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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="21-403" title_number="21" title_name="Property and Land Use Matters" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Urban Renewal Projects">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If an urban renewal project or an act of the General Assembly that provides for an urban renewal program requires or results in the abandonment, relocation, realignment, raising, lowering, rebuilding, or removal of any water or sanitary sewer facility of the Commission, the urban renewal authority shall pay to the Commission the entire cost less any salvage value from the old facility.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An urban renewal authority may not allow any Commission structure to be removed, abandoned, or damaged in connection with an urban renewal project until:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the urban renewal authority has paid the Commission; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>payment to the Commission has been assured to the Commission’s satisfaction, in accordance with this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If an urban renewal project requires the construction of a new water or sanitary sewer facility by the Commission, the Commission may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>construct the facility if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the costs of the construction will be repaid through existing provisions for special assessments, including front foot benefit charges; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the payment is made or assured by the urban renewal authority; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>enter into agreements with an urban renewal authority providing for payment to the Commission over a period of time, with the terms of the contract and rate of interest determined by the Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
