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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 272

11.

In the event any owner or occupant of any building or
premises served with a copy of such order in the manner
above provided, shall fail to comply with such order within
thirty days from the date of issuance thereof, or within
thirty days after any appeal from such order has been
affirmed by court, the State Fire Marshal may enter into and
upon the premises affected by such order and cause the said
building, structure, or premises to be repaired, torn down,
demolished, materials removed and all dangerous conditions
to be remedied, as the case may be, at the expense of the
owner or occupant, and if such person shall fail or neglect
to repay the State Fire Marshal the expense thereby incurred
by him, within thirty days after written demand shall have
been mailed to the said owner or occupant at his last known
post-office address, the State Fire Marshal is hereby
authorized to bring suit in the name of the State to recover
such expenses, with interest, in any court of competent
jurisdiction. [In Worcester County the County
Commissioners] THE GOVERNING BODY OF A COUNTY OR
MUNICIPALITY may cooperate with the State Fire Marshal in
repairing, tearing down, demolishing or otherwise remedying
dangerous conditions in a building or structure in the
county OR MUNICIPALITY, when the owner or occupant has
failed to comply with the Marshal's order after the
specified period of time. A [tax] lien [in favor of the
county] shall attach to the property on which the building
or structure stood to the amount of the expense of the work
done by the county OR MUNICIPALITY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 20, 1982.

CHAPTER 273

(Senate Bill 434)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation
Foundation - Development Rights

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Maryland Agricultural
Land Preservation Foundation to approve the use of a
county's matching funds for the purchase, sale, and
loan guarantee of certain development rights; that
are transferred in certain counties of this State;