Ch. 163                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 163
(House Bill 246)

AN ACT concerning

Frederick County - Participation in the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal

Authority

FOR the purpose of authorizing Frederick County to become a participating county in
the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority under certain circumstances;
making stylistic changes; and generally relating to the participation of
Frederick County in the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 3-903(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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

Article - Natural Resources

3-903.

(a) (1) There is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be known as
the "Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority" which is constituted a public
instrumentality of the State of Maryland. The exercise by the Authority of the powers
conferred by this subtitle shall be deemed to be the performance of an essential public
function.

(2)     The Authority was organized and commenced its activities on October
21, 1980, when there were filed with the Secretary of State and the Department of
Legislative Services certified copies of the resolutions of participation of at least two
of the following four counties: Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Baltimore
County, Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and Harford County, Maryland.

(3)     Montgomery County, Maryland, also became a participating county
in the Authority by filing certified copies of a resolution of participation with the
Secretary of State and the Department of Legislative Services, whereupon
Montgomery County, Maryland, had all of the rights, privileges, and powers under
this subtitle that the other participating counties have or may have, including the
power to participate in projects and to enter into contracts with the Authority,
including the contracts relating to the Authority's Southwest Resource Recovery
Facility located in the City of Baltimore, in order to defray and provide for the
Authority's costs of acquiring, constructing, operating, or providing a project,
including debt service requirements of the Authority relating to a project.

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