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1967, ch. 754, sec. 439W; 1973, ch. 104, sec. 439W; 1976 Code, sec. 15-23; 1978, ch. 739; 2000, ch. 601.
Front foot benefit assessments, drainage and assessments, water and sewer system upkeep charges, connection charges, and other charges which the Board is empowered to make shall be liens on the property served or benefitted and, in addition to being enforced by actions at law, may be enforced by a bill in equity against the property so served or benefitted. In addition to being enforced by actions at law and a bill in equity, the County Tax Collector, if directed by the Board, shall sell the property of the delinquent property owner in the same manner as other properties are sold at tax sale. The liens shall be subject only to liens for State and county taxes. The charges shall be due when made and after ninety (90) days from that date shall bear interest at the rate of one-half percent (0.5%) per month. Neither the due dates nor the interval between such dates need be uniform throughout Carroll County.
1967, ch. 754, sec. 439X; 1973, ch. 104, sec 439X; 1973, ch. 601; 1976 Code, sec. 15-24; 1978, ch. 739; 2000, ch. 601.
Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor in this title unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable by any District Court, and the offender upon conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $100 or to confinement in the county jail for not more than 30 days, or both in the discretion of the District Court. If the act or omission is of a continuing nature and is persisted in, in violation of the provisions of this title or of any rule or regulation formulated thereunder, a conviction for one offense shall not be a bar to the conviction for continuation of the offense subsequent to the first or any succeeding conviction.
1967, ch. 754, sec. 439AA; 1976 Code, sec. 15-27; 1978, ch. 739; 2000, ch. 601.
(a) All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this title are repealed to the extent of their inconsistency, providing that nothing herein contained shall be taken as restricting any control which the State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the State Department of Water Resources are empowered to exercise within Carroll County.
(b) The provisions of this title are severable, and it is the intention to confer the whole or any part of the powers herein provided for, and if any of the provisions of this title shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of the court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions of this title. It is declared to be the legislative intent that this title would have been adopted had such unconstitutional provision not been included.