Ch. 217                                     1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2)      THE PUBLIC SAFETY IDENTIFICATION LIGHT SIGNAL SHALL BE
LOCATED SO THAT IT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE VISIBILITY OF THE VESSEL'S
NAVIGATION LIGHTS.

(3)      THE PUBLIC SAFETY IDENTIFICATION LIGHT SIGNAL MAY BE USED
ONLY AS AN IDENTIFICATION LIGHT SIGNAL AND DOES NOT CONVEY ANY SPECIAL
PRIVILEGE TO THE VESSEL DISPLAYING THE LIGHT SIGNAL.

(4)      AN INDIVIDUAL ON A VESSEL USING THE PUBLIC SAFETY
IDENTIFICATION LIGHT SIGNAL DURING PUBLIC SAFETY ACTIVITIES SHALL COMPLY
WITH THE INLAND NAVIGATION RULES ADOPTED BY THE UNITED STATES COAST
GUARD AND MAY NOT PRESUME THAT THE LIGHT OR THE ACTIVITY GIVES THE
VESSEL PRECEDENCE OR RIGHT-OF-WAY.

(d) A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor
and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993 June 1. 1993.

Approved May 11, 1993.                                                                     

CHAPTER 217
(Senate Bill 189)

AN ACT concerning

Dorchester County - Economic Development - County Tax Exemptions

FOR the purpose of authorizing the County Commissioners of Dorchester' County to
exempt electric power plants from County property taxes for a certain period;
altering the purpose and time period for which certain tax exemptions may be
granted; authorizing the County Commissioners to enter certain contracts;
providing that certain contracts bind current and future County Commissioners;
deleting an obsolete reference to certain contracts entered before a certain date;
making stylistic changes; and generally relating to the authority of the County
Commissioners to grant certain tax exemptions to encourage the location or
expansion of certain facilities in Dorchester County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
The Public Local Laws of Dorchester County
Section 10-23

Article 10 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1984 Edition and October, 1992 Supplement, as amended)             

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Tax - Property
Section 9-311(c)

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