CHAPTER 35: COUNTY POLICIES
Section
General Provisions
   35.01   (Reserved)
   35.02   Applicability of mechanic’s lien provisions
   35.03   Reserved
   35.04   Emergency 911 System
   35.05   Rescue squads
   35.06   Right to farm
Emergency Management
   35.10   National Incident Management System (NIMS)
   35.11   Hazard Mitigation Plan
Fire Marshal
   35.20   Department authorized; Fire Marshal
   35.21   General powers and responsibilities
   35.22   Specific powers of Fire Marshal
   35.23   Inspection and test
   35.24   Complaints
   35.25   General requirements of notices
   35.26   Procedure for emergency work
   35.27   Violations and penalties
   35.28   Authorization for additions and changes to State Code
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 35.01 (RESERVED).
§ 35.02 APPLICABILITY OF MECHANIC’S LIEN PROVISIONS.
   Every piece of land in Garrett County upon which the owner shall dig, bore or sink a well for the purpose of procuring water for domestic use shall be subject to a lien for the payment of all debts, contracts for work done or materials furnished for or about the same in the same manner and to the same extent that buildings are subject to mechanic’s lien under Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, Article 63, and the provisions of Article 63 shall apply, so far as they are applicable, to the claiming, filing and enforcing of liens under this section. All liens filed or claimed under this section shall, so far as may be applicable, conform to the provisions of Public General Laws of Maryland, Article 63.
(1986 Code, § 119-1) (P.L.L., 1930, Art. 12, § 525; 1957 Code, § 532; 1894, Ch. 608)
§ 35.03 RESERVED.
§ 35.04 EMERGENCY 911 SYSTEM.
   (A)   County fee established; use of funds. A county fee of $1.50 per month shall be imposed on all current bills rendered for switched local exchange access service, wireless telephone service, voice-over-I.P. or other 911-accessible service within Garrett County.
   (B)   When effective. This fee was enacted on July 6, 2021.
(Res. 91-6-11, passed 6-11-1991; Am. Ord. 96-10-15, passed 10-29-1996; Am. Res. 2021-6, passed 7-6-2021)
§ 35.05 RESCUE SQUADS.
   (A)   Definition. In this section, RESCUE SQUAD means a voluntary, nonprofit entity that provides pre-hospital emergency services and patient transport.
(1986 Code, § 89-1)
   (B)   Payments from county.
      (1)   The Board of County Commissioners of Garrett County shall appropriate for the benefit of rescue squads in the county a total amount per year of up to $0.008 per hundred dollars on the assessable real property in Garrett County other than operating real property of a public utility and up to $0.02 per hundred dollars on the assessable personal property and operating real property of a public utility.
      (2)   The value of the appropriation shall be paid to the rescue squads in the county by:
         (a)   Direct payment; or
         (b)   In-kind payment by the Board of County Commissioners through the assignment of personnel, equipment, or services to the rescue squad.
      (3)   The payments to each rescue squad shall be equivalent.
(1986 Code, § 89-2) (1986, Ch. 228; Am. by S.B. 423, passed 2-25-2003; Am. by H.B. 733, passed 3- 9-2010; Am. by S.B. 591, passed 5-25-2017)
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