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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="25-203" title_number="25" title_name="Rates and Charges" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Benefit Charges">
  <level label="a">
    <text>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:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>agricultural;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>industrial or business;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>institutional;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>multi–unit business;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>multi–unit residential;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>residential subdivision; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>small acreage.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The classification of a property by the Commission is final, subject only to revision:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>at a hearing under § 25–204(a) of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>by the Commission if the use of the property changes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
