HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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the completion of the existing, plans, and any investigations
necessary to insure the approximate correctness of the plans

shall be instituted by the county, district authority,

municipality, corporation, company, institution, or individual
required to supply them. If specifications of or reports on the
water supply and sewerage systems or refuse disposal plants are
in existence, they shall be submitted in addition to the plans.

(b)(1) The Secretary may request any other information and
records about the water supply and sewerage systems or refuse
disposal plants, and their maintenance and operation, as the
Secretary considers appropriate.

(2) Every county, district, authority, municipality,
corporation, company, institution, or individual to whom the
Secretary makes a request for information or records under this
subsection shall furnish the information or records.

(C)(1) WHEN PLANS ARE FILED WITH THE SECRETARY UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE
PLANS, THE SECRETARY SHALL APPROVE THE PLANS, DISAPPROVE THE
PLANS, OR STATE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE PLANS WILL BE
APPROVED.

(2) FAILURE OF THE SECRETARY TO ACT WITHIN THE TIME
SET BY THIS SUBSECTION CONSTITUTES AUTOMATIC APPROVAL OF THE
PLANS.

9-210.

(a) (1) The State, a county, a municipality, a district, or
a person may not install a system of water supply, sewerage, or
refuse disposal for public use, nor materially alter or extend
any existing system of water supply, sewerage, or refuse disposal
for public use, without a permit to do so, issued by the
Secretary.

(2)  The Secretary may not issue a permit under this
subsection until complete plans and specifications for the
installation, alteration, or extension, together with any other
information the Secretary may require, have been submitted and
approved by the Secretary. All construction shall take place in
accordance with the approved plans. If it becomes necessary or
desirable to make material changes in plans or specifications,
the changed plans or specifications, together with a statement of
the reasons for the alterations, shall be submitted to the
Secretary, and no material changes may be embodied in the actual
construction until they are approved by the Secretary and a
permit issued for them. After completion of the work a certified
copy of the plans in full, showing the work as built, shall be
filed with the Secretary for permanent record.

(3)  The Secretary may make any rules or regulations
about the submission of plans for approval and record that the
Secretary considers to be reasonable and proper.