
executive director, general counsel, and staff of such
Authority; prohibiting the executive director from
voting except in the case of a tie of the other
members present; authorizing the Authority to enter
into such agreements with the Maryland Environmental
Service as the Authority may deem necessary or
appropriate to provide for the assumption of all or any
part of the Authority's activities by the Maryland
Environmental Service; stating that, without in any way
limiting the discretion of the Authority, the Authority
and the Maryland Environmental Service should cooperate
to the maximum extent practicable in effecting a
regional waste disposal program in the participating
counties; providing certain limitations with respect to
projects located outside of the participating counties;
authorizing the Authority to undertake certain planning
functions and other responsibilities in accordance with
Section 3-106 of Title 3 of the Natural Resources