HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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[said] THE bonds; and provided further that [said] THE
agreement shall provide that the accrued employment
benefits, including, but not limited to, accumulated sick
leave, as of the effective date of [said] THE agreement, of
the employees of the commissions's refuse and garbage
collection and disposal division shall be guaranteed and in
no event abrogated.

(b) Within four months subsequent to the date on which
the Montgomery County council or its designated agent[,]
notifies the commission in writing of the actual date of
completion of any incinerator owned by Montgomery County,
and requests its use, and a suitable access road has been
provided, the commission shall to the extent economically
feasible utilize for the disposal of garbage, trash, rubbish
or refuse collected by the commission within [said] THE
county, any disposal site, plant and location as may be
designated in writing to the commission by the Montgomery
County council, without charge by the county to the
commission.

17-3. Private collection and disposal of refuse, etc.;
district incinerators and disposal sites generally.

(a)  It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or
corporation not residing or located in the Washington
Suburban Sanitary District or for any person, firm or
corporation located within [said] THE boundaries and
collecting such materials for hire, to dump garbage, trash,
refuse, rubbish or junk on any public or private dump within
[said] THE boundaries without the consent of the owner of
the land and without a permit from the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission. Nothing in this section [83-98] 17-3
shall apply in Montgomery County subsequent to the effective
date of any agreement referred to in section [83-97A] 17-2
of this [Code] ARTICLE.

(b)  No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the
business of collecting garbage, trash, refuse, rubbish or
junk for compensation without first securing a permit from
[said] THE commission, and for the protection of the health,
comfort and safety of persons residing within the boundaries
of [said] THE sanitary district, [said] THE commission may
establish reasonable regulations for the collection and
disposal of such materials. A reasonable fee, to be fixed
by [said] THE commission for either maintaining a dump or
collecting for hire, garbage, trash, refuse, rubbish or
junk, shall be paid for each permit and the [said]
commission may refuse or revoke a permit for a public or
private dump, after notice and hearing, if the commission
shall find that the location and use of the proposed dump or
the operation of an established dump would endanger the
health, comfort or public welfare of persons residing within
the vicinity thereof, and may revoke any permit for the
business of collecting garbage, trash, refuse, rubbish or
junk for hire, after notice and hearing, for the violation
of its regulations.