Ch. 306                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

8-801 of the Transportation Article, producing, collecting,
retaining, throwing, dumping or depositing any trash, junk or
other refuse have not erected retaining walls or other
restraining devices or procedures approved by the Water Resources
Administration, the presence of any trash, junk, automobiles,
automobile tires, other automobile parts or other refuse in
waters of the State or on embankments or other sites where it may
readily fall into or be transported into the waters of the State
shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section and
be subject to the penalties imposed herein.

(c) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor and any
person convicted thereof before a court of proper jurisdiction is
punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00, or by imprisonment
of not more than ninety (90) days, or both.                             

Article 29 - Washington Suburban Sanitary District

5-102.

(b) (1) The WSSC may not impose or collect a front foot
benefit charge on:

(i) State, county, or municipal buildings or
property;

(ii) Property in the sanitary district that is
connected to or authorized by the WSSC to be connected to a
public water or sewer system operated by a municipality or by a
water or sewer company under the jurisdiction of the Department
of [Health and Mental Hygiene] THE ENVIRONMENT;

(iii) Public parks or playgrounds owned by a
municipality;

(iv) Property or buildings owned by a regularly
organized volunteer fire department that is used for public
purposes; or

(v) Land classed as agricultural that is
actually used for farming or trucking purposes, unless a water or
sewer connection to a line running through or adjacent to the
land is made.

(2) The land that is classified as agricultural is
subject to a front foot assessment for a reasonable frontage, as
determined by the WSSC, not exceeding 300 feet.

8-102.

(d)(1) On completion of any project under this section,
the person constructing the project shall file with the WSSC as a
permanent record a certified copy of the plans in full, showing

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