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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="25-301" title_number="25" title_name="Rates and Charges" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Connection Charges">
  <level label="a">
    <text>For each service connection under § 23–202 of this article, the Commission shall set a connection charge that the Commission determines to be reasonable.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to a yearly revision by the Commission:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for connections of the sizes and classes for which the average cost reasonably may be ascertained, the connection charge shall be uniform throughout the sanitary district; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for all other connections, the connection charge shall be the actual cost.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>All property owners shall pay the connection charge to the Commission before the actual connection of any line on private property is made.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Of the total revenue over actual cost that is derived from the connection charges, the Commission shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>retain one–half of the revenue in a contingency fund for repair, replacement, or any extraordinary expense in the maintenance and operation of water supply or sewer systems under the control of the Commission; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>apply one–half of the revenue to pay the Commission’s debt service for outstanding debts.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
