HARRY HUGHES, Governor

3587

No. 40

(Senate Joint Resolution No. 12)

A Senate Joint Resolution concerning

Publicly Owned Sewage Treatment Works

FOR the purpose of requesting the Governor and the Legislative
Policy Committee to establish a committee to study certain
facets of the anticipated sewage treatment needs in the
State and the funding needed to accomplish that purpose.

WHEREAS, The Maryland General Assembly's concern over the
continued health of the Chesapeake Bay prompted the passage of
comprehensive initiatives in 1984 aimed at restoring water
quality in the Chesapeake Bay; and

WHEREAS, The provision of adequate sewage treatment is
essential to reducing the levels of nutrients and other
pollutants entering the Chesapeake Bay; and

WHEREAS, It is important that the State of Maryland, in
partnership with local governments, assure the availability of
adequate funding to meet anticipated sewage treatment needs; and

WHEREAS, Private sector involvement in the provision of
sewage treatment needs may, in some circumstances, be
advantageous; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the
Legislative Policy Committee and the Governor are requested to
establish a committee to study anticipated sewage treatment needs
in Maryland, to examine alternative means of assuring that
adequate funding is available to address sewage treatment needs,
and to study the potential for private sector involvement in the
funding, construction, and operation of sewage treatment plants;
and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Committee be composed of:

(1)  2 members of the House of Delegates, appointed by the
Speaker of the House, and 2 members of the Senate, appointed by
the President of the Senate;

(2)  2 representatives of local government, appointed by the
Governor;

(3)  1 member from the Office of Environmental Programs in
the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, appointed by the
Governor;