Ch. 505

LAWS OF MARYLAND

shall bear interest at such rate or rates as the Commission
determines to be advantageous to the Sanitary District and
otherwise in the public interest. The interest on the notes
shall be payable at such time or times on or before the maturity
of the notes as the Commission shall determine. The notes shall
be in such form and shall be executed in such manner as the
Commission shall provide. The notes shall be payable from the
proceeds of the bonds in anticipation of which they are issued;
provided, however, that the Commission, in its discretion, in
lieu of retiring the notes by means of bonds, may retire the
notes from any funds available for the payment of bonds
authorized by this. Act for the project or projects for which the
notes were issued, in which event the maximum amount of bonds
which may be issued under the provisions of this Act shall be
reduced by the amount of the notes so retired.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Commission
may provide in any resolution authorizing issuance of the bonds
that the proceeds of the sale of the bonds or notes may be used
to pay either the first installment, or both the first and second
installments, of interest accruing on the bonds, pending the levy
and collection of the taxes as provided by this Act for the
payment of principal and interest.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved May 14, 1987.

CHAPTER 505

(House Bill 742)

AN ACT concerning

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Erosion and

Sediment Control Regulations - Plumbing, Gasfitting, and

Sewer Cleaning Regulations- Civil Penalties

MC/PG 9A-87

FOR the purpose of permitting the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission (WSSC) to impose certain civil penalties and
fines for violations of the Erosion and Sediment Control
Regulations and the Plumbing, Gasfitting, and Sewer Cleaning
Regulations of the WSSC; repealing certain provisions
relating to the imposition of fines for violation of
provisions requiring written permits in Montgomery and
Prince George's counties; permitting the WSSC to adopt

     certain regulations; specifying that violations of certain

regulations are civil offenses and not criminal

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