HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1097

AN ACT concerning

St. Mary's County - Storm Water Drainage -
Special Taxing Drainage Districts

FOR the purpose of authorizing the County Commissioners of
St. Mary's County to establish special taxing drainage
districts to facilitate the improvement of storm water
drainage within a district; providing a procedure to
implement special taxing drainage districts for the
improvement of storm water drainage in St. Mary's
County; and generally relating to storm water drainage
special taxing drainage districts in St. Mary's County;
and making this Act an emergency measure.

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County

Section 125-1 to be under the new chapter "Chapter 125

Storm Water Drainage"
Article 19 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1979 Edition, 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 read(s) as follows:

Article 19 - St. Mary's County

CHAPTER 125

STORM WATER DRAINAGE

125-1.

A.  THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ST. MARY'S COUNTY MAY
ESTABLISH SPECIAL TAXING DRAINAGE DISTRICTS TO FACILITATE
THE IMPROVEMENT OF STORM WATER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

B.  THE PROCEDURES TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL TAXING
DRAINAGE DISTRICT ARE:

(1) THE SUBMISSION OF A PETITION SIGNED BY 50
PERCENT OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE PROPOSED DISTRICT TO
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REQUESTING:

(I)  STORM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS; AND

(II)  A SPECIAL TAXING DRAINAGE DISTRICT TO
FINANCE IMPLEMENT THE IMPROVEMENTS;

(2) THE CONDUCTING OF A PUBLIC HEARING
CONCERNING THE PETITION WITH HEARING NOTICE PUBLISHED AT