Maryland Statutes
Environment
Title 9 - Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities

Section 9-204 - Installing, Altering, or Extending Water Supply Systems, Sewerage Systems, or Refuse Disposal Systems - (a) This section applies to any water supply system, sewerage...

Section 9-204.1 - Installing, Altering, or Extending Incinerators - The Secretary may not issue a permit to install, materially...

Section 9-204.2 - Installing, Altering, or Extending Landfill Systems - (a) In addition to the requirements of § 9-204 of...

Section 9-205 - Submitting Plans for Existing Water Supply System, Sewerage System, or Refuse Disposal System for Public Use - (a) In this section, “authority” means a water, sewerage, or...

Section 9-206 - Water Supply Systems and Sewerage Systems for Subdivisions - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 9-207 - Secretary to Help Counties, Municipal Corporations, and Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - (a) In this section, “basic main facility”: (1) Includes: (i)...

Section 9-208 - Secretary to Advise Persons and Businesses - (a) On request, the Secretary shall consult with and advise...

Section 9-209 - Landfill Systems -- Hearings - (a) The applicant shall give notice of the application, the...

Section 9-210 - Landfill Systems -- Prerequisites for Issuance of Permit - (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this...

Section 9-211 - Landfills, Incinerators, and Transfer Stations; Requirements for Security - (a) (1) Except for a sanitary landfill that is subject...

Section 9-211.1 - Regulations Governing Financial Assurance for Sanitary Landfills Accepting Municipal Solid Waste - (a) (1) The Department shall adopt regulations governing financial assurance...

Section 9-212 - Landfill Systems -- Option to Purchase - (a) (1) As a condition precedent to the issuance by...

Section 9-212.1 - Landfill Systems -- Denial of Permit to Nongovernmental Person - The Department may deny an application for a permit for...

Section 9-213 - Landfill Systems -- Term of Permit - (a) A permit for a landfill system expires on the...

Section 9-214 - Landfill Systems -- Revoking or Refusing to Renew Permit - The Department may refuse to renew a permit for a...

Section 9-215 - Landfill Systems -- Closing and Covering When Operations End - (a) When landfill operations end, the holder of a permit...

Section 9-216 - Permitted Use of Certain Sewage Disposal Systems in Coastal Plain Physiographic Province - (a) In the coastal plain physiographic province of this State,...

Section 9-217 - Testing and Evaluating Lots for On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Notwithstanding any provision of this title or any regulation of...

Section 9-217.2 - Licensing Requirement for Inspecting On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems -- Adoption of Regulations -- Licensing Application -- Penalty for Violations -- Additional Requirements Authorized - (a) In this section, “license holder” means an individual who...

Section 9-218 - Sanitary Facilities Fund; Funding of Planning - (a) There is a Sanitary Facilities Fund. (b) The Department...

Section 9-219 - Appropriation of Federal or Other Funds for Sewerage Systems, Collector Lines, or Facilities in Patuxent River Watershed - (a) This section does not apply if the State would...

Section 9-220 - Order by Secretary if Water Supply System, Sewerage System, or Refuse Disposal System Is Inefficient; Action by Secretary if Results Are Not Produced - (a) The Secretary shall order the owner or person in...

Section 9-221 - Order to Alter, Extend, or Install Water Supply System, Sewerage System, or Refuse Disposal System; Powers of Health Officer - (a) If, after investigation, the Department determines that any water...

Section 9-222 - Secretary May Order Installation of Public Water Supply System, Public Sewerage System, or Refuse Disposal System - (a) The Secretary may issue an order under subsection (b)...

Section 9-223 - Connecting Property With Water Supply System or Sewerage System; Use of Private Sewage Disposal System; Privies and Shallow Wells for Certain Religious Groups - (a) If a water supply system that serves the public...

Section 9-223.1 - Compliance With Detectable Wire Requirements for Connections to Water Supply or Sewerage Systems - Any new or replacement piping that is buried or installed...

Section 9-224 - Waste Disposal at and Water Pollution From Industrial Establishments - (a) On request of the Secretary, the owner or operator...

Section 9-225 - Landfill Near Hospital Prohibited - Unless a person applied for the permit before October 1,...

Section 9-226 - Certificate of Public Necessity Required for Hazardous Waste Landfill System - If a landfill system for hazardous wastes does not qualify...

Section 9-227 - Infectious Waste in Landfill System Prohibited - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 9-228 - Scrap Tires -- Storage, Recycling, and Disposal - (a) In this section, “approved facility” means a facility located...

Section 9-228.1 - Documents Under Oath - (a) A requirement in this subtitle that a document be...

Section 9-229 - Documents Under Oath -- Action by Secretary - (a) Unless the Secretary determines that a removal and remedial...

Part III - Sewage Sludge

Section 9-230 - Regulations of Department - (a) (1) The Department of the Environment shall adopt regulations...

Section 9-231 - Permit Required - (a) A person shall have a sewage sludge utilization permit...

Section 9-232 - Application for Permit - (a) An applicant for a sewage sludge utilization permit shall:...

Section 9-233 - Compliance With County Requirements; Approval of Governing Body - The Department may not issue a permit to install, materially...

Section 9-234 - Notices, Hearings, and Public Information Meetings Required - (a) When the Department receives an application for a permit...

Section 9-234.1 - Hearing Prior to Issuance, Amendment, or Renewal of Permit - (a) This section does not apply to the storage or...

Section 9-235 - Notice to Local Health Officials and Soil Conservation Districts - The Department shall send to the local health official and...

Section 9-236 - Issuance of Permit - The Department shall issue a sewage sludge utilization permit to...

Section 9-237 - Scope of Permit; Return of Sewage Sludge to Generator - (a) A sewage sludge utilization permit authorizes the permit holder...

Section 9-238 - Term and Renewal of Permit -- in General - (a) A sewage sludge utilization permit expires on the date...

Section 9-239 - Term and Renewal of Permit -- Permits in Effect on July 1, 1984 - A sewage sludge utilization permit in effect on July 1,...

Section 9-240 - Maintaining Bond or Other Security; Complying With Requirements - To keep a sewage sludge utilization permit, a person shall:...

Section 9-241 - Records Maintained by Department - To allow the public to identify every permit that the...

Section 9-242 - Permit Holder to Keep Records and Furnish Information - The Department shall require each holder of a sewage sludge...

Section 9-243 - Inspection of Sewage Sludge Utilization Sites; Stop Work Orders; Authority of Local Health Officials - (a) To enforce this Part III of this subtitle and...

Section 9-244 - Credit of Fees to Maryland Clean Water Fund - The Department shall credit all sewage sludge generator’s fees, permit...

Section 9-245 - Denial of Permit - The Department shall deny an application for a sewage sludge...

Section 9-246 - Suspension, Revocation, and Modification of Permit; Refusal to Renew Permit - (a) The Department may suspend, revoke, or modify a sewage...

Section 9-247 - Standing to Sue or Intervene - (a) Any person who owns land that adjoins land for...

Section 9-248 - Injunctions - In addition to any other remedy authorized under this subtitle,...

Section 9-249 - Utilizing Sewage Sludge Without a Permit - A person may not utilize sewage sludge in this State...

Part IV - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 9-252 - Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Secretary - (a) (1) To prevent or correct pollution of the waters...

Section 9-253 - Secretary Designated as State Water Pollution Control Agency - (a) For purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,...

Section 9-254 - Employment of Experts, Engineers, and Assistants - Within the limits in the State budget, the Secretary may...

Section 9-255 - Tests of Water and Wastewater - The Department of the Environment and the Department of Natural...

Section 9-256 - Raising Funds on Order of Secretary - (a) If the Secretary serves an order on the State...

Section 9-257 - Water or Ice From Dangerous Source; Mandatory and Remedial Orders - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section:...

Section 9-260 - Minimum Size for Lots and Parcels Having Multiple Bedroom Facilities in Garrett County - If any lot or parcel of land in Garrett County...

Section 9-261 - Record Keeping; Right of Entry of Representative of Secretary; Injunctive Action - (a) The following sanitary districts and persons shall keep any...

Section 9-262 - Revocation Of, Changes To, and Expiration of Permits Issued by Secretary - (a) This section does not apply to the expiration, revocation,...

Section 9-263 - Judicial Review - Any county, municipality, legally constituted water, sewerage or sanitary district,...

Part V - Penalties

Section 9-267 - Violations of 9-227(b) - The provisions of §§ 7-256 through 7-268 of this article...

Section 9-268 - Penalty for Violation of Subtitle, Regulations, Etc - Except for violations of Part III of this subtitle and...

Section 9-268.1 - Violation of 9-228 - (a) In addition to other penalties authorized under this subtitle:...

Section 9-269 - Penalties for Violation of Part Iii of This Subtitle, Regulations, Etc - (a) (1) A person who violates any provision of Part...

Section 9-270 - Penalties for Violation of Part Iii of This Subtitle, Regulations, Etc. -- Sewage Treatment Plant - (a) If, by violating any applicable statute, regulation, or permit...

Part VI - State Used Tire Cleanup and Recycling Fund

Section 9-273 - Established - There is a State Used Tire Cleanup and Recycling Fund.

Section 9-274 - Source of Moneys - (a) The State Used Tire Cleanup and Recycling Fund shall...

Section 9-275 - Application of Fund - (a) For fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter,...

Section 9-276 - Reimbursement of Costs - (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section,...

Section 9-277 - Regulations - (a) With the approval of the Board of Public Works,...

Section 9-278 - Financial Assistance - (a) To the extent not inconsistent with this subtitle, a...

Part VII - State Coal Combustion By-Products Management Fund

Section 9-281 - Definitions - (a) In this part the following words have the meanings...

Section 9-282 - Fund - (a) There is a State Coal Combustion By–Products Management Fund....

Section 9-283 - Fees for Coal Combustion By-Products - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...

Section 9-284 - Use of Money - The Department shall use money in the Fund solely to...

Section 9-285 - Report to General Assembly - Beginning November 1, 2010, the Department shall report each year...

Section 9-286 - Regulations - The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out this part.

Part VIII - Coal Combustion By-Products

Section 9-289 - Regulations - (a) (1) In this part, “coal combustion by–product” means the...

Section 9-290 - Permit to Install New Refuse Disposal System - The Department may not issue a permit under this title...

Subtitle 3 - Water Pollution Control

Part I - Definitions; General Provisions

Section 9-301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 9-302 - Legislative Policy - (a) The purpose of this subtitle is to establish effective...

Section 9-303 - Construction - This subtitle does not take away the right of any...

Section 9-303.1 - Use of Reclaimed Water - (a) The Department shall encourage the use of reclaimed water...

Part II - Water Science Advisory Board

Section 9-305 - Board Established - There is a Water Science Advisory Board.

Section 9-306 - Membership - (a) (1) The Board consists of 9 members appointed by...

Section 9-307 - Officers - From among the Board members, the Governor shall appoint a...

Section 9-308 - Board Secretary - (a) The Governor shall appoint a Board secretary. (b) The...

Section 9-309 - Meetings; Compensation - (a) The Board shall meet at the times and places...

Section 9-310 - Purpose of Board - The purpose of the Board is to provide State water...

Part III - Powers and Duties of Department

Section 9-313 - Rules and Regulations -- in General - (a) The Department may adopt rules and regulations to carry...

Section 9-314 - Rules and Regulations -- Water Quality Standards and Effluent Standards - (a) The Department may adopt rules and regulations that set,...

Section 9-315 - Rules and Regulations -- Procedural Rules and Regulations - Except as provided in § 4-405 of this article, the...

Section 9-316 - Rules and Regulations -- Procedures for Adoption - (a) The Department may not adopt any rule or regulation...

Section 9-317 - Annual Report - The Department shall publish annually on its Web site the...

Section 9-318 - Training of Personnel - (a) The Department may cooperate with any appropriate agency to...

Section 9-319 - Miscellaneous Powers and Duties - (a) In addition to the powers and duties set forth...

Section 9-320 - Maryland Clean Water Fund - (a) There is a Maryland Clean Water Fund. (b) The...

Section 9-321 - Monitoring Program - The Secretary of the Environment and the Secretary of Natural...

Section 9-321.1 - Water Quality Standards for Concentrations of Tributyltin - (a) The definitions in § 5-901 of the Agriculture Article...

Section 9-321.2 - Regulation of Closed Swimming Lake - (a) In this section, “closed swimming lake” means a body...

Part IV - Discharge Permits

Section 9-322 - Discharge of Pollutants Prohibited; Exceptions - Except as provided in this subtitle and Title 4, Subtitle...

Section 9-323 - Discharge Permit Required - (a) (1) A person shall hold a discharge permit issued...

Section 9-324 - Issuance of Discharge Permit - (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Department...

Section 9-325 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Discharge Permits - (a) (1) The Department may adopt rules and regulations that...

Section 9-326 - Conditions on Discharge Permits - (a) (1) The Department may make the issuance of a...

Section 9-327 - Refusal of Permit - The Department may refuse to issue a discharge permit if:...

Section 9-328 - Term and Renewal of Discharge Permits - (a) (1) Unless it is renewed for another term, a...

Section 9-329 - Chlorine Systems - (a) Except as otherwise prohibited in subsection (b) of this...

Section 9-329.1 - Chlorine Systems -- Publicly or Privately Owned Sewage Treatment Plants - (a) This section does not apply to: (1) A publicly...

Section 9-329.2 - Discharge of Chlorine Into Chesapeake Bay or Its Tributaries - (a) Except as provided in this section and notwithstanding any...

Section 9-330 - Revocation of Discharge Permits - The Department may revoke any discharge permit if the Department...

Section 9-331 - Records and Reports - By rule, regulation, order, permit, or otherwise, the Department may...

Section 9-331.1 - Reporting and Public Notification of Sanitary Sewer Overflows - (a) (1) The owner or operator of any sanitary sewer...

Section 9-332 - Publicly Owned Treatment Works - (a) A person may not introduce any pollutant, either directly...

Section 9-333 - Marinas - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Part V - Enforcement

Section 9-334 - Complaint - (a) The Department shall issue a written complaint if the...

Section 9-335 - Issuance of Notice or Order - (a) After or concurrently with service of a complaint under...

Section 9-336 - Service - (a) Any complaint, order, notice, or other instrument issued by...

Section 9-337 - Hearings - (a) The Department shall give notice and hold any hearing...

Section 9-338 - Final Corrective Orders - (a) (1) Unless the person served with an order under...

Section 9-339 - Injunctive Relief - (a) The Department may bring an action for an injunction...

Section 9-340 - Judicial Review - (a) Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the...

Section 9-341 - Actions Relating to Publicly Owned Treatment Works - (a) If any condition of a permit for discharges from...

Section 9-342 - Civil Penalties - (a) In addition to being subject to an injunctive action...

Section 9-342.1 - Significant Violations of Effluent Limitations by Sewage Treatment Facilities - (a) (1) In this section, “sewage treatment plant” means any...

Section 9-342.2 - Reimbursement of Costs in Conducting Environmental Health Monitoring or Testing - (a) A person who discharges a pollutant into the waters...

Section 9-343 - Criminal Penalties - (a) (1) A person who violates any provision of or...

Section 9-344 - Attorney General Responsible for Cases - (a) The Attorney General shall take charge of, prosecute, and...

Part VI - Water Pollution Control Fund

Section 9-344.1 - Right to Intervene in Civil Actions Involving Water Pollution Control -- Same Rights as Interested Person or Aggrieved Party - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a person...

Section 9-345 - Financial Assistance - (a) There is a Water Pollution Control Fund consisting of...

Section 9-346 - Conditions of Grants, Loans, or Loan Guarantees - (a) To the extent not inconsistent with this subtitle, a...

Section 9-347 - Construction Grants or Loans; Satisfaction of State Water Qualities Standards - (a) Grants or loans may be awarded under this section...

Section 9-348 - Construction Grants or Loans; Water Quality Improvement - (a) Grants or loans may be awarded under this section...

Section 9-349 - Loans or Loan Guarantees to Industrial Users - (a) (1) Loans or loan guarantees may be awarded to...

Section 9-350 - Additional Grants Under Fund - (a) (1) Grants may be awarded to counties and municipalities...

Subtitle 4 - Drinking Water

Part I - Drinking Water -- Regulation

Section 9-401 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 9-402 - Purpose of Subtitle - The purpose of this subtitle is to ensure that this...

Section 9-403 - Effect on Other Powers - (a) This subtitle does not affect any other express powers...

Section 9-404 - Miscellaneous Powers of Secretary - To carry out the provisions of this subtitle and in...

Section 9-405 - Action by Secretary to Prevent Public Water System Contamination - (a) In this section, “dangerous contaminant” means a contaminant that,...

Section 9-406 - Safe Drinking Water Emergencies - (a) The Secretary shall adopt an adequate plan for providing...

Section 9-407 - State Primary Drinking Water Regulations -- in General - (a) The Secretary shall: (1) Adopt and enforce State primary...

Section 9-408 - State Primary Drinking Water Regulations -- Application - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 9-409 - State Primary Drinking Water Regulations -- Variances and Exemptions - The Secretary may authorize variances or exemptions from the rules...

Section 9-410 - Notice to Be Given by Suppliers of Water - (a) Each supplier of water shall give notice to the...

Section 9-411 - Injunctive Actions - In addition to any other remedy authorized under this subtitle,...

Section 9-412 - Prohibited Acts - (a) A supplier of water may not: (1) Fail to...

Section 9-412.1 - Tampering With Public Water System - (a) A person may not tamper, attempt to tamper, or...

Section 9-413 - Penalties - (a) A person who willfully violates § 9–412(a)(4) or (5)...

Section 9-414 - Issuance of Orders or Notice for Violations - (a) The Department may issue an order or notice if...

Section 9-415 - Hearings - (a) The Department shall give notice and hold hearings under...

Section 9-416 - Injunctions for Violations - (a) The Department may bring an action for an injunction...

Section 9-417 - New Water Supply Systems; Demonstration of Capacity to Operate System in Accordance With Regulations - Each new community and nontransient noncommunity water supply system that...

Part II - Water Supply Facilities -- Financial Assistance

Section 9-420 - "Water Supply Facility" Defined; Program; Authority to Make Awards - (a) For the purposes of this Part II, a “water...

Section 9-421 - Grants and Loans -- in General - (a) Grants and loans may be awarded to any State...

Section 9-422 - Grants and Loans -- Terms and Conditions - (a) (1) Before any loan is made, the applicant shall...

Section 9-423 - Regulations; Project Priority Systems - (a) With the approval of the Board of Public Works,...

Section 9-424 - Loan Guarantees - (a) A loan guarantee of the principal of or interest...

Section 9-425 - Eligible Costs - The eligible cost of a project for State financial assistance...

Section 9-426 - County Water and Sewer Plans - To receive financial assistance from the Fund, the project must...

Subtitle 4A - Private Well Safety Program

Section 9-4A-01 - Duty of Residential Rental Property Owner Regarding Private Water Supply Well -- Contamination -- Violations -- Minimum Water Quality Criteria - (a) An owner of residential rental property that is served...

Subtitle 5 - County Water and Sewerage Plans

Section 9-501 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 9-502 - Scope of Subtitle - (a) Unless the operation of a water supply system would...

Section 9-503 - County Plans -- Required; Review by Governing Body of County; Revision or Amendment - (a) Each county shall have a county plan or a...

Section 9-504 - County Plans -- Incorporation of Subsidiary Plans - (a) To the extent that the incorporation will promote the...

Section 9-505 - County Plans -- Contents; Recycling Reductions; Effect of Increase in Population; Regional Plans - (a) In addition to the other requirements of this subtitle,...

Section 9-506 - County Plans -- Review by Official Planning Agencies; Progress Reports; Submitting Reports to Department - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3)...

Section 9-507 - County Plans -- Approval by Department; Use of County Plans After Approval by County Governing Body - (a) When a county governing body submits its proposed county...

Section 9-508 - County Plans -- Notice of Departmental Disapproval; Reconsideration of Disapproval - (a) If the Department disapproves, in whole or in part,...

Section 9-509 - County Plans -- Cost of Preparing County Plans - As provided in § 9-218 of this title, a county...

Section 9-510 - Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Department - (a) In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in...

Section 9-511 - Conformance to County Plans Required -- in General - Unless they conform to the county plan or revision or...

Section 9-511.1 - Removal of Solid Waste Acceptance Facilities - (a) A county may remove a proposed solid waste acceptance...

Section 9-512 - Removal of Solid Waste Acceptance Facilities -- Building Permits; Subdivision Plats - (a) In this section, “building permit” means any permit that...

Section 9-513 - Exceptions to County Plan in Baltimore County and Carroll County - In Baltimore County or Carroll County, the county approving authority...

Section 9-514 - Exceptions to County Plan in Harford County - (a) (1) If the Harford County governing body does not...

Section 9-515 - Special Provisions for County Plan in Montgomery County and Prince George's County -- Preparation; Revision or Amendment; Approval; Submission to Department; Annual Review - (a) This section applies only in Montgomery County and Prince...

Section 9-516 - Special Provisions for County Plan in Montgomery County and Prince George's County -- Information and Assistance From Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - (a) This section applies only in Montgomery County and Prince...

Section 9-517 - Special Provisions for County Plan in Montgomery County and Prince George's County -- Individual Sewerage Systems - In Montgomery County or Prince George’s County, the comprehensive plan...

Section 9-518 - Special Provisions for County Plan in Montgomery County and Prince George's County -- Individual Septic Systems - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 9-521 - Penalties - (a) A State or local authority that violates any provisions...

Subtitle 6 - Sanitary Commissions

Part I - Definitions; General Provisions

Section 9-601 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 9-602 - Scope of Subtitle - This subtitle does not apply to: (1) Anne Arundel County....

Section 9-603 - Rules and Regulations - Each sanitary commission may adopt rules and regulations to carry...

Section 9-604 - Interpretation of Law -- in General - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this subtitle...

Section 9-605 - Interpretation of Law -- Prior Actions; Bond Status - (a) (1) This subtitle does not impair the validity of...

Section 9-606 - Right of Entry - (a) At any reasonable time, a representative of a sanitary...

Section 9-607 - Status and Powers of Districts - (a) Each district is a public corporate body that exercises...

Section 9-608 - Tax Exemption - (a) Each district, its income, its property, and its incorporation...

Part II - Corporate Structure of District

Section 9-611 - Creation by Counties - By ordinance or resolution, the governing body of a county...

Section 9-612 - Adoption of Articles of Incorporation - (a) The ordinance or resolution that creates a district shall...

Section 9-613 - Articles of Incorporation -- Signing; Filing; Effect - The appropriate officials of each member county shall sign the...

Section 9-614 - Amendments to Articles of Incorporation - (a) In this section, “amendment” means an amendment to the...

Section 9-615 - Adding Counties to District - (a) A county that is not a member county may...

Section 9-616 - Withdrawal of Member County - (a) If the district has not incurred any obligation, a...

Section 9-617 - Filing Corporate Documents With State Department of Assessments and Taxation - (a) In this section, “corporate document” means: (1) Articles of...

Section 9-618 - Reporting District's Principal Office and Corporate Officers - (a) Promptly after it is created and its officers are...

Part III - Sanitary Commission

Section 9-621 - Governing Body - Except as provided in § 9-629 of this subtitle, the...

Section 9-622 - Membership of Sanitary Commission -- Single County Districts - (a) (1) The sanitary commission of each single county district...

Section 9-623 - Membership of Sanitary Commission -- Multiple County Districts - (a) (1) The sanitary commission of a district with 2...

Section 9-624 - Officers - (a) From among its sanitary commissioners, each sanitary commission shall...

Section 9-625 - Quorum; Compensation - (a) Unless the bylaws of the district require a larger...

Section 9-626 - Duties of Secretary-Treasurer - (a) The secretary–treasurer of the sanitary commission shall: (1) Collect...

Section 9-627 - Miscellaneous Powers of Sanitary Commission - (a) In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in...

Section 9-628 - Advances to District by Member County - (a) In addition to the other powers to make advances...

Section 9-629 - Allegany and Garrett Counties - (a) The County Commissioners of Allegany County may exercise jurisdiction...

Part IV - Powers and Duties of Districts

Section 9-632 - Miscellaneous Powers - (a) For the purposes of carrying out this subtitle, each...

Section 9-633 - Eminent Domain - (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, a district...

Section 9-634 - Combining Projects - A district may combine the operations or finances of any...

Section 9-635 - Contracts to Buy and Sell Services - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 9-636 - Construction Contracts - On the terms that the sanitary commission approves, a district...

Section 9-637 - Excavation - (a) In this section, “public way” means any public street,...

Section 9-638 - Acceptance of Grants and Gifts - In accordance with this subtitle and the terms of the...

Section 9-639 - Territory Lost to Annexation - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the powers...

Section 9-640 - Short Term Borrowing - (a) In this section, “governmental agency” means: (1) The federal...

Section 9-641 - Borrowing From Other Sources - (a) If the governing body of each member county that...

Section 9-642 - Required Record Keeping - (a) Each district shall: (1) Keep complete and accurate records...

Section 9-643 - Limitation on District's Powers - A district may not construct, improve, operate, or extend any...

Section 9-644 - Limitations on Powers of Counties - (a) A county that has created a district may not...

Part V - Service Areas

Section 9-647 - Considering Proposed Service Areas - (a) As provided in this part, the sanitary commission and...

Section 9-648 - Creation of Service Area by Sanitary Commission - (a) Each sanitary commission may adopt a resolution that proposes...

Section 9-649 - Creation of Service Areas by Petition - (a) This section does not authorize the creation of a...

Section 9-650 - Advances by Member Counties for Service Areas - (a) In addition to the power to make any other...

Section 9-651 - Consolidation of Administrative Matters of Service Areas - (a) If consolidating administrative matters of service areas will not...

Section 9-652 - Project Planning for Service Areas; Proposed Subareas - (a) After a service area has been created under §...

Part VI - Operation of Districts

Section 9-655 - Construction of Facilities - (a) After the hearing processes required in § 9-648 or...

Section 9-656 - Benefit Assessments and Connection Charges as to Property Owners - (a) (1) To pay the principal and interest on bonds...

Section 9-657 - Classification and Assessment of Property - (a) The sanitary commission shall classify each parcel of property...

Section 9-658 - Levy and Collection of Benefit Assessments - (a) When the sanitary commission has determined a benefit assessment,...

Section 9-659 - Connections to Nonabutting Property - (a) (1) The sanitary commission shall connect the water system...

Section 9-660 - Disposition of Proceeds of Benefit Assessments - (a) In this section, “district account” means the account maintained...

Section 9-661 - Connection to System - (a) (1) During construction of a water line or a...

Section 9-662 - Service and Usage Charges for All Projects - (a) For each project that it operates, a district may...

Section 9-663 - Control of Water Use; Fire Hydrants - (a) A sanitary commission: (1) Shall control the use of...

Section 9-664 - Building and Operation of Independent System - (a) An independent system may be constructed in accordance with...

Section 9-665 - Acquiring Existing Systems - (a) (1) In accordance with this section, a district may...

Section 9-666 - Extension of Project Beyond Service Area - (a) On the request of property owners whose property is...

Section 9-666.1 - Extension of Projects or Services to Noncontiguous Areas - (a) The provisions of this section are applicable in Dorchester...

Section 9-667 - Duplication of Unfit Private System - If the sanitary commission determines that any part of an...

Section 9-668 - Purchase or Condemnation of Property Rights; Condemnation of Cemeteries - (a) For the construction, maintenance, or operation of any part...

Section 9-669 - Removal of Obstructions to Projects - (a) A person who owns any structure or obstruction that...

Section 9-670 - Disconnecting and Restoring Services by Sanitary Commission - (a) A sanitary commission may disconnect service to a property...

Part VII - Shared Facilities in Dorchester County

Section 9-672 - Definitions - (a) In Part VII of this subtitle the following words...

Section 9-673 - Scope of Part Vii - Part VII of this subtitle applies only to Dorchester County.

Section 9-674 - Powers of Dorchester County Sanitary District, Inc - (a) The Dorchester County Sanitary District, Inc., may: (1) Construct,...

Section 9-675 - Petition for Shared Facility - (a) The owners of property in territory that may be...

Section 9-676 - Action on Petition - (a) Within 90 days from the date the complete petition...

Section 9-677 - Adoption of Rules and Regulations - (a) The Sanitary Commission shall propose and, with the approval...

Section 9-678 - Advances by Dorchester County; Repayment - (a) The Dorchester County Commissioners may advance funds to the...

Section 9-679 - Benefit Assessments - (a) In accordance with the rules and regulations that the...

Part VIII - Bonds

Section 9-682 - Power of Sanitary Commission and Member Counties to Issue - (a) Subject to the limitations and requirements of this subtitle,...

Section 9-683 - Limitation on Total of Outstanding Bonds - A district may not issue for a service area any...

Section 9-684 - Prerequisites for Issuance -- Resolution by Sanitary Commission - (a) Before a district issues any bonds, the sanitary commission...

Section 9-685 - Prerequisites for Issuance -- Determinations by Sanitary Commission - (a) Before a district issues any bonds: (1) The sanitary...

Section 9-686 - Required Contents of Bonds - Bonds issued under this subtitle shall: (1) Be dated; (2)...

Section 9-687 - Signing of Bonds - (a) An officer of the district shall sign the bonds...

Section 9-688 - Sale of Bonds - (a) In the manner that the sanitary commission determines to...

Section 9-689 - Status of Bonds - Bonds issued under this subtitle are: (1) Fully negotiable within...

Section 9-690 - Temporary Bonds and Receipts - (a) Before the definitive bonds are available for delivery to...

Section 9-691 - Replacement of Bonds - A sanitary commission may provide for the replacement of bonds...

Section 9-692 - Use of Bond Proceeds - (a) A district may use the proceeds from bonds issued...

Section 9-693 - Refunding Bonds - In accordance with the provisions of this subtitle that generally...

Section 9-694 - Levy of Property Tax - (a) To retire bonds issued under this subtitle, each year,...

Section 9-695 - Payment of Bond Interest From Proceeds of Bonds - From the proceeds of the sale of bonds under this...

Section 9-696 - Multiple County Districts; Proportionate Liability of Member Counties - If bonds issued under this subtitle are guaranteed by more...

Section 9-697 - Miscellaneous Bond Provisions - (a) Each person who has a duty to act in...

Part IX - Miscellaneous Provisions; Prohibited Acts; Penalties

Section 9-698 - Miscellaneous Provisions - (a) Before a person may dig in or do any...

Section 9-699 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties - (a) A person may not: (1) Interfere with an inspection...

Subtitle 7 - Regulation by Municipalities and Political Subdivisions

Part I - Definitions

Section 9-701 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Part II - Regulation by Municipalities

Section 9-704 - Construction of Part Ii of This Subtitle - (a) Except for Subtitles 2, 5, and 9 of this...

Section 9-705 - Powers of Municipal Authorities - A municipal authority may: (1) Construct a system in a...

Section 9-706 - Condemnation - (a) Whenever a municipal authority acquires any property by condemnation...

Section 9-707 - Takeover of Privately Owned System - (a) In addition to the requirements of § 9-706 of...

Section 9-708 - Water Service Pipes or Sewer Connections; Abandonment of Cesspools, Drains, and Privies - (a) A municipal authority shall: (1) Construct and provide at...

Section 9-709 - Removal of Obstruction - (a) If any structure in, over, or under a public...

Section 9-710 - Private Installation of Pipes or Conduits - (a) A person shall hold a permit issued by the...

Section 9-711 - Bonds Issued by Municipal Authorities -- in General - (a) A municipal authority may issue bonds when and in...

Section 9-712 - Bonds Issued by Municipal Authorities -- Tax Levy to Pay Interest and Principal - (a) While any bonds issued under Part II of this...

Section 9-713 - Bonds Issued by Municipal Authorities -- Front-Foot Assessment to Pay Principal and Interest - (a) To pay all or any part of the principal...

Section 9-714 - Service Charges to Pay Interest and Principal on Bonds and to Pay Other Costs - (a) A municipal authority may set, collect, and, if necessary,...

Section 9-715 - Right of Entry - (a) To carry out any official duty under Part II...

Section 9-716 - Rules and Regulations of Municipalities - A municipal authority may adopt rules and regulations: (1) To...

Section 9-717 - Penalties - A person who violates any provision of or fails to...

Part III - Assessments, Rates, and Charges by Political Subdivisions for Water and Sewerage Service

Section 9-720 - "Political Subdivision" Defined - In Part III of this subtitle, “political subdivision”: (1) Means...

Section 9-721 - Scope of Part - (a) The powers granted to political subdivisions by Part III...

Section 9-722 - Connection Charges; Annual Assessment; Controlling Provisions - (a) To provide funds for the payment of principal and...

Section 9-723 - Rates and Charges for Water Service, Sewer Upkeep, and Sewer Service - (a) Subject to any charter provisions of a chartered county...

Section 9-724 - Water Service - (a) The rates for water service shall: (1) Be based...

Section 9-725 - Sewer Upkeep - The charge for the upkeep on sewers shall be: (1)...

Section 9-726 - Sewer Service - (a) The political subdivision shall: (1) Select a reasonable basis...

Section 9-726.1 - Disconnection for Unpaid Sewer Service - (a) If a bill for sewerage service is unpaid for...

Section 9-727 - Hearings - Before setting or modifying a rate, charge, or assessment under...

Section 9-728 - Disconnecting and Restoring Services by Political Subdivision - (a) A political subdivision may disconnect service to a property...

Subtitle 8 - Sewerage Facilities Bond Act

Section 9-801 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle, the following words have the meanings...

Section 9-802 - Construction of Subtitle - (a) The powers granted by this subtitle are: (1) Supplemental...

Section 9-803 - Legislative Policy - It is the policy of this State that each municipality...

Section 9-804 - Powers of Municipality - (a) In addition to the powers granted to the municipality...

Section 9-805 - Authority to Issue Bonds; Adoption of Resolution - (a) By resolution, the governing body of any municipality may...

Section 9-806 - Bond Provisions in Resolution - (a) The authorizing resolution may provide that the bonds shall...

Section 9-807 - Contract With Bondholder; Covenants; Judicial Remedies - (a) The provisions of this subtitle and any resolution that...

Section 9-808 - Sale of Bonds; Interim Receipts or Certificates; Negotiability; Exemption From Taxation - (a) (1) Except for bonds issued under this subtitle and...

Section 9-809 - Validity of Bonds - (a) (1) Any bond issued under this subtitle that bears...

Section 9-810 - Payment of Bonds and Interest - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 9-811 - Sewerage Facilities to Be Self-Supporting - (a) To assure that each sewerage facility always remains self-supporting,...

Section 9-812 - Disposition of Revenue From Sewerage Facilities - (a) Any municipality that issues bonds under this subtitle for...

Section 9-813 - Refunding Revenue Bonds - (a) Any municipality may issue refunding bonds to refund, pay,...

Section 9-814 - Short Title - This subtitle may be cited as “The Sewerage Facilities Bond...

Subtitle 9 - Water and Sewer Authorities

Part I - Definitions; Policy

Section 9-901 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 9-902 - Construction of Subtitle - (a) To accomplish the purposes of this subtitle, the provisions...

Section 9-903 - Scope of Subtitle - This subtitle does not apply to: (1) Montgomery County; or...

Part II - Formation and Organization; Termination

Section 9-905 - Purposes of Authorities - An authority: (1) Is an instrumentality that exercises public and...

Section 9-906 - Creation Generally - By law, the governing bodies of 1 or more political...

Section 9-907 - Articles of Incorporation -- Law; Contents; Execution; Approval - (a) Each incorporating political subdivision shall include in the law...

Section 9-908 - Articles of Incorporation -- Articles of Amendment - (a) (1) In this section, “articles of amendment” means a...

Section 9-909 - Filing Names and Addresses of Officers and Location of Principal Office - (a) When an authority is organized and elects its initial...

Section 9-910 - Withdrawing From or Joining Authority - (a) (1) Except as provided in this section, if an...

Section 9-911 - Termination of Authority - (a) An authority may terminate its existence after the authority:...

Part III - Board of Directors; Powers of Authorities

Section 9-914 - Membership -- Authorities Having Only 1 Member Political Subdivision - (a) This section applies to any authority that is incorporated...

Section 9-915 - Membership -- Authorities Having Two or More Member Political Subdivisions - (a) This section applies to an authority that has two...

Section 9-916 - Quorum; Meetings; Compensation; Staff - (a) (1) A majority of the full authorized membership of...

Section 9-917 - Miscellaneous Powers - In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in this...

Section 9-918 - Duplication of Powers and Competition With Existing Utilities or Authorities; Specification of Projects and Powers; Creation of Additional Authorities - (a) An authority may not use any of its powers...

Section 9-919 - Combining Systems for Operation and Financing Purposes - For the purposes of operation and financing, an authority may...

Section 9-920 - Interests in Property and Franchises; Consent Required to Use Eminent Domain - (a) The board of directors of an authority may: (1)...

Section 9-921 - Entering, Using, Occupying, and Digging Up Streets and Other Land - Subject to reasonable local police regulation that is established by...

Section 9-922 - Tapping Fees - (a) When the owner of any property connects the property...

Section 9-923 - Acceptance and Use of Grants, Aid, and Contributions - An authority may accept: (1) From a federal agency, any...

Section 9-924 - Annexation of Property of Authority - If a political subdivision that is not a member of...

Section 9-925 - Record of Receipts, Expenses, and Expenditures; Audit and Financial Statement; Examination and Audit of Books and Records - (a) Each authority shall: (1) Keep a complete record of...

Part IV - Bonds of Authorities

Section 9-928 - Purpose of Bonds - An authority may issue its bonds to pay any part...

Section 9-929 - Nonapplicability of Other Laws - (a) The issuance of a bond under this subtitle is...

Section 9-930 - Bonds Not Pledge of Faith and Credit of State or Political Subdivision - (a) A bond issued under this subtitle: (1) Is not...

Section 9-931 - Bonds Constitute Legal Investments - A bond issued under this subtitle is a security: (1)...

Section 9-932 - Power to Issue and Secure Bonds - By resolution of its board of directors, an authority may:...

Section 9-933 - Issuance and Sale of Bonds -- Generally - (a) An authority may issue bonds under this subtitle without:...

Section 9-934 - Issuance and Sale of Bonds -- Special Provisions in Allegany County, Dorchester County, and Middletown in Frederick County - (a) This section applies only in Allegany County, Dorchester County,...

Section 9-935 - Temporary and Lost Bonds - (a) (1) Before the preparation of definitive bonds, an authority...

Section 9-936 - Limitations on Issuance of Additional Bonds - (a) If an authority considers it necessary, the authority may...

Section 9-937 - Refunding Bonds; Joint Cost and Refunding Bonds - By resolution of its board of directors, an authority may...

Section 9-938 - Securing Bonds by Resolution or Trust Agreement - (a) To secure any bond issued under this subtitle, an...

Section 9-939 - Contents and Effect of Resolution or Trust Agreement - (a) A resolution or trust agreement that provides for the...

Section 9-940 - Holder of Bonds May Protect and Enforce Rights - Subject to any restriction in the resolution or trust agreement...

Section 9-941 - Principal and Interest; Maturity; Form; Negotiability; Registration; Reconversion - (a) An authority shall pay the principal of and interest...

Section 9-942 - Use of Proceeds - (a) An authority shall: (1) Use the proceeds of any...

Part V - Projects of Authorities

Section 9-945 - Contracts for Services and Use of Projects - (a) An authority may enter into any contract that the...

Section 9-946 - Rates, Fees, and Charges -- in General - (a) An authority may set, charge, and collect rates, fees,...

Section 9-947 - Rates, Fees, and Charges -- Additional Charges for Burdensome Waste - If the sewage or other waste that a manufacturing, commercial,...

Section 9-948 - Rates, Fees, and Charges -- List of Water Meter Readings - (a) An authority may use data that a political subdivision...

Section 9-949 - Liens for Fees, Rents, or Other Charges - (a) An authority has a lien on real estate: (1)...

Section 9-950 - Connection of Abutting Land to Sanitary Sewer - (a) In this section, “abutting lot” means a parcel of...

Section 9-951 - Shutting Off Water for Failure to Pay for Sewerage Services - (a) A political subdivision that owns or operates a water...

Section 9-952 - Transfer of Rights or Interest in Property by Political Subdivision; State Land Below High-Water Mark and in State Highway Right-of-Way - (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing body of...

Section 9-953 - Conveyance of Project to Political Subdivision - After an authority pays or provides for the payment of...

Part VI - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 9-956 - Miscellaneous Powers of Political Subdivision - In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in this...

Section 9-957 - Authority and Bonds Exempt From Tax - (a) An authority is not required to pay any tax...

Section 9-958 - Money Received Held in Trust - (a) Any money that an authority receives under this subtitle...

Subtitle 10 - Water Quality Laboratories

Part I - Definitions; General Provisions

Section 9-1001 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 9-1002 - Exemption From Fees - The provisions of this subtitle that require the payment of...

Section 9-1003 - Duties of Department and Secretary - (a) The Department shall: (1) Adopt rules and regulations to...

Part II - Certification

Section 9-1006 - Certification Required - A water quality laboratory shall be certified by the Department...

Section 9-1007 - Qualifications for Certification - To qualify for certification, a water quality laboratory shall: (1)...

Section 9-1008 - Applications for Certification - Any person who wishes to operate a water quality laboratory...

Section 9-1009 - Inspection - Before certifying any water quality laboratory, the Secretary shall have...

Section 9-1010 - Issuance of Certification - The Department shall certify any water quality laboratory that meets...

Section 9-1011 - Scope of Certification - While it is effective, certification under this subtitle authorizes the...

Section 9-1012 - Term and Renewal of Certification - (a) A certification expires on the first anniversary of its...

Section 9-1013 - Reinstatement of Expired Certification - If the water quality laboratory meets the renewal requirements of...

Section 9-1014 - Nontransferability of Certification; Display of Certificate - (a) A water quality laboratory certification is not transferable. (b)...

Section 9-1015 - Laboratory Located Outside State - (a) If a water quality laboratory located outside of this...

Section 9-1016 - Reprimands, Suspensions, and Revocations -- Grounds - Subject to the hearing provisions of § 9-1017 of this...

Section 9-1017 - Reprimands, Suspensions, and Revocations -- Hearings - (a) Before the Secretary takes any action under § 9-1016...

Section 9-1018 - Judicial Review - (a) Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the...

Part III - Prohibited Acts; Penalties

Section 9-1021 - Operating Without Certification - A person may not operate or attempt to operate a...

Section 9-1022 - Misrepresentation - Unless the water quality laboratory the person operates is certified...

Section 9-1023 - Fraudulently or Unlawfully Obtained Certification - A person may not: (1) Sell or fraudulently obtain, or...

Section 9-1026 - Penalties - A person who violates any provision of this subtitle is...

Part IV - Short Title

Section 9-1027 - Short Title - This subtitle may be cited as the “Maryland Water Quality...

Subtitle 11 - Miscellaneous Sanitary Provisions

Section 9-1101 - Septic Tanks in Garrett County - (a) In Garrett County, before constructing on private property a...

Section 9-1102 - Certain Unpaid Charges in Worcester County - (a) This section applies to charges for sewer service or...

Section 9-1103 - Agreements With Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - (a) In this section, “public agency” means: (1) Any State,...

Section 9-1104 - Privatization Program for Performing Soil Percolation Tests - (a) The Department may establish a privatization program for performing...

Section 9-1105 - On-Site and Small Community Wastewater Disposal Fund in Carroll County - (a) This section applies only in Carroll County. (b) There...

Section 9-1106 - Multiuse Sewerage Systems in Howard County - The governing body of Howard County may enact local laws...

Section 9-1107 - Multiuse Sewerage Systems in Howard County -- Performance Bond Requirement - The Howard County governing body may require the recipient of...

Section 9-1108 - On-Site Sewage Disposal System and Nitrogen Removal Technology - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 9-1108.1 - Nitrogen Removal Technology - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 9-1108.2 - Nitrogen Load Reduction - (a) In this section, “watershed implementation plan” has the meaning...

Section 9-1109 - Individual Sewerage System - (a) In this section, “individual sewerage system” means a privately...

Section 9-1110 - Shared Facility or Community Sewerage Systems - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 9-1111 - On-Site Sewage Disposal System or Well - (a) In this section, “rural zone” means an area of...

Section 9-1112 - Residential Use of Graywater - (a) In this section: (1) “Graywater” means used, untreated water...

Section 9-1113 - Reusable Diverted Water - (a) In this section, “reusable diverted water” means water that:...

Subtitle 13 - Well Drilling

Section 9-1301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 9-1302 - When Well Considered Abandoned - A well is considered to be abandoned if: (1) It...

Section 9-1303 - Scope of Subtitle - This subtitle does not limit the powers of any State...

Section 9-1304 - Limitation on Power of Political Subdivisions - This subtitle denies any municipality, county, or other political subdivision...

Section 9-1305 - Rules and Regulations -- Construction of Wells - (a) The Department shall adopt rules and regulations for the...

Section 9-1305.1 - Rules and Regulations -- Testing Wells - (a) The Department shall adopt regulations to require that whenever...

Section 9-1306 - Permit Required; Temporary Dewatering Devices - (a) Except as indicated in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 9-1307 - Applications for and Conditions on Permits; Fees; Term - (a) In applying for a permit to drill a well,...

Section 9-1308 - Report on Completion of Drilling - On completion of the drilling of any well, the well...

Section 9-1309 - Maintenance and Abandonment of Wells - (a) The owner of any well shall maintain it in...

Section 9-1310 - Wasting Well Water Prohibited - An owner of a pumping well or flowing well may...

Section 9-1311 - Penalties - (a) A person who violates any provision of this subtitle...

Subtitle 14 - Innovative and Alternative Septic System Grant Program

Section 9-1401 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 9-1402 - Grant Program -- Created - There is an Innovative and Alternative Septic System Grant Program...

Section 9-1403 - Grant Program -- Purpose - (a) The purpose of the Program is to make State...

Section 9-1404 - Grants to Political Subdivisions and Eligible Individuals - (a) The Department may make grants to political subdivisions of...

Section 9-1405 - Rules and Regulations - (a) The Secretary: (1) Shall adopt rules and regulations to...

Section 9-1406 - Eligibility for State Funds - (a) To be eligible for State funds from a political...

Subtitle 14A - Waterless Toilets

Section 9-14A-01 - Department Actions Based Upon Statement in Land Use Covenant or Deed; Regulations - (a) If the statement ”all toilets on this property are...

Subtitle 15 - Cleaning Agents

Section 9-1501 - "Cleaning Agent" Defined - In this subtitle, “cleaning agent” means a laundry detergent, dishwashing...

Section 9-1502 - Applicability of Subtitle - This subtitle does not apply to a cleaning agent that...

Section 9-1503 - Limitation on Amount of Phosphorus in Cleaning Agents - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 9-1504 - Rules and Regulations; Enforcement - (a) The Department shall adopt rules and regulations to carry...

Section 9-1505 - Penalties for Violation - (a) (1) Any person who uses a cleaning agent in...

Subtitle 16 - Maryland Water Quality Financing Administration

Part I - Definitions; General Provisions

Section 9-1601 - Definitions - (a) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, in this subtitle...

Section 9-1602 - Created - There is a Maryland Water Quality Financing Administration in the...

Section 9-1603 - Secretary; Legal Advisor - (a) The Secretary, with the approval of the Governor, shall...

Part II - Powers and Duties

Section 9-1604 - Express Powers - (a) In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in...

Section 9-1605 - Maryland Water Quality Revolving Loan Fund - (a) (1) There is a Maryland Water Quality Revolving Loan...

Section 9-1605.1 - Maryland Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund - (a) (1) There is a Maryland Drinking Water Revolving Loan...

Section 9-1605.2 - Bay Restoration Fund - (a) (1) There is a Bay Restoration Fund. (2) It...

Section 9-1605.3 - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Nonpoint Source Fund - (a) (1) There is a Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays...

Section 9-1605.4 - Clean Water Commerce Account -- Purpose of Account -- Funds Included -- Use for Purchases of Cost-Effective Environmental Outcomes -- Annual Reports - // EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2030 PER CHAPTERS 694 AND...

Section 9-1606 - Loans - (a) A loan made by the Administration shall be evidenced...

Section 9-1606.1 - Linked Deposit Loans - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 9-1607 - Bonds - (a) The Administration may, subject to the prior approval of...

Section 9-1608 - Validity of Signature; Negotiable Instruments; Public or Private Sale - (a) If any officer whose signature or a facsimile of...

Section 9-1609 - Refunding Outstanding Bonds - (a) The Administration is authorized, subject to the prior approval...

Section 9-1610 - Definitive Bonds, Interim Receipts, Temporary Bonds - The Administration is further authorized and empowered, subject to the...

Section 9-1611 - Trust Agreements - (a) Bonds may be secured by a trust agreement by...

Section 9-1612 - Rights of Owner of Bonds or Trustee; Enforcing and Compelling Performance of Duties - Any owner of bonds and the trustee, except to the...

Section 9-1613 - Bonds as Securities - Bonds are securities in which all public officers and public...

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