HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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violations of the Metropolitan Commission law; providing for
exclusive original jurisdiction of the District Court over
those civil infractions; and correcting a technical error.

BY repealing and reenacting, With amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 4-401(9)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County

Section 113-21

Article 19 - Public Local Laws of Maryland

(1978 Edition and September, 1984 Supplement, as amended)

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

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

4-401.

Except as provided in § 4-402 of this subtitle, and subject
to the venue provisions of Title 6 of this article, the District
Court has exclusive original civil jurisdiction in:

(9) A proceeding for adjudication of:

(i) A municipal infraction as defined in
Article 23A, Section 3(b)(1) of the Code;

(ii) A Commission infraction as defined in
Article 28, § 5-113 of the Code;

(iii) A WSSC infraction, as defined in Article
29, § 8-104.1 of the Code, concerning rules and regulations
governing publicly owned watershed property;

(iv) A zoning violation for which a civil
penalty has been provided pursuant to Article 66B, § 7.01 or
Article 28, § 8-120(d) of the Code;

(v) A violation of an ordinance enacted:

1.  By a charter county for which a civil
penalty is provided under Article 25A, § 5(A) of the Code; or

2.  By the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore for which a civil penalty is provided by ordinance;