Ch. 37

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(C)  A DRAINAGE FACILITIES DISTRICT MAY BE CREATED BY THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING AT WHICH TIME THE
RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS WITHIN THE PROPOSED DRAINAGE FACILITIES
DISTRICT SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.

(D)  NOTICE OF THE HEARING SHALL BE PUBLISHED AT LEAST ONCE
IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE AREA WHERE THE
PROPOSED DRAINAGE FACILITIES DISTRICT IS TO BE LOCATED.

(E)  FOLLOWING THE HEARING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY
ESTABLISH THE DRAINAGE FACILITIES DISTRICT AND LEVY ON ALL
PROPERTY THAT IS SUBJECT TO ORDINARY COUNTY TAXES AND LOCATED
WITHIN THE DISTRICT AD VALOREM TAXES AT A RATE SUFFICIENT TO PAY
A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD TO RECOVER THE COSTS
OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE DRAINAGE FACILITIES.

(F)  ALL SUCH TAXES SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE LEVIED IN
THE SAME MANNER, UPON THE SAME ASSESSMENTS, FOR THE SAME PERIOD
OR PERIODS, AND AS OF THE SAME DATE OR DATES OF FINALITY AS ARE
PRESCRIBED BY LAW.

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

Approved April 11, 1989.

CHAPTER 37

(Senate Bill 246)

AN ACT concerning

Fish Traps - Hedging Twine Size

FOR the purpose of requiring hedging and leads used for trap
nets, pound nets, and fyke nets to be constructed from
certain materials.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 4-710(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

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

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