HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                       473

(a) (1) The county commissioners of each county in this
State, in addition to, but not in substitution of, the powers
which have been or may be granted them, have the following
express powers.

(v) (1) To require, regulate, or provide       for the

collection, removal, and disposal of refuse, garbage,     rubbish,
filth, or any other matter or thing that is or may become

injurious to the health or comfort of the inhabitants    of the

county, and to provide whether the expense, if any,   shall be

borne by individual owners or tenants or shall be paid    for in
whole or in part by the county.

(2) To license refuse collectors for hire and to make
it unlawful to collect, remove or dispose of refuse for hire
without a license, to authorize regulation of commercial refuse
collectors including provision for suspension, revocation and
renewal of licenses, all to promote the health, safety and
welfare of the county; to require public notice or hearing with
the right to be represented by counsel in any case where an
applicant is denied a license. This subsection shall be
applicable in Dorchester [County], SOMERSET, AND GARRETT COUNTIES
and the County Commissioners shall have the powers provided
herein.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 8, 1984.

CHAPTER 90

(Senate Bill 74)

AN ACT concerning

Education - Breakfast Program

FOR the purpose of providing a formula for determining the per
meal reimbursement rate for the free and reduced price
breakfast program provided by the federal government.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education

Section 7-5A-03

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: