HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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adjudication of a violation of an ordinance or regulation
enacted by St. Mary's County to proceedings for adjudication
of a violation of an ordinance or regulation enacted by any
county without home rule for which a civil penalty is
provided; and expanding the exclusive original civil
jurisdiction of the District Court from proceedings for
adjudication of a civil infraction relating to the St.
Mary's County Metropolitan Commission to proceedings for
adjudication of a civil infraction that is authorized by law
to be prosecuted by any sanitary commission.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 4-401(9)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

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, § 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, § 18-104.1 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(c) 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;