1082                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 650

CHAPTER 650
(House Bill 376)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 1579 (d)
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's County (1953
Edition), being Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title "Prince George's County", sub-title "Washington
Suburban Sanitary District", said section being also Section 130-
36 (d) of the Montgomery County Code (1953 Supplement), being
Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, relating
generally to sewer usage charges, exempting certain properties
from such charges, providing an annual charge against all proper-
ties connected to the Suburban Sanitary Commission's sewer-
age system whch are not furnished with water by the Commis-
sion, and providing for special sewer usage charges where proper-
ties are exempt from ad valorem taxes and front foot benefit
charges AND EXISTING CONTRACTS WITH MUNICIPALI-
TIES.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 1579 (d) of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County (1953 Edition), being Article 17 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Prince George's County", sub-
title "Washington Suburban Sanitary District", said section being also
Section 130-36 (d) of the Montgomery County Code (1953 Supple-
ment), being Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

1579. (d) 130-36 d. for the purpose of retiring the bonds author-
ized to be issued by this section and the payment of the interest there-
on and for the purpose of paying for the cost of the maintenance of
its sewerage system and its disposal facilities, including the overhead
expense and proper depreciation allowance, and payments to the
Commissioners of the District of Columbia for disposal of Sanitary
District sewage, said Commission shall be empowered and directed to
make a sewer usage charge, chargeable against all properties con-
nected to said Commission's sewerage system. Said charges shall be
based upon the water consumption of the properties connected to the
sewerage system [.] , except that where the Commission furnishes
sewerage service to a property which is not connected to the Commis-
sion's water system the Commission shall charge a flat rate against
each of such properties in the sum of $10.00 per year, which sum shall
be payable semi-annually. In the event that water furnished by the
Commission to any lot or parcel of land shall be used exclusively for
any purpose which results in the water not entering the sewerage
system of the Commission, then and in that event the owner, tenant or
occupant of such lot or parcel shall not be charged a sewer usage
charge for the water so used, provided, however, that the owner,
tenant or occupant of such lot or parcel shall pay to the Commission

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.