Marvin Mandel, Governor                           757

nection charge to extinguish the account and lien therefor by the pay-
ment of the principal plus interest due to the time of payment. A
property subject to a benefit assessment under this subsection shall
remain liable therefor until the annual or other payments have amor-
tized the charge, including the interest increment, and the lien there-
for shall continue until paid and extinguished, and at the time any
federal, state, county or other governmental agency, commission,
board or municipal corporation acquires for public use property
which is subject to such benefit charge it shall be paid and extin-
guished as provided with respect to other benefit charges in Section
83-73 (71-21), including the provisions relative to property taken
by a public authority by eminent domain proceedings. A benefit
charge established and levied under this subsection shall be collected
and be collectible, including the provision for treatment as county
taxes, as is specified for the collection of other benefit charges in
Section 83-72 (71-20). For the purpose of implementing this sub-
section with respect to obtaining funds for the construction of the
connections to be paid on a deferred or installment basis, the Com-
mission is authorized and empowered to include such purpose, and to
utilize the funds obtained,, in the issuance and sale of the bonds for
general water and sewer construction authorized under other pro-
visions of this subtitle or of any other law.

83-80A. (71-28A).

If and when the Commission ascertains that it is feasible, reason-
able and economical to do so, it may provide that a water or sanitary
sewer connection made to a water or sewer line installed in a street,
road, alley or right of way which has not been paved or otherwise
improved, so as not to require the replacing of pavement or street
improvement upon installation of the connection, may be placed in a
separate class of connection, and with respect to such connections
specify a charge based on the actual cost thereof, including Commis-
sion inspection charge, or it may make provision for the installation
of such connections, including taps into the main or line, by the
applicant or at the applicant's cost, but under Commission super-
vision and inspection. The Commission may further provide that any
class of connection from its water line or sanitary sewer pipe may be
constructed beyond the property line of the property to be served, if
the connecting pipe may be constructed at one time from the main
to the structure on the property to be served, but with respect to the
portion of the connecting pipe from the property line in or on the
property the expense of construction and of subsequent maintenance
thereof shall be at the sole expense of the property owner. If the
Commission provides for an unimproved area class of connections,
the charges for water and sanitary sewer connections to similar
properties in already developed areas may be based upon the Com-
mission's calculation, utilizing its experience, of an average cost for
such connections in both unimproved and already developed areas,
and that figure may be specified as the uniform charge provided for
in Section 83-80 (71-28) for connections installed by the Commission
in already developed areas, and any difference between the actual
cost of such connections and the uniform charge so established shall
be a part of the cost of providing water and sewer service, as appli-
cable, for which other provisions of this subtitle provide a water
service charge or a sewer usage charge. [Further, t] The Commis-
sion may provide for the installation of the water or sewer connection