WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 647

Article - State Government

8-403.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this
section, on or before July 1, 1992, an evaluation shall be made
of the following governmental activities or units and the
statutes and regulations that relate to the governmental
activities or units:

(14) State Board of [Commissioners of Practical]
Plumbing (Article [56] 56A, § [449] 3-201 of the Code);

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 3-23
of Article 7 — Carroll County of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 3-23(a).

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 444(b)
of Article 56 - Licenses of the Annotated Code of Maryland, be
repealed and reenacted, with amendments, and transferred to be
Section 3-23(b) of the Public Local Laws of Carroll County,
Article 7 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland, and to be Section
2-13-21A of the Public Local Laws of Frederick County, Article 11
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, to read as follows:

Article 7 - Carroll County

[444] 3-23.

(b) For Carroll [and Frederick counties] COUNTY, the
regulations shall require that all utility work, meaning the
installation of waterlines, sanitary sewers, storm drainage and
related appurtenances, done from the property line of any
property to a point not less than five feet from the foundation
wall of any building or structure on the property shall be
performed only under a valid permit and by a utility contractor
who is licensed under [the provisions of] ARTICLE 56, § 180 [of
this article] or by a [registered] LICENSED master plumber. The
provisions of this [section] SUBSECTION shall prevail,
notwithstanding any other provisions of law.

Article 11 - Frederick County

[444] 2-13-21A.

[(b)] For [Carroll and] Frederick [counties] COUNTY, the
regulations shall require that all utility work, meaning the
installation of waterlines, sanitary sewers, storm drainage and
related appurtenances, done from the property line of any
property to a point not less than five feet from the foundation
wall of any building or structure on the property shall be
performed only under a valid permit and by a utility contractor

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