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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="24-102" title_number="24" title_name="Plumbing, Waterworks, and Sewer Construction" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Construction Projects">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person shall obtain a permit from the Commission before the person may construct a private or semipublic water supply or sewer system for the use of at least two buildings or premises in the sanitary district or areas of Prince George’s County that are not in the sanitary district.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The person shall pay to the Commission a reasonable permit fee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The private or semipublic water supply or sewer system shall be installed, maintained, and operated under regulations that the Commission adopts.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The owner or operator of the system shall pay to the Commission a reasonable supervision and inspection fee that the Commission sets.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If an owner or operator of a private or semipublic water supply or sewer system fails or refuses to correct, maintain, or operate the system in compliance with the requirements of the Commission, the Commission may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>make the correction or take over the operation of the system for the period necessary; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>collect the costs for the correction or operation from the owner or operator.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
