ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 201

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1996 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

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

Article - Environment

9-621.

[The] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN § 9-629 OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE sanitary
commission is the body that governs a district.

9-622.

(a) (1) The sanitary commission of each single county district consists of the
following numbers of sanitary commissioners, each appointed by the governing body
of the member county:

(i) Allegany County - 7;

(ii) Dorchester County - 5;

(iii) [Garrett County - 5;

(iv)] Kent County - 5;

[(v)] (IV) Somerset County, except as provided in paragraph (2) of
this subsection - 5;

[(vi)] (V) Worcester County - 5; and

[(vii)] (VI) Other counties - 3.

(c) (1) The term of a sanitary commissioner in a single county district is as
follows:

(i) In Dorchester County and Kent County, 6 years expiring on
July 1 of the appropriate year.

(ii) In Allegany County, 6 years expiring on June 1 of the
appropriate year.

(iii) In [Garrett and] Somerset [counties] COUNTY, 6 years
expiring, as required by the terms of the sanitary commissioners on July 1, 1982, on
June 1 or January 1 of the appropriate year.

(iv) In any other county, 6 years expiring on January 1 of the
appropriate year.

9-629.

(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IN ALLEGANY COUNTY AND GARRETT
COUNTY.

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