WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                        H.B. 483

commissioners abolish certain entities, the county commissioners exercise certain
powers; authorizing the county commissioners of a code home rule county, subject
to a certain condition, to enter into an agreement under the terms of which a
municipal corporation or local community will assume responsibility for water or
sewerage services; requiring the agreement to meet certain requirements; protecting
certain employees' benefits; requiring that certain revenues remain dedicated for
certain purposes; defining certain terms; and generally relating to the authority of
the county commissioners of a code home rule county to establish a department of
public facilities and services, abolish a water or sewer authority or sanitary district
or commission, transfer to a municipal corporation certain responsibilities and
otherwise provide certain water and sewerage services.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article 25B - Home Rule for Code Counties
Section 1(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 25B - Home Rule for Code Counties

Section 13E and 13E-1

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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

Article 25B - Home Rule for Code Counties

(a) "Code county" (as defined in Article XI-F of the Constitution, § 1) means a
county which is not a charter county under Article XI-A of the Constitution and which
has adopted the optional powers of home rule provided in Article XI-F of the
Constitution and this article.

13E.

(A)     IN THIS SECTION, "DEPARTMENT" MEANS A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
FACILITIES AND SERVICES.

(B)     THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF A CODE COUNTY, BY PUBLIC LOCAL
LAW, MAY:

(1)      ESTABLISH A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES;
AND

(2)      PROVIDE FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE
DEPARTMENT.

(C)     THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ASSIGN TO THE DEPARTMENT:

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