# Public Utilities (GPU)

## Title 25. Rates and Charges

### Subtitle 2. Benefit Charges

#### Section 25-203

(a) To impose a benefit charge for the construction of a water supply or sewer system, the Commission shall classify each property that abuts on a street, road, lane, alley, right-of-way, or easement in which a water main or sewer line is to be laid as:

  (1) agricultural;

  (2) industrial or business;

  (3) institutional;

  (4) multi-unit business;

  (5) multi-unit residential;

  (6) residential subdivision; or

  (7) small acreage.

(b) The classification of a property by the Commission is final, subject only to revision:

  (1) at a hearing under Sec. 25-204(a) of this subtitle; or

  (2) by the Commission if the use of the property changes.

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Md. Code Ann., Pub. Util. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)