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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 40

effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act
concerning the salary or compensation of the Howard County
Orphans' Court Judges shall take effect at the beginning of the
next following term of office.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved April 8, 1986.

CHAPTER 40

(House Bill 166)

AN ACT concerning

St. Mary's County - Metropolitan Commission -
Meters and Valves

FOR the purpose of providing that the St. Mary's County
Metropolitan Commission has jurisdiction over all meters and
valves connected with any of its systems; prohibiting a
person, firm, or corporation from tampering with, attempting
to bypass, or modifying certain meters and valves without
certain permission; prohibiting a person, firm, or
corporation from defacing, damaging, or obstructing any
sewer or water meter; and providing that a violation of this
Act is a misdemeanor subject to certain penalties.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County

Section 113-11

Article 19 - Public Local Laws of Maryland

(1978 Edition and July, 1985 Supplement, as amended)

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

Article 19 - St. Mary's County

113-11.

A. Permits. Before any plumbing, waterworks or sewer
construction is done upon any property within any area served by
a public water or sewer system in any sanitary district, whether
or not owned or operated by the Commission, the person, firm or
corporation doing the construction shall first obtain a permit
from the Commission and pay whatever reasonable sum the
Commission prescribes. The work shall be done under and pursuant