WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 298

(A)  THE SECRETARY SHALL ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO
ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(B)  A PERSON WHO VIOLATES ANY PROVISION OF § 24-502(B) OR §
24-503(A) OF THIS SUBTITLE IS SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF $25.

24-505.

THIS (A) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS
SECTION, THIS SUBTITLE DOES NOT PROHIBIT ANY COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL-
CORPORATION OF THE STATE FROM ENACTING AN ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION,
LAW, OR RULE THAT IS MORE STRINGENT THAN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBTITLE.                                                     

(B) CHARLES COUNTY AND ST. MARY'S COUNTY MAY NOT ENACT AN
ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, LAW, OR RULE THAT IS MORE STRINGENT THAT
THAN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 17, 1988.

CHAPTER 298
(Senate Bill 343)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Controlled Hazardous
Substance Cleanup Loan of 1988

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt in
the amount of $3,000,000, the proceeds to be credited to the
State Hazardous Substance Control Fund and used for certain
costs of removal, restoration, or remedial action in
response to a release or threatened release of any
controlled hazardous substance and for the State share
mandated under § 104(c)(3) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980; and providing generally for the issuance and sale of
bonds evidencing the loan.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(1) The Board of Public Works may borrow money and incur
indebtedness on behalf of the State of Maryland through a State

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