# Environment (GEN)

## Title 9. Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities

### Subtitle 6. Sanitary Commissions

#### Section 9-627

(a) In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in this subtitle, a sanitary commission may:

  (1) Determine the number of other officers, agents, and employees of the district; and

  (2) Determine the powers, duties, and compensation of other officers, agents, and employees of the district.

(b) A sanitary commission may appoint a sanitary commissioner to any office of the district, set the compensation for that office, and require that the compensation be paid by the member county represented by that sanitary commissioner.

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Md. Code Ann., Envir. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)