Ch. 478 LAWS OF MARYLAND
CHARGE FOR THE UPKEEP OF WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS SHALL BE
MADE AGAINST ANY PROPERTY IN ANY YEAR FOR WHICH SUCH
PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY SUBJECT TO A FRONT FOOT BENEFIT
ASSESSMENT AS ELSEWHERE IN THIS SUBTITLE PROVIDED.
67-21. CHARGES TO BE LIEN; ENFORCEMENT; DUE DATES; INTEREST.
A. FRONT FOOT BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS, WATER AND SEWER
SYSTEM UPKEEP CHARGES, CONNECTION CHARGES, DRAINAGE
CHARGES AND OTHER CHARGES WHICH THE COUNTY IS EMPOWERED
TO MAKE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE
LIENS UPON THE PROPERTY SERVED OR BENEFITED.
B. THE LIENS SHALL BE SUBJECT ONLY TO LIENS FOR STATE AND
COUNTY TAXES.
C. CHARGES SHALL BE DUE WHEN MADE AND AFTER THIRTY (30)
DAYS FROM THAT DATE SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT THE RATE OF ONE
PERCENT (1%) PER MONTH.
D. DUE DATES AND THE INTERVAL BETWEEN THE DATES NEED
NOT BE UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE SANITARY DISTRICT.
E. LIENS ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION MAY BE ENFORCED IN
COURT BY THE COUNTY AGAINST THE PROPERTY SERVED OR
BENEFITED.
ARTICLE III
BONDS
67-22. ISSUANCE OF BONDS: PAYMENT; SOLICITATION OF COMPETITIVE
BIDS.
A. ISSUE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, ESTABLISHMENT, PURCHASE, ACQUISITION OR
CONDEMNATION OF THE WATER SUPPLY, SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS PROVIDED FOR BY THIS CHAPTER, THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF CECIL COUNTY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME, AS IT
DEEMS NECESSARY, ISSUE BONDS UPON THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT
OF THE COUNTY. THE COUNTY MAY PAY THE INTEREST ON ANY BONDS
IT ISSUES OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF THE BONDS, BUT NOT
MORE THAN ONE (1) YEAR'S INTEREST MAY BE SO EXPENDED.
B. PROCEDURE. EXCEPT AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED THE
COUNTY SHALL OFFER SUCH BONDS ONLY BY SOLICITATION OF
COMPETITIVE BIDS THEREFOR, WHICH OFFERING SHALL BE MADE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 9 THROUGH 11 OF
ARTICLE 31 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND, 1957 (1971
REPLACEMENT VOLUME). THE COUNTY SHALL, BY ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION, FIX THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PUBLIC SALE OR
SALES OF SUCH BONDS AND SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL
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