MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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(1974 Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and they are hereby
repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read as
follows;

Article — Natural Resources

3-108.

(b) As soon as possible after receipt of a duly
authorized request from a municipality or person, the
Service shall draft a proposed contract with the
municipality or person in accordance with the provisions
of this subtitle specifying the type of project to be
provided, WHETHER OR NOT A SERVICE DISTRICT WILL BE
ESTABLISHED, the boundaries AND EFFECTIVE DATE of [a] ANY
service district, [the effective date the service
district will come into existence,] and the terms,
conditions, and costs under which the project [would]
WILL be provided. Upon execution of the contract, the
Service as soon as possible shall establish [a] ANY
service district PROVIDED FOR IN THE CONTRACT and
provide, maintain, and operate the necessary project.

(d) Existing facilities providing service of the
type requested, including all rights, easements,
laboratory facilities, vehicles, records, and all other
property, equipment, and furnishings necessary and
normally associated with the operation of the facility,
shall be transferred to the sole ownership of the Service
on the date [the] A service district comes into
existence. Compensation for existing projects may be
based on the original cost of the project minus an
allowance for depreciation, or on other terms and
conditions satisfactory to the municipality or person
transferring the project. All costs and obligations
assumed by the Service incidental to the transfer of
ownership shall be included in the charge levied against
the service district.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved April 1, 1976.

CHAPTER 76

(House Bill 567)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Geological Survey

FOR the purpose of removing responsibility for
supervising the Bureau of Mines from the Maryland