Title 9. Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities — Subtitle 6. Sanitary Commissions

The purchase price of a project;

The cost of acquiring all the capital stock of a corporation that owned a project;

Amounts paid to discharge obligations of the owner of a project, if paid to vest title to a project in the district;

Any interest in real or personal property acquired in connection with it;

Financial, technical, professional, engineering, and legal services;

Plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of costs and revenues, feasibility or practicability reports, machinery, equipment, administrative expenses, and other expenses that are necessary and incident to the financing authorized for the construction, acquisition, improvement, or placement in operation of a project; and

Financing the project, including finance charges and interest before, during, and for 1 year after completion of construction.

Carry sewage away;

Collect sewage;

Neutralize sewage;

Stabilize sewage; or

Treat sewage.

A disposal field.

A drainage ditch.

A force main.

An intercepting ditch.

An intercepting sewer.

A lateral sewer.

An outfall sewer.

A pumping station.

A sewage conduit.

Sewage equipment.

A sewage lagoon.

A sewage pipe.

A sewage pipe line.

A sewage treatment plant.

A trunk sewer.

A dam.

A filtration plant.

A hydrant.

A lateral.

A reservoir.

A standpipe.

A valve.

A water distribution system.

Water equipment.

A water intake.

A water main.

A water meter.

A water pumping station.

A water purification plant.

A water supply system.

A well.

Name;

Powers; or

Purposes.

The text of the entire articles of organization as the articles of organization would read after adoption of the proposed amendment;

The text of a provision in the articles of incorporation as that provision would read after adoption of the proposed amendment; or

The material whose addition to or removal from the articles of incorporation is proposed.

Verify the facts set forth in the articles of amendment;

Put the district’s seal on the articles of amendment; and

Sign the articles of amendment.

The name and address of the principal office of the district;

A statement that the amendment was proposed by the sanitary commissioners;

A statement that each member county adopted the amendment; and

The text of the amendment.

Endorse on the corporate document the time and date the corporate document was received; and

Examine the corporate document.

Issue a certificate of approval;

Include with the certificate of approval a copy of the corporate document; and

Record a copy of:

Allegany County – 7;

Dorchester County – 6;

Somerset County, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection – 5;

Worcester County – 5; and

Other counties – 3.

One sanitary commissioner from each service area; and

If there is an even number of service areas, one additional sanitary commissioner.

A sanitary commissioner from each service area who is a resident of that service area; and

If there is an even number of service areas, one additional sanitary commissioner who is a resident of the county at large.

In Dorchester County, 6 years expiring on July 1 of the appropriate year.

In Allegany County, 6 years expiring on June 1 of the appropriate year.

In Somerset County, 6 years expiring, as required by the terms of the sanitary commissioners on July 1, 1982, on June 1 or January 1 of the appropriate year.

In any other county, 6 years expiring on January 1 of the appropriate year.

For one sanitary commissioner, 2 years expiring on the second January 1 after the single county district is created.

For one sanitary commissioner, 4 years expiring on the fourth January 1 after the single county district is created.

For one sanitary commissioner, 6 years expiring on the sixth January 1 after the single county district is created.

One sanitary commissioner from each member county appointed as the articles of incorporation of the district provide; and

One sanitary commissioner from either member county as the articles of incorporation of the district provide.

The sanitary commissioners in office before the admission of the incoming county; and

At least one sanitary commissioner from the incoming county.

6 years; or

The term provided in the articles of incorporation of the district.

Take, before the clerk of the circuit court for a member county, the oath of office required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution; and

File the bond with the State Comptroller.

“Contracting party” means the other party to a contract made by a district under this section.

“Contracting party” includes:

A sewerage system.

A solid waste acceptance facility.

A solid waste disposal system.

A water system.

When work begins on the water system or sewerage system for which the borrowing was made; and

Only from funds or bond revenues that, under this subtitle, relate to the project.

The date on which the construction is completed for any project then under construction for the service area; or

The date on which the Sanitary Commission adopts a resolution to change the boundaries of the service area; and

25 percent of the property owners in the proposed service area; or

25 property owners in the proposed service area; and

A description of the proposed service area; and

The time and place of the hearing.

In the office of the sanitary commission;

With the governing body of each county in which any part of the service area lies; and

With the clerk of the circuit court for each county in which any part of the service area lies for filing in a plat book among the land records.

Be made under the supervision of the sanitary commission’s engineers;

Show the boundaries of the service area; and

In the case of the plat filed among the land records, be indexed in the records in the names of the district and the service area.

The actual cost of making the connection between a water system or sewerage system and the property served by the system; or

The average cost of making a connection based on:

The construction is substantially completed; or

The system is in use for the project for which the benefit assessment is made.

Identifies the owners of the parcel;

Describes the parcel and gives any lot number of record that applies to the parcel; and

Shows the amount of the lien.

Sue any person who was an owner of record of the parcel at any time since the benefit assessment was last paid; or

File a bill in equity to enforce a lien through a decree of sale of property against any person who was an owner of record of the parcel at any time since the benefit assessment was last paid.

Whose owner requests the connection;

That does not abut a way in which a water pipe or sewer pipe is laid; and

That is not the subject of a benefit assessment levied under § 9–657 or § 9–658 of this subtitle.

In Allegany and Somerset counties, at the rate set by the respective Sanitary Commission; and

In all other counties, at the rate of 0.5 percent a month.

Whose owner requests the connection subsequent to the construction of the water line or sewer line; and

That abuts the way in which the line is laid.

At least equal to the actual cost to the district of constructing the connector;

Based on the length of the connector and width of the way in which the water pipe or sewer pipe is laid; and

The same on each side of the way.

Keep the excess revenues in a special fund; and

Use the fund only for repairs, replacement, and extraordinary expenses of the water system or sewer system.

Keep the excess revenues in a special fund;

Use the fund for repairs, replacement, and extraordinary expenses of the water system or sewer system; or

Use the fund for any other purpose relating to the operation of the service area to which the fund relates.

That is based on the size of the meter serving the property and is uniform throughout the service area for each size of meter; and

That, for properties to which no meter is connected, is reasonable and uniform throughout the service area; and

Based on the estimated water usage; and

Uniform among unmetered properties in the service area.

For water service, a bill for minimum charges and usage charges for water once each 3 or 6 months; and

For other charges, a bill once each 3, 6, or 12 months; and

A district may charge an owner of a parcel serviced by or connected to a project that the district operates a late fee for any unpaid usage charge that is based on the use of the project by the owner of the parcel;

A sanitary commission may require, before reconnecting water service, payment of any applicable late fees in addition to any other charge authorized by this section; and

A charge that is in default shall accrue interest from the date of default at a rate set by the sanitary commission.

To eliminate leaks;

To prevent water loss; and

To prevent unnecessary or improper use of sewers.

The construction of the independent system;

The operation of the independent system; and

The cost of building and operating the independent system; and

In accordance with this subtitle; and

Agreed on by the sanitary commission and the owner of the municipal system or independent system.

In Worcester County, notwithstanding any other provision of this article or any regulation adopted under this article, an agreement to purchase an independent system may include long-term commitments by the Sanitary Commission of Worcester County or the County Commissioners of Worcester County to provide water and sewer service to, and maintain appropriate zoning, development, permits, and other land use regulations for, land within the previous franchise area of the independent system at any terms and conditions that the Sanitary Commission or the County Commissioners determines to be appropriate.

For the purposes of this paragraph (3) of this subsection, the County Commissioners of Worcester County may make long-term commitments concerning zoning, development, permits, or other land use regulations. Also, the Sanitary Commission of Worcester County may make long-term commitments to provide for water or sewer service.

Has rejected an offer made under this section; or

Has not accepted, within 90 days of the offer, an offer made under this section.

The rights of the district with respect to the acquired system are the same as if the district had itself built that system; and

Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, all parcels of property served by the acquired system are subject to the provisions of this subtitle as if the district had itself built the system.

Any existing grave;

Any grave marker or monument;

Any grave site whose title has been transferred through a sale or exchange made in good faith; or

Any grave site as to which burial rights have vested or been transferred through a sale or agreement made in good faith.

All unpaid fees, charges, or assessments for service at the property; and

Any reconnection fees for service at the property.

Outside a service area; or

If inside a service area, to serve territory that the Sanitary Commission determines is not feasible to serve with an existing project.

To construct the proposed shared facility; and

To establish the proposed shared facility area.

Shall determine whether the proposed shared facility meets the applicable standards of this section; and

May affirm, modify, or reverse the decision of the Sanitary Commission.

Provides for construction of the shared facility; and

Designates the boundaries of the shared facility area; and

Pay the principal and interest on each bond issued and any other obligation incurred by the Sanitary Commission in constructing the shared facility; and

Pay any other costs incurred in building the shared facility; and

The class and subclass of the parcel;

The benefit assessment for the parcel; and

The time and place of the hearing to which the owner is entitled under this section.

Identifies the owners of the parcel;

Describes the parcel and gives any lot number of record that applies to the parcel; and

Shows the amount of the lien.

Sue any person who was an owner of record of the parcel at any time since the benefit assessment was last paid; or

File a bill in equity to enforce a lien through a decree of sale of property against any person who was an owner of record of the parcel at any time since the benefit assessment was last paid.

Coupon form;

Registered form; or

Coupon form and registered form;

Principal; or

Principal and interest;

The terms and conditions the sanitary commission will impose as to redemption before maturity; and

The method the sanitary commission will use in determining the prices the district will pay to redeem bonds before maturity;