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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="25-405" title_number="25" title_name="Rates and Charges" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="System Development Charge">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission may allow a developer to design and construct any on–site or off–site facility necessary for the developer’s project if the facility is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in the Commission Capital Improvement Program and the 10–year Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage System Plan adopted by one of the county councils;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a major project included in the Commission Capital Improvement Program; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a project that includes a sewer main or water main that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>provides only local service;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is 2,000 feet or less;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has a diameter of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>15 inches or more if it is a sewer main; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>16 inches or more if it is a water main; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>is built to avoid unnecessary and uneconomical duplication when a major project is constructed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A facility constructed under this section shall be designed, constructed, and inspected in accordance with:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the standards used by the Commission; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>all applicable laws, regulations, and written policies of the Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>After the Commission approves a facility constructed by a developer under this section, the Commission shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>accept the facility as part of the Commission system; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>subject to subsection (d) of this section, grant the developer a credit against any charge imposed under this subtitle in an amount equal to the cost of constructing the facility.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Office of the Inspector General shall review and approve the costs incurred by the developer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Commission and the developer shall enter into an agreement that incorporates the provisions of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>If the Commission rejects a developer’s request to design and construct facilities under this section, the Commission shall explain in writing to the developer the reasons for the rejection.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission shall submit a report at the end of each fiscal year to the Montgomery County and Prince George’s County Delegations to the General Assembly and to the county councils of Montgomery County and Prince George’s County.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report shall state the number of requests made by developers under this section, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the number of acceptances and rejections by the Commission; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the justification for any rejections.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
