532                                 Laws of Maryland                          ch. 240

7. Charges for Waste Management Contracts.

(a)    In calculating charges for waste management contracts and
in determining the local costs to be levied against a service district
established pursuant to this Article, the Service shall require that
the charges reflect the full costs of projects provided . SUCH
CHARGES AND COSTS TO BE LEVIED AGAINST ANY PAR-
TICULAR MUNICIPALITY OR PERSON LOCATED WITHIN A
SERVICE DISTRICT SHALL TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE VALUE
AND CAPACITY OF ANY EXISTING FACILITY TRANS-
FERRED BY SUCH MUNICIPALITY OR PERSON TO THE
SERVICE, AND THE COSTS AND OBLIGATIONS ASSUMED
BY THE SERVICE INCIDENTAL TO THE TRANSFER OF
SUCH FACILITY, and, to the extent deemed reasonable and prac-
ticable by the Service, charges shall ALSO be based on but not
necessarily limited to a formula reflecting the volume and charac-
teristics of the wastes as they influence transportation, purification,
final disposal, and time pattern of discharge.

(b)  If a municipality fails to pay the Service for projects pro-
vided pursuant to this Article within 60 days of the due date, AS
ESTABLISHED BY CONTRACT, THEN all State funds, or such
portion of them as may be required, relating to the income tax, the
tax on racing, the recordation tax, the tax on amusements, and the
license tax thereafter to be distributed to the municipality shall
be paid by the Comptroller of Maryland directly to the Service until
the Service is reimbursed.

(c)  If a person fails to pay the Service for projects provided
pursuant to this Article within 60 days of the due date, AS ESTAB-
LISHED BY CONTRACT, THEN the unpaid bill shall become a lien
against the property served and shall be referred to the Attorney
General for collection.

(D)    THE GOVERNING BODY OF ANY MUNICIPALITY
COUNTY (OR BALTIMORE CITY) MAY CHARGE THE SERV-
ICE A FEE NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (25¢)
PER TON FOR FINAL DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE AT ANY
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL PROJECT LOCATED IN THAT
MUNICIPALITY. COUNTY (OR BALTIMORE CITY).

(E)  WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS SHALL BE RE-
VIEWED AT LEAST BIANNUALLY BIENNIALLY BY THE
SERVICE AND BY THE OTHER CONTRACTING PARTY, PRO-
VIDED THAT A CONTRACT MAY BE REVIEWED UPON THE
REQUEST OF EITHER PARTY AT ANY TIME FOR THE PUR-
POSE OF RENEGOTIATING RATES, FEES, OR OTHER
CHARGES EXACTED BY THE SERVICE.

8. Authority to provide projects upon direction of the Secretary
of Health and Mental Hygiene.

(a) Upon failure of a municipality to comply with an order of
the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide a sewerage
system or refuse disposal works as provided for in Article 43, Section
393 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, the Secretary of Health
and Mental Hygiene shall direct the Service to install or put into
operation sewerage or refuse disposal facilities to satisfy the require-
ments of the order.