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CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1A. STRUCTURE OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 2. ADMINISTRATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 2B. AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3. AIR QUALITY CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3A. ALARMS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 5. ANIMAL CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 8. BUILDINGS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 8A. CABLE COMMUNICATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 10B. COMMON OWNERSHIP COMMUNITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11. CONSUMER PROTECTION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11A. CONDOMINIUMS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11B. CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 13. DETENTION CENTERS AND REHABILITATION FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 15. EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 16. ELECTIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 17. ELECTRICITY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 18A. ENERGY POLICY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 19. EROSION, SEDIMENT CONTROL AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 19A. ETHICS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 20 FINANCE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 21 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 22. FIRE SAFETY CODE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 22A. FOREST CONSERVATION - TREES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 23A. GROUP HOMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24. HEALTH AND SANITATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24A. HISTORIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24B. HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25. HOSPITALS, SANITARIUMS, NURSING AND CARE HOMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25A. HOUSING, MODERATELY PRICED - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25B. HOUSING POLICY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 26. HOUSING AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE STANDARDS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 27. HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 27A. INDIVIDUAL WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 29. LANDLORD-TENANT RELATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 30. LICENSING AND REGULATIONS GENERALLY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 30C. MOTOR VEHICLE TOWING AND IMMOBILIZATION ON PRIVATE PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31A. MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR AND TOWING REGISTRATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31B. NOISE CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31C. NEW HOME BUILDER AND SELLER REGISTRATION AND WARRANTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 33. PERSONNEL AND HUMAN RESOURCES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 33B. PESTICIDES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 35. POLICE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 36. POND SAFETY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 38A. RADIO, TELEVISION AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE INSTALLATION AND REPAIRS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 40. REAL PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 41. RECREATION AND RECREATION FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 41A. RENTAL ASSISTANCE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 42A. RIDESHARING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 44. SCHOOLS AND CAMPS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 44A. SECONDHAND PERSONAL PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 45. SEWERS, SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND DRAINAGE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 47. VENDORS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 48. SOLID WASTES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 49. STREETS AND ROADS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 50. SUBDIVISION OF LAND - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 51 SWIMMING POOLS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 51A. TANNING FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 52. TAXATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 53. TAXICABS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 53A. TENANT DISPLACEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 54. TRANSIENT LODGING FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 55. TREE CANOPY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 56. URBAN RENEWAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 56A. VIDEO GAMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 57. WEAPONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 59. ZONING - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 60. SILVER SPRING, BETHESDA, WHEATON AND MONTGOMERY HILLS PARKING LOT DISTRICTS - REGULATIONS
MISCELLANEOUS MONTGOMERY COUNTY REGULATIONS
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Sec. 33-15. Judicial review and enforcement.
   (a)    Any aggrieved merit system employee, or applicant, or the chief administrative officer may obtain judicial review of a merit system protection board order or decision from the circuit court for the county in the manner prescribed under Chapter 200 of Title 7 of the Maryland Rules of Procedure. In addition, with respect to orders or opinions relating to personnel of Montgomery County fire and rescue corporations, the independent fire and rescue corporation affected by the merit system protection board order, as well as any aggrieved fire and rescue corporation employee, may obtain judicial review of the board's order or decision as provided in this section.
   (b)    The court, in hearing the case, shall apply the judicial review standards as set forth in the Maryland Administrative Procedures Act, Subtitle 2 of Title 10 of the State Government Article of the Maryland Code. The court review shall be on the basis of the record before the board. Judicial review of board decisions issued hereunder also includes appellate review by the Court of Special Appeals.
   (c)    When the chief administrative officer is the party seeking judicial review of a board order or decision in favor of a merit system employee, the county shall be responsible for the employee's legal expenses, including attorneys' fees which result from the judicial review and are determined by the county to be reasonable under the criteria set forth in subsection (c)(9) of section 33-14.
   (d)    Upon the failure of a party to invoke the judicial review provision of section (a) above or the exhaustion thereof and upon noncompliance with any final decision or order of the board, the board may certify the matter to the county attorney for enforcement. The county attorney shall promptly institute appropriate civil proceedings in the circuit court for Montgomery County to seek enforcement of the decision or order and for any other appropriate relief. (1979 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 2; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 40, § 5; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 43, § 2; 2010 L.M.C., ch. 49, § 1.)
   Editor's note—Section 33-15(c) is interpreted and quoted in Kensington Volunteer Fire Department v. Montgomery County, 163 Md. App. 279, 878 A.2d 662 (2005), where the Court held that a volunteer firefighter who seeks review before the Merit System Protection Board of a decision of the Fire and Rescue Commission is entitled to attorney’s fees as if he were a merit system employee. Section 33-15 is interpreted in Montgomery County, Maryland v. Jamsa, 153 Md. App. 346, 836 A.2d 745 (2003), to permit the Merit Board to award attorney’s fees for appellate proceedings deriving from an administrative matter before the Board. Section 33-15 is cited in Haub v. Montgomery County, 353 Md. 448, 727 A.2d 369 (1999). In Lukas v. Bar Ass’n of Montgomery County, Md., Inc., 35 Md. App. 442, 371 A.2d 669 (1977), it was held that a “personnel consultant” who represented County employees in personnel matters against the County was engaged in the unauthorized practice of law. In Montgomery County v. Anastasi, 77 Md. App. 126, 549 A.2d 753 (1988), the court stated that § 33-15(b) requires judicial review of decisions of the Merit System Protection Board to be conducted in accordance with the judicial review standards set forth in the Maryland Administrative Procedure Act [formerly Md. Ann. Code, art. 41, § 255 (1957), revised to Md. State Gov't Code Ann. § 10-215 (1993), and now Md. State Gov’t. Code Ann. § 10-222 (1994)]. This requirement was also stated in Lofland v. Montgomery County, 319 Md. 265, 572 A.2d 163 (1990). Section 33-15 is cited in Montgomery County v. Buckman, 96 Md.App. 206, 624 A.2d 1274 (1993); Section 33-15(b) is cited in Lofland v. Montgomery County, 319 Md. 265, 572 A.2d 163 (1990); and Section 33-15(c) is cited in Robinson v. Montgomery County, 66 Md.App. 234, 503 A.2d 275 (1986).
   See County Attorney Opinion dated 12/17/08 discussing the authority and role of the Merit System Protection Board and the role of the County Attorney as legal adviser.