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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="2-404" title_number="2" title_name="General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Water and Sewerage Systems">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If the State has agreed to pay the costs set out in § 2-402 of this subtitle and any additional construction costs associated with the connection, the State may connect a State facility, regardless of its location, to a publicly owned utility system.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If an existing publicly owned utility system is inadequate to handle proposed State utility needs, the State shall pay all costs that are:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>associated with the expansion of the publicly owned utility system to meet the needs of the State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in excess of available federal funds.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Before connecting to any publicly owned utility system, the State shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>coordinate with the owner of the publicly owned utility system; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>consider any existing master plan in establishing the fiscal obligation of the State under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After determining the need of the State for water or sewerage capacity, the State shall provide the information to the appropriate local jurisdictions.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The local jurisdictions shall include State facility needs in developing their master plans for water and sewerage systems.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
