Ch. 275                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Approved May 2, 1994.

CHAPTER 275
(House Bill 475)

AN ACT concerning

Frederick County - Recycling Bins - Scavenging

FOR the purpose of authorizing the County Commissioners of Frederick County to
prohibit the unauthorized removal of any material from a container placed in
Frederick County for the collection of material for recycling; providing that the
County Commissioners may establish a civil penalty, not exceeding a specified
amount, for a violation of an ordinance adopted under this Act; and generally
relating to regulation against scavenging recyclable material in Frederick County.

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of Frederick County

Section 2-11-12

Article 11 - Public Local Laws of Maryland

(1979 Edition and August 1993 Supplement, as amended)

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

Article 11 - Frederick County

2-11-12.

(A)     THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, BY ORDINANCE, MAY
PROHIBIT THE UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL OF ANY MATERIAL FROM A BIN OR
OTHER CONTAINER PLACED IN FREDERICK COUNTY FOR THE COLLECTION OF ANY
MATERIAL FOR RECYCLING.

(B)     THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ESTABLISH A CIVIL
PENALTY IN AN ORDINANCE ADOPTED UNDER THIS SECTION, NOT EXCEEDING
$1,000 PER VIOLATION, AND ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE ORDINANCE SHALL BE
SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

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