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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 805

of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined not less [that] THAN $500.00. No conviction hereunder
shall in any manner relieve any person of the necessity of
securing and paying for a permit and complying with all
other applicable provisions of this section.

8-3. Written permits required in Montgomery County.

(a)  From and after June 1, 1957, no individual, firm
or corporation shall construct, alter or extend, nor after
June 1, 1965 operate contrary to the provisions of
subsection (c) hereof, a water supply system or a sewage
collection and disposal system in any area in Montgomery
County, Maryland, not included within the area of the
Washington Suburban Sanitary District, without having
received a written permit from the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission so to do; and the permit for such
purpose shall not be issued until complete plans and
specifications for the installation, alteration or
extension, together with such information as the commission
may require, have been submitted to and approved by the
commission. All construction shall take place in accordance
with the approved plans and shall be subject to the
inspection of the commission. In case it shall become
necessary or desirable to make material changes in plans and
specifications, such changed plans and specifications,
together with a statement of the reasons for the alteration,
shall be submitted to the commission and no material changes
shall be embodied in the actual construction until they have
been approved and a permit issued therefor.

(b)  The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is
hereby authorized and directed to approve plans in
accordance with its requirements and issue permits for the
construction, alteration or extension of a water supply
system, a sewage collection and disposal system in the areas
described in subsection (a) hereof, with the right in [said]
THE commission to charge a reasonable fee therefor, not
exceeding six per cent of the estimated construction cost of
any such project. The [said] commission is further
authorized and directed to make inspections of all such
projects during the course of construction and to require
such construction to be in conformity with the approved
plans.

(c)  Upon the completion of any such project the
individual, firm or corporation constructing the same shall
file with the commission as a permanent record a certified
copy of the plans in full, showing the work as built, and
such record shall be of such character and in such forms as
may be prescribed by the commission. Any water supply,
sewage collection and disposal system, including oxidation
ponds or sewage lagoons, which is not exempt from the
requirements for a permit pursuant to subsection (e) of this
section, shall be installed, maintained and operated under
such reasonable rules and regulations as the commission may
require or devise. The commission is authorized and