WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                    Ch. 505

case for trial and notify the defendant and WSSC of the trial
date.

(5) All fines, penalties, or forfeitures collected by
the District Court for WSSC infractions [of WSSC erosion and
sediment control regulations] shall be remitted to WSSC.

(f)  (1) If a person who receives a citation for a WSSC
infraction fails to pay the fine by the date for payment set
forth on the citation and fails to file a notice of the person's
intention to stand trial for the offense, THE WSSC SHALL SEND a
formal notice of the violation [shall be sent] to the person's
last known address.

(2)  If the citation has not been satisfied within 35
days from the date of the notice, the WSSC may request
adjudication of the case through the District Court. The
District Court shall schedule the case for trial and summon the
defendant to appear.

(3)  The defendant's failure to respond to the summons
is contempt of court.

(g)  Adjudication of a WSSC infraction[, as defined in this
section,] is not a criminal conviction for any purpose, nor does
the adjudication impose any of the civil disabilities ordinarily
imposed by a criminal conviction.

(h) In any proceeding for a WSSC infraction before the
District Court, [the District Court shall prosecute] the
violation SHALL BE PROSECUTED in the same manner and to the same
extent provided for municipal infractions in Article 23A, §
3(b)(8) through (15), inclusive, of the Code.

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

4-401.

Except as provided in § 4-402 of this subtitle, and subject
to the venue provisions of Title 6 of this article, the District
Court has exclusive original civil jurisdiction in:

(9) A proceeding for adjudication of:

(i) A municipal infraction as defined in
Article 23A, Section 3(b)(1) of the Code;

(ii) A Commission infraction as defined in
Article 28, § 5-113 of the Code;

(iii) A WSSC infraction as defined in Article
29, § 18-104.1 of the Code, concerning rules and regulations
governing publicly owned watershed property;

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