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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 601
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eliminates the requirements of the law for the approval of the Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene in the construction and maintenance of the facilities. No private
sewerage, water or drainage systems or extensions [thereof] OF THE SYSTEMS
authorized by this section shall be approved if the construction and operation of
[such] THE system or systems will cause water pollution endangering the water
supply of any municipality or other public agency or private utility corporation
supplying water and sewer services in Carroll County. If a private system approved
under the authority [hereof] OF THIS TITLE causes [such] pollution, then the County
is authorized to require [such] modifications as may be necessary to eliminate
[such] THE pollution and to take [such] other legal steps as may be necessary to
enforce its orders eliminating the nuisance of water pollution.
SUBTITLE 4. INSPECTIONS.
[15-10.] 14-401. Employees right of entry.
Any employee or agent of the County has the right of entry, at all reasonable
hours, upon any private premises and into any building in the service area while in
pursuit of his official duties, after reasonable notice and upon reasonable notice and
first presenting proper credentials from the Board. The Board or the County's agent
or employees may order and require [such] changes in plumbing, water usage,
drainage or water or sewer connections as it deems necessary to eliminate leakage,
loss of water, unnecessary or improper use of sewers. The Board shall exercise control
of the water supply at all times and in case of shortage of water or, for any other
reason, the Board, in the exercise of its discretion, may determine that the water
supply should be conserved. The consumers, upon notice from the County, its agents
or employees, or upon notice published in one newspaper published in Carroll County
for one insertion, shall comply with any order passed by the Board to conserve the
water supply. In addition to any other penalty [herein] prescribed IN THIS TITLE, the
County may turn off the water supply of any person violating [such an] THE order at
any time without further notice. Any unreasonable restraint or hindrance offered by
any owner, tenant, or agent or any other person, to the right of entry in this section
provided or any violation of any order issued [pursuant to] UNDER this section is a
misdemeanor punishable under [Section 15-24] § 14-801 of this [subtitle] TITLE.
Nothing in this section is applicable within any municipality or to any water and
sewerage system operated by a municipality unless authorized [in accordance with
Section 15-3] UNDER § 14-106 of this [subtitle] TITLE.
[15-11.] 14-402. Entry upon public way.
The Board may enter upon and excavate any State or county street, road, or
way, or any other public highway within the service area, for the purpose of installing,
maintaining, and operating the water, sewerage, or drainage systems provided for
under this [subtitle] TITLE[; and it]. THE BOARD may construct in any [such] street,
road, way, or public highway, a water main, sewer, or drain or any appurtenances
[thereof], without the receipt of a permit or the payment of a charge; provided that
whenever any State or county highway within the service area is to be disturbed the
public authority having control [thereof] shall be duly notified; and provided further,
that the highway shall be repaired and left by the Board in the same condition or in
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