HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(4) The provisions of this subsection are not
applicable in Charles County with regard solely to
contracting for the services of an architectural and/or
engineering firm for design and/or consultation purposes.
With regard to contracting for other county work these
provisions are applicable.

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

Approved April 14, 1981.

CHAPTER 84

(House Bill 1750)

AN ACT concerning

St. Mary's County - Metropolitan Commission - Hearings

FOR the purpose of extending the time limit during which the
Metropolitan Commission of St. Mary's County shall
grant a hearing for certain projects.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County
Section 113-5 A.

Article 19 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1979 Edition, supplemented to December, 1980,
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of Maryland be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as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

113-5.

A. The Commission shall cause studies, plans and
estimates to be made for water supply and sewerage systems
in those portions of St. Mary's County in which the
Commission determines that the facilities are necessary and
may divide each sanitary district into water and sewerage
districts in such a way as shall, in its judgment, best
serve the needs of the various communities and shall promote
convenience and economy of installation and operation.
whenever, and as, the studies and plans are completed, the
Commission shall give notice by publication in one (1)