1988, ch. 88; 1999 Supp., sec. 3-78; 2000, ch. 601.
(a) The County Commissioners of Carroll County may:
(1) Develop, administer, and enforce a program to protect ground and surface water resources through land use or other ordinances, regulations, resolutions, or policies which do not duplicate or conflict with statutory programs occupied by the provisions of the Environment and Natural Resources Articles of the Annotated Code of Maryland;
(2) Enact or adopt any ordinance, regulation, resolution, or policy which is needed to administer the program. Ordinances, regulations, resolutions, or policies not pertaining to land use shall be enacted or adopted with the advice and consent of the Secretary of the Department of the Environment and the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources;
(3) Provide for penalties for violations of any ordinance, regulation, resolution, or policy which is enacted or adopted under this section; or
(4) Appoint a Carroll County Water Resources Commission to assist and advise the County Commissioners in the development, administration, and enforcement of the program.