HARRY HUGHES, Governor 1861
CHAPTER 175
(Senate Bill 334)
AN ACT concerning
Licenses - Washington County Plumbing Board - Exception
FOR the purpose of allowing a Washington County Master Plumbing
Certificate to be granted to any person who held a
Washington County Master Plumbing Certificate before a
certain date; and allowing a Washington County Journeyman
Plumbing Certificate to be granted to any person who held a
Washington County Journeyman Plumbing Certificate before a
certain date.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 56 - Licenses
Section 459(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1983 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 56 - Licenses
459.
The provisions of this subtitle shall not apply to
Washington County, except as hereinafter provided:
(1) There shall be a Washington County plumbing board
which shall consist of five members. Two of the members shall be
master plumbers residing in the county, and they shall be
appointed annually by the County Commissioners of Washington
County. The County Commissioners shall also select annually two
members from among the residents of the county. The compensation
of these four members shall be as provided by the County
Commissioners. The compensation shall be paid, to the extent
possible, from the fees of applicants for certificates or
permits. The Washington County health officer shall be the fifth
member of the board, and he shall receive no additional
compensation for serving as a member of the board.
The Washington County plumbing board shall have the sole
power to grant certificates. The board shall grant a Washington
County master plumbing certificate to any person who passes the
State master plumbing examination and a Washington County
journeyman plumbing certificate to any person who passes the
State journeyman plumbing examination. [The board may not issue
a certificate to any person who has not passed the appropriate
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