920                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 535

24A.

No individual, corporation, firm, partnership, association, com-
pany, cooperative, joint stock company or association or any other
form of business enterprise shall commence any construction of a
water system or sewage disposal system for public use without the
prior authorization of the Commission which shall be granted only
upon a finding by the Commission that to do so is in the public
interest. The applicant for such authorization shall make full dis-
closure to the Commission as to plans for financing the undertaking
and shall have the burden of proving to the satisfaction of the Com-
mission that the proposed construction is in the public interest. In
making its determination as to the public interest the Commission
shall consider the plans for financing the proposed construction and
any SUCH other facts and circumstances deemed by it to AS MAY be
pertinent. The Commission is authorized to revoke any authorization
granted under this section after a hearing if it shall find that the revo-
cation is in the public interest. The order of revocation may be ap-
pealed as provided in Section 91 of this article, and as further provided
in Section 92, the filing of an appeal shall not stay the order of the
Commission. After the issuance of any order of revocation, the
water or sewer system shall not be operated until the revocation has
been repealed by action of the Commission or by the final disposition
of any appeal from the order of revocation. This section shall not
apply to a municipality, sanitary district, or other governmental
agency, nor to the construction of a water system or sewage disposal
system by an individual for his own personal or private use or by
a group of individuals for their joint personal or private use where
UNLESS the Commission in its discretion finds that such joint use is
not for the purpose of generally serving a proposed development of
new housing.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1,1966.

Approved May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 535
(Senate Bill 180)

AN ACT to add new Sections 236, 237 and 238 to Article 89B of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume),
title "State Roads," to follow immediately after Section 235 thereof
and to be under the new subtitle "Highway Beautification," re-
lating to the restoration, preservation and enhancement of scenic
beauty and the creation of rest and recreation areas within and
adjacent to Federal-aid highways in the State and authorizing
the State Roads Commission to acquire land for such purposes.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Sections 236, 237 and 238 be and they are hereby added
to Article 89B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replace-
ment Volume, title "State Roads," to follow immediately after Section
235 thereof, to be under the new subtitle "Highway Beautification,"
and to read as follows: