3042                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                      Ch. 795

BY adding to

Article - Tax - Property
Section 14-849
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1986 Volume)

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

Article - Tax - Property

14-849.

(A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A COUNTY IN
BALTIMORE CITY, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MAY NOT SELL A
TAXPAYER'S PROPERTY FOR FAILURE BY THE TAXPAYER TO PAY AN ALLEY
ASSESSMENT CHARGE.

(B)_EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION,
THIS SECTION DOES NOT AFFECT ANY OTHER RIGHT OR REMEDY OF THE
CITY FOR THE COLLECTION OF AN ALLEY ASSESSMENT CHARGE.

(C) BALTIMORE CITY MAY NOT ACQUIRE OWNER-OCCUPIED
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY BY MEANS OF EXECUTION OF A JUDGMENT FOR
FAILURE BY THE OWNER. UPON WHOM THE ALLEY ASSESSMENT CHARGE WAS
ORIGINALLY MADE, TO PAY THE ALLEY ASSESSMENT CHARGE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved May 27, 1986.

CHAPTER 795

(House Bill 1424)

AN ACT concerning

Water Pollution Violations - Jurisdiction of State's Attorney

Enforcement

FOR the purpose of requiring the Attorney General to report to
the State's Attorney on water pollution cases in which the

Attorney General declines prosecution; authorizing the

State's Attorney of the county in which the alleged water
pollution occurred to prosecute the violation providing that
the authority of the Attorney General to take charge of,
prosecute, and defend every case concerning water pollution
violations may not limit or affect the power or authority of