ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 240

(d) (1) This section does not authorize the Department to adopt
environmental noise standards, sound level limits, or noise control rules and
regulations that apply to noise from:

(i) Construction or repair work on public property; [or]

(ii) Fire or rescue station alerting devices; OR

(III) 1. IN FREDERICK COUNTY OR FREDERICK CITY:

1. A COUNTY FAIR LISTED IN THE MARYLAND
AGRICULTURAL FAIRS AND SHOWS SCHEDULE THAT IS MAINTAINED BY THE
MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL FAIR BOARD; AND OR

2. ANY OTHER EVENT HELD ON THE SAME GROUNDS OF THE
COUNTY AS A FAIR UNDER ITEM 1 OF THIS ITEM.

(2) Noise control rules and regulations that apply to Department of
Transportation facilities shall be adopted jointly by the Department of Transportation
and the Department of the Environment.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 2003.

Approved May 13, 2003.

CHAPTER 240
(Senate Bill 363)

AN ACT concerning

Criminal Procedure - DNA Testing—Offender Sample Collection, Technology
Fund, and Preservation of Evidence - Postconviction Review and Felony

Convictions —Extension

FOR the purpose of extending the termination date, subject to a certain contingency,
of certain provisions of law relating to the collection of certain DNA samples of
certain convicted persons, the administration of a DNA Technology Fund, and
the preservation of certain scientific identification evidence for a certain period;
increasing the amount of a certain award of a certain grant used to implement
the provisions of a certain Act as a contingency altering provisions of law
relating to DNA testing of certain persons convicted of certain crimes by
providing that any person convicted of a felony or certain misdemeanors on or
before a certain date shall submit a DNA sample to the Department of State
Police under certain circumstances; authorizing a certain individual designated
by the Secretary of State Police to collect DNA samples; establishing a DNA
Technology Fund to assist the Department of State Police and local law
enforcement agencies in acquiring DNA technology equipment needed for DNA
testing; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime

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