HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(n) (1) Upon designation of the Northeast Maryland
waste disposal region as a service region, the Authority,
and not the Maryland Environmental Service, shall prepare
the five-year plan providing for solid waste disposal
projects required in Section 3-106 of this title, and
provide for its adoption, approval and implementation in
accordance with the provisions of that section. The
acquisition or purchase of any waste disposal facility as a
project which is in existence as of July 1, 1980, if it is
to be acquired or purchased, shall be included in the
five-year plan of the Authority as approved by each county
under the provisions of Section 3-106 of this title, as
amended from time to time.

(2) THE FIVE YEAR PLAN MAY INCLUDE PROVISIONS
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A REGIONAL
SYSTEM OF SERVICE FEES TO BE CHARGED AT PUBLIC WASTE

DISPOSAL FACILITIES OF THE AUTHORITY, WITHIN THE

PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS, OR ANY OTHER SUBDIVISIONS OR
PERSONS DESIGNATED BY THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN. THE AUTHORITY, BY
AGREEMENT WITH A SUBDIVISION OR PERSON OUTSIDE THE
BOUNDARIES OF THE SERVICE REGION, MAY ESTABLISH VARIOUS
SERVICE FEES FOR THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE GENERATED WITHIN THE
SERVICE REGION CONSISTENT WITH THE 5 YEAR PLAN. THE
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE SHALL SUPERVISE ANY
PRICING STRUCTURE PROPOSED FOR ADOPTION IN THE FIVE YEAR
PLAN OR SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS THERETO, FOR REASONABLENESS
AND CONSISTENCY WITH COUNTY SOLID WASTE PLANS PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE 43, SECTION 387C, AS AMENDED.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 19, 1981.

CHAPTER 681

(House Bill 1268)

AN ACT concerning

Property Assessment - Evidence in Appeal

FOR the purpose of requiring the supervisor of assessments
to provide certain information concerning evidence of
other properties to the taxpayer before a hearing of
the property tax assessment appeal board; and
permitting the Department of Assessments and Taxation
to charge a certain fee.

BY adding to

Article 81 - Revenue and Taxes