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(b)     Payments to a member for the expenses described in subsection (a) of this
section shall be paid in 12 equal monthly installments.

(c)     Subject to the approval of the Board, a member may be reimbursed for
additional travel and other expenses.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1997.

Approved May 22, 1997.

CHAPTER 579
(Senate Bill 324)

AN ACT concerning

Department of the Environment - Annual Enforcement Reports

FOR the purpose of requiring the Secretary of the Environment to submit to the
Legislative Policy Committee a certain report on certain enforcement activities by a
certain date each year; specifying the requirements for the report; requiring the
Department to make the report available to the public as of a certain date each
year; and generally relating to the annual reporting of enforcement activities by the
Department of the Environment.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Environment
Section 1-301

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

Article - Environment

1-301.

(a)     The Secretary shall carry out and enforce the provisions of this article and the
rules and regulations adopted under this article.

(b)     The Secretary may delegate duties, powers, and functions as provided in this
article to a health officer for a county or to another county official authorized to
administer and enforce environmental laws.

(c)     In those counties where a county official other than the health officer is
authorized to administer and enforce State environmental laws under this section, the
county shall establish minimum qualifications for that county official that include
standards of education and experience related to environmental issues.

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