S.B. 893

VETOES

(VI) AN EMPLOYEE OF THE MARYLAND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE
WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE PENSION SYSTEM ON JUNE 30, 1993 OR TRANSFERS FROM
THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1993.

Article - Natural Resources

1-104.

(j) The Secretary may exercise or perform any power, duty, responsibility, or
function which any of the following units, or their successors, may exercise or perform:
the Maryland Geological Survey, the Wildlife Administration, the Natural Resources
Police Force, the Forest and Park Service, the Water Resource Administration, [the
Maryland Environmental Service,] the Energy Administration, and the Tidewater
Administration.

3-101.

(a)     In this subtitle, the following words and terms have the meanings indicated.

(b)     "BOARD" MEANS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MARYLAND
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE.

(B-1) "Bonds" means all bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the Service
other than notes, whether general or limited obligations of the Service.

(c)  "Cost" as applied to a water supply project, a solid waste disposal project, a
wastewater purification project, a service area, a service district, or to any activity
undertaken by the Service, includes: (1) the cost of construction or acquisition, including
the purchase price of any existing project or the cost of acquiring all or any portion of the
right, title, or interest in the project and the amount to be paid to discharge all obligations
necessary to vest title to the project or any part of it in the Service or other owner; (2) the
cost of any reconstruction, extension, enlargement, alteration, repair, or improvement; (3)
the cost of all lands, properties, rights, easements, interests, franchises, and permits
acquired; (4) the cost of all labor, machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest
prior to and during construction and for such period after completion of construction as
the Service deems appropriate; (5) the cost of revenue estimates, engineering and legal
services, plans, designs, specifications, surveys, investigations, demonstrations, studies,
estimates of cost, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or
practicability of any such acquisition, improvement, or construction; (6) administrative
AND OVERHEAD expenses, and [other] ALL expenses necessary or incidental to the
financing herein authorized, and to the acquisition, operation, maintenance,
improvement, construction of water supply, liquid and solid waste project facilities, and
the placing of these project facilities in operation, including reasonable provision for
working capital; (7) reserves for principal and interest and for extensions, enlargements,
additions and improvements. Any obligation or expense incurred prior to the issuance of
bonds or notes under the provisions of this title in connection with the foregoing items of
cost may be regarded as a part of such costs.

(d)     The word "county" includes Baltimore City unless otherwise indicated.

(e)     "Director" means Director of the Maryland Environmental Service.

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