Ch. 647

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Board of Practical Plumbing, to conform to Art. 56A, §
3-201.

Similarly, the word "licens[e]" is substituted for the
former words "certificates", with reference to
authorization issued by the State Board.

The first sentence of former Art. 56, § 455 now
appears as Art. 56A, § 3-103 of the Code.

9-101.

(a)  (1) Except as otherwise provided by this article, the
WSSC may adopt rules and regulations to carry out the provisions
of this article and any other laws the enforcement and
administration of which is vested in the WSSC.

(2) The WSSC may:

(i) Limit or regulate the use and supply of
water service and sanitary sewer service on a temporary basis in
any area or to any premises served by the WSSC's facilities, as
the needs of the occasion and the protection of the WSSC's
systems require;

(ii) Adopt rules and regulations not
inconsistent with law that the WSSC considers necessary for the
public safety, health, comfort, or convenience in the
construction, operation, maintenance, expansion, relocation,
replacement, renovation, and repair of the WSSC's water system
and sanitary sewer system; and

(iii) Fix the forms of permits and specify the
nature, type, and amount of information, detail, and engineering
data that a person must submit to the WSSC for any permit
authorized or required by this article.

(b)  Except for the immediate preservation of the public
health and safety or for emergency provisions required to protect
the WSSC's systems, the WSSC shall publish separate notices of
any new rules and regulations which are authorized by this
section at least 30 days before their effective date in at least
1 newspaper published in each county.

(c)  Any rule or regulation adopted by the WSSC under this
section has the force and authority of law.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 457 of
Article 56 - Licenses of the Annotated Code of Maryland, be
repealed and reenacted, with amendments, and transferred to be
Section 23-8(3) of the Public Local Laws of Baltimore County,
Article 3 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, to read
as follows:

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