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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-679" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Sanitary Commissions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In accordance with the rules and regulations that the Dorchester County Commissioners approve:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Sanitary Commission shall make benefit assessments on the property in a shared facility area in an amount that is enough to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Pay the principal and interest on each bond issued and any other obligation incurred by the Sanitary Commission in constructing the shared facility; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Pay any other costs incurred in building the shared facility; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Sanitary Commission may establish reasonable charges on each parcel in the shared facility area.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Sanitary Commission shall give to the owner of each parcel in the shared facility area written notice of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The class and subclass of the parcel;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The benefit assessment for the parcel; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The time and place of the hearing to which the owner is entitled under this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Sanitary Commission shall mail the notice to the owner at the last known address of the owner on the Dorchester County tax assessment records.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Sanitary Commission shall give each property owner an opportunity for a hearing before the Sanitary Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>After the hearing, the Sanitary Commission may adjust the classification or benefit assessment as appropriate.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Sanitary Commission shall make the levy of each benefit assessment the Sanitary Commission determines under this section so that the levy is effective for the July 1 that follows the first March 31 that occurs on or after the date:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Construction is completed on the shared facility; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The shared facility is acquired.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>While unpaid, benefit assessments and other charges are a lien on the parcel for which made.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The lien granted by this subsection is subordinate only to State taxes and municipal taxes.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>As to each lien that arises against a parcel in the shared facility area, the Sanitary Commission shall keep a public record that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Identifies the owners of the parcel;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Describes the parcel and gives any lot number of record that applies to the parcel; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Shows the amount of the lien.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Sanitary Commission shall file the record of liens with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Dorchester County, for filing among the land records for Dorchester County.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The record of liens shall be legal notice of all existing liens in the shared facility area.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>To enforce the collection of unpaid benefit assessments or other charges that are at least 60 days overdue, the Sanitary Commission, at any time, may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Sue any person who was an owner of record of the parcel at any time since the benefit assessment was last paid; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>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.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>When recorded, the lien shall be legal notice to any person who has any interest in a parcel.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
