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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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H.B. 685
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20-302.
The Secretary OR A LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER [shall] MAY investigate [all
nuisances] A SUSPECTED NUISANCE [that affect the public health] and devise means
for the control of [these nuisances] THE NUISANCE.
20-305.
The Secretary OR A LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER may bring an action to enjoin any
person from committing any nuisance subject to this subtitle.
20-306.
(a) The health officer for each county:
(1) May investigate any [condition in the county that is dangerous to
human health] SUSPECTED NUISANCE; and
(2) Shall investigate and report on the sanitary conditions of schools,
places of business, and places of employment in the county
[(b) Except in Baltimore County, on the written complaint of a physician or of
at least 2 persons who claim to be affected by the condition, the health officer for the
county where the condition allegedly exists immediately shall investigate any
complaint that any of the following is in a condition dangerous to human health:
(1) Any watercourse, well, spring, open ditch, gutter, cesspool, drain,
outhouse, pigpen, or other place.
(2) Any accumulation or deposit of any substance.]
[(c)] (B) (1) If the health officer finds that [the condition of the place or
thing investigated may injure the life or health of any person, the place or thing is in
a state of nuisance and] A NUISANCE EXISTS, the health officer shall serve a written
notice to the person who is causing the nuisance, ordering the person to abate the
nuisance within a time specified in the notice.
(2) THE NOTICE SHALL BE SERVED:
(I) ON THE PERSON WHO IS CAUSING THE NUISANCE; OR
(II) IF THE PERSON WHO IS CAUSING THE NUISANCE CANNOT BE
FOUND, ON THE OWNER OR OCCUPANT OF THE PROPERTY WHERE THE NUISANCE
EXISTS.
[(d)] (C) [A person may not refuse or neglect] FAILURE to comply with the
requirements of a notice served under this section IS A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBTITLE.
[(e)] (D) If a question arises between health officers as to the jurisdiction or
duties of a health officer in the abatement of [any unhealthy] A nuisance, the
question shall be referred to the Secretary[, who shall settle the question] FOR
RESOLUTION.
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