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(g) Areas later incorporated.

Any area which becomes subject to any special assessment pro-
vided hereinbefore, which area subsequently through annexation or
incorporation is taken into and becomes a part of a municipality,
or becomes a municipality, in accordance with the provisions of exist-
ing law shall continue to be subject to any taxes or assessments
levied under this section until such time as the improvements for
which the assessment was levied are paid for.

(h) The Board may require any owner or developer of a sub-
division or tract of land upon which dwellings, apartments, stores
or other buildings are to be erected to contribute what it deems to
be a fair share of the costs of a drainage project under the pro-
visions of 18-24(a)3 before it approves or constructs such project,
such contribution to be paid in cash before construction begins or
secured to the satisfaction of the Board.

(i) The County Commissioners shall have the power and author-
ity to by ordinance or resolution merge, consolidate or transfer to
or under the applicable provisions of this Act any or all of the
Special Taxing Areas, Special Improvement Districts services, func-
tions, or improvements that have been established, created or pro-
vided under the existing provisions of Sections 18-2 (f) and 18-4 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's County, being
Article 17 of the Code of Public Laws of Maryland (1963 Edition).

Further that upon the enactment or adoption of such ordinance
or resolution by the Commissioners all special assessments, ad
valorem taxes previously assessed or levied under the provisions of
Section 18-2 (f) and 18-4 are hereby declared to be legal and that
after the adoption or enactment of said ordinance or resolution
merging, consolidating or transferring said services, functions, or
improvements to or under the provisions of this Act the said Assess-
ments or levies shall be made under the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT THIS ACT
SHALL TAKE EFFECT JUNE 1, 1965.

Approved May 4, 1965.

CHAPTER 803
(House Bill 565)

AN ACT to cancel, rescind and repeal the authority to issue bonds
under the following Laws of Maryland, but only to the extent that
such authority has not been exercised prior to the effective date
of this Act: Chapter 371 of the Laws of Maryland of 1953, Chapter
558 of the Laws of Maryland of 1953, Chapter 622 of the Laws
of Maryland of 1957, Chapter 702 of the Laws of Maryland of
1959, Chapter 904 of the Laws of Maryland of 1961, and Chapter
25 of the Laws of Maryland of 1962, enacted at the Special Session
held on March 9, 1962.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the authority to issue bonds under the following Laws of Mary-