ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 288

(2) AN EXTENSION OF PROBATION UNDER THIS SUBSECTION MAY BE
UNSUPERVISED OR SUPERVISED BY THE DIVISION OF PAROLE AND PROBATION.

(C) The court may extend the probation beyond the time allowed under
subsection (a) (B) of this section iff:

(1) the defendant consents in writing; and

(2)] the extension is only for making restitution.

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

Approved May 13, 2003.

CHAPTER 288
(House Bill 278)

AN ACT concerning

Public Drainage Associations and Public Watershed Associations - Fees,
Assessments, and Taxes on Land Owned by a Unit of State or Local

Government

FOR the purpose of requiring that a unit of the State government or a unit of a local
government that owns certain land benefitted or damaged by a public drainage
association or public watershed association pay certain fees, assessments, and
taxes under certain circumstances; and generally relating to fees, assessments,
and taxes on land benefitted or damaged by public drainage associations or
public watershed associations.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 25 - County Commissioners
Section 52 and 169
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 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 25 - County Commissioners

52.

(a) The boards of county commissioners of the several counties in the State of
Maryland shall have jurisdiction, power, and authority to establish public drainage
associations in their respective counties, and to locate and establish ditches, drains,
or canals, and to cause to be constructed, straightened, widened or deepened any
ditch, drain or watercourse for the purpose of establishing and maintaining

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