WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                           Ch. 36

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article 25 - County Commissioners
Section 3(a)(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 25 - County Commissioners
Section 3(t-2)

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

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Business Occupations and Professions

Section 12-301

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1989 Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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

Article 25 - County Commissioners

3.

(a) (1) The county commissioners of each county in this State, in addition to,
but not in substitution of, the powers which have been or may be granted them, have the
following express powers.

(t-2) (1) [The] SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE
County Commissioners of Washington County may adopt by ordinance or resolution a
licensing scheme for:

(I)       [on-site] ON-SITE utility contractors who perform plumbing work
while installing water or sewer service; AND

(II)     SEPTIC SYSTEM INSTALLERS WHO PLACE A SERVICE LINE
BETWEEN A SEPTIC TANK AND A BUILDING BEING SERVED.

(2)      A LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION DOES NOT AUTHORIZE
THE LICENSEE TO DO PLUMBING WORK WITHIN [at least] 5 feet from a building being
served.

(3)      The County Commissioners may set a license fee and may require an
applicant or licensee to provide a performance bond.

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