PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 658

of the project; authorizing the Board of County Commissioners to establish and levy
a certain benefit charge; and generally relating to road construction districts in Cecil
County.

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of Cecil County

Section 75-12 to be under the new article "Article III Road Construction Districts"

Article 8 - Public Local Laws of Maryland

(1989 Edition and August 1995 Supplement, as amended)

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

Article 8 - Cecil County

ARTICLE III

ROAD CONSTRUCTION DISTRICTS
75-12.

A.      IF AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF PROPERTY OWNERS IN A PROPOSED ROAD
CONSTRUCTION DISTRICT PRESENT A WRITTEN PETITION TO THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REQUESTING THE CREATION OF A ROAD CONSTRUCTION
DISTRICT FOR' ROAD CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR PROJECTS, THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY, BY ORDINANCE, ESTABLISH A ROAD
CONSTRUCTION DISTRICT.

B.       (1) ON RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN PETITION UNDER SUBSECTION A OF
THIS SECTION, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC
HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PETITION.

(2)     NOTICE OF THE TIME AND LOCATION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING
SHALL BE PROVIDED BY:

(A)     FIRST-CLASS MAIL TO EACH OWNER OF PROPERTY WITHIN
THE PROPOSED ROAD CONSTRUCTION DISTRICT, AT THE ADDRESS LISTED ON THE
ASSESSMENT RECORDS; AND

(B)     NOTICE IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE
COUNTY FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS.

(3)     AT A PUBLIC HEARING CONDUCTED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION, THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL DETERMINE:

(A)    THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND ADVISE THE PROPERTY
OWNERS OF THE APPROXIMATE COST AND ESTIMATED INDIVIDUAL LEVIES FOR
THE PROJECT;

(B)     THE FEASIBILITY OF INCLUDING THE ROAD INTO THE COUNTY
ROAD SYSTEM AND TO ASSUME THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR PROJECT;

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