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governing bodies and the commission, such sanitary district shown
on said plat shall be, and the same is hereby designated and consti-
tuted for the purpose of this subtitle to be a separate sanitary dis-
trict or to be a part of a previously created, contiguous sanitary
district, in accordance with the determination of the commission
and, if designated a new sanitary district, shall be given by the com-
mission a distinctive name, shall be subject to all the provisions of
this subtitle and shall be a separate taxing district, and the filing
of said plat shall constitute legal notice to the public of such action
of the commission. Where a sanitary district has been created pur-
suant to this section, it shall be unnecessary for the commission to
comply with Section 653 of this Article with respect to any project
described in the notice published pursuant to this section.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved April 21, 1967.

CHAPTER 550
(Senate Bill 623)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 650
(b) (8) and 665 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume), title "Health", subtitle "Sanitary
Districts", to change the powers of sanitary districts over the
acquisition by gift, purchase or condemnation of privately owned
water or sewerage systems.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 650 (b) (8) and 665 of Article 43 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Health", sub-
title "Sanitary Districts", be and they are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

650.

(b) (8) To acquire by gift, purchase or by the exercise of the
right of eminent domain, in the manner prescribed by Article 33A of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), as from time to
time amended, lands or rights in land or water rights in connection
therewith; provided, however, that no property or any interest or
estate therein owned by any county, city, town or other political
subdivision of the State shall be acquired by the exercise of the
power of eminent domain without the consent of the governing body
of such county, city, town or political subdivision [, nor any existing
privately owned and operated water or sewerage system without the
consent of the owners and operators thereof]. EXCEPT A PRI-
VATELY OWNED AND OPERATED SYSTEM MAY BE CON-
DEMNED WITHOUT CONSENT IF IT IS REQUIRED AS AN
INTEGRAL PART OF A SANITARY DISTRICT CREATED
UNDER THIS SUBTITLE OR IF THE SYSTEM IS NOT BEING
MAINTAINED AND OPERATED IN COMPLIANCE WITH AP-
PLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE. At any