Marvin Mandel, Governor                         399

CHAPTER 132
(Senate Bill 587)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 657 (b)
of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Supple-
ment), title "Health," subtitle "Sanitary Districts," to permit the
sanitary commission of Allegany County to direct that water and
sewer service be disconnected for non-payment of sewer charges
or benefit assessments.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 657 (b) of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1969 Supplement), title "Health," subtitle "Sanitary
Districts," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

657.

(b) Whenever any water supply or sewerage project in any sani-
tary district or sanitary districts shall have been completed by
March 31st, in any one year, regardless of when said construction
was commenced, then the said commission shall fix and levy a
benefit charge as of the first day of July of the year in which the
project was completed upon said water main or sewer, in accordance
with the classification or subdivision thereof, and shall in writing,
notify all owners of said properties into which class and subdivision
their respective properties fall and the charge determined upon,
naming also in said notice a time and place, when and at which
time said owner will be heard. Such notice may be mailed to the
last known address of the owner, or served in person upon any
adult occupying the premises or in case of a vacant or unimproved
property posted upon the premises.

In Allegany County, any other section or subsections of this article
to the contrary notwithstanding, whenever any water supply or
sewerage project in any sanitary district or districts shall be com-
pleted, the commission shall from that time be authorized to fix
the annual benefit assessment in the manner provided for herein
and shall be authorized to levy and collect a pro rata benefit charge
for the remainder of the current fiscal year if any then remaining
and, thereafter, shall levy and collect the annual benefit assessment
charge in the manner provided for herein. The commission may
direct that the water and sewer service be disconnected for non-
payment of service charges or benefit assessments.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.

Approved April 15, 1970

CHAPTER 133

(Senate Bill 611)

AN ACT to add new Section 7A to the Code of Public Local Laws
of St. Mary's County (1965 Edition, being Article 19 of the Code