HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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[9-2.] 9-102. Gas fixtures, devices and connections --
Generally.

(a) (1) The [Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
is hereby authorized and directed to] WSSC MAY adopt[,
formulate, promulgate and revise] rules and regulations
[from time to time, whenever in its judgment it may deem the
same] THAT THE WSSC CONSIDERS necessary or desirable[,] for
the construction, installation, and equipment of gas
fixtures, devices, and connections from the outlet of the
meter supplying any building[, within] IN the
Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District [as the same is
now created by law, or within any extensions or additions
thereto, with the right in the commission to require a
permit and to charge a fee therefor]. THE WSSC MAY REQUIRE
A PERMIT AND CHARGE A FEE FOR THESE GAS FIXTURES, DEVICES,
AND CONNECTIONS.

COMMITTEE NOTE: The second sentence of this paragraph
is new language derived without substantive.
change from the first and last sentences of
former Article 67, § 9-3.

[Such rules and regulations and any revisions thereof
shall be promulgated within thirty days prior to their
adoption by advertising in two newspapers in both Prince
George's and Montgomery counties that such rules and
regulations and/or revisions thereof will be adopted unless
good cause to the contrary is shown.]

(2) THE WSSC SHALL PUBLISH SEPARATE NOTICES OF
ANY NEW RULES AND REGULATIONS WHICH ARE AUTHORIZED BY THIS
SECTION AT LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE THEIR EFFECTIVE DATE IN AT
LEAST 2 NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN EACH COUNTY.

[(b) Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any of the rules or regulations so adopted shall, upon
conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction, be fined
not more than $100.00 or be imprisoned not more than 30
days, or both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the
court.]

(B) A PERSON MAY NOT VIOLATE ANY OF THE RULES OR
REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE WSSC UNDER THIS SECTION.

[9-3] 9-103. Same—Exceptions as to bottled gas.

[The authority of the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission to adopt, formulate, promulgate and devise rules
and regulations for the construction, installation and
equipment of gas fixtures, devices and connections from the
outlet of the meter supplying any building, which is
provided for by chapter 451 of the Acts of 1943, as amended,
being section' 9-2 of this article, is extended to include