§ 34-2-101. DEFINITIONS.

(a)

In general. In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)

Certified laboratory. "Certified laboratory" means a water quality laboratory approved by the State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene that examines public drinking water to determine its compliance with or produces data for enforcement of:

(1)

The Federal Safe Drinking Water Act; or

(2)

State standards for public drinking water.

(c)

Conveyance.

(1)

"Conveyance" means a transfer of ownership of real property by deed.

(2)

"Conveyance" does not include:

(i)

An executory contract of sale;

(ii)

Property passing by intestate succession or in accordance with the terms of a will;

(iii)

Transfers from one or more tenants in common or joint tenants to one or more of their covenants;

(iv)

Transfers between husband and wife;

(v)

Transfers between divorced persons in accordance with an agreement;

(vi)

Gifts of real property; or

(vii)

Property sold under judicial sale, mortgage, foreclosure, or a deed of trust.

(d)

Improved lot. "Improved lot" means a lot with one or more existing residences.

(e)

Residence. "Residence" includes a mobile home.

(f)

Unimproved lot. "Unimproved lot" means a portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended for residential building development, whether immediate or future.

(g)

Water supply.

(1)

"Water supply" means all private sources of potable water.

(2)

"Water supply" includes bored, drilled, driven, or dug wells, springs, and cisterns.

(h)

Well.

(1)

"Well" means a hole made in the ground and improved for the extraction of groundwater.

(2)

"Well" includes two wells used in tandem and approved in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Code of Maryland Regulations.

(1988 Code, § 35-36) (Bill No. 173, 1989, § 3, 1-26-1990; Bill No. 26-01, § 2, 7-1-2004)