WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                      Ch. 15

CHAPTER 15

(Senate Bill 84)

AN ACT concerning

Dorchester County - Public Dock Regulation

FOR the purpose of authorizing the County Commissioners of
Dorchester County to adopt regulations concerning the
operation and maintenance of certain public harbor
facilities; authorizing the County Commissioners to impose
certain penalties for certain violations; and generally
relating to regulation of public harbor facilities in
Dorchester County.

BY adding to

Article 25 - County Commissioners

Section 11C-1

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 25 - County Commissioners

11C-1.

(A)  THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DORCHESTER COUNTY MAY ADOPT
REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF PUBLIC
DOCKS, PIERS, WHARVES, AND HARBOR FACILITIES OWNED OR LEASED BY
THE COUNTY.

(B)  THE REGULATIONS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY
INCLUDE PROVISIONS FOR PERMITS, BERTHS, MOORING, SWIMMING, TRASH
DISPOSAL AND REMOVAL, AND SUNKEN VESSELS.

(C)  THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ADOPT PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATIONS OF THESE REGULATIONS, INCLUDING FINES OF UP TO $500,
IMPRISONMENT OF UP TO 6 MONTHS, OR BOTH.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved April 11, 1989.

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