Ch. 476                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY adding to

Article - State Government
Section 12-103.2
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume)

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

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

255B.

(a) (4) (i) The nonprofit organization that conducts a raffle or operates a
game of bingo shall keep accurate books and records of all transactions occurring on
behalf of the raffle or game of bingo.

(ii) The books and records shall be kept available for examination for 2
years following the game of bingo or raffle that is recorded, and on request, shall be made
available for examination by:

1.       The Montgomery County State's Attorney;

2.       The Montgomery County Sheriff;

3.       The Montgomery County Department of Health AND
HUMAN SERVICES;

4.       The county attorney for Montgomery County;

5.       The Department of State Police; or

6.       Any designated officer or agent of the State and local
government offices and agencies enumerated in this subparagraph.

Article 29—Washington Suburban Sanitary District

5-102.

(c) The WSSC may suspend the imposition and collection of a front foot benefit
assessment;

(1) For any property that is otherwise assessable with respect to a sanitary
sewer line if, in the WSSC's judgment, the property cannot obtain service from the sewer
pipe upon which the benefit would be based;

(2) For water main construction when the owner of the property that is
otherwise subject to the assessment is not permitted to connect to the water main;

(i) By the WSSC because of a finding by the WSSC that there is an
absence of a sanitary sewer and the extension of an improved sewage system is not
reasonably feasible; and

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