Marvin Mandel, Governor                         367

shall terminate at any time a connection with the Commission's
sewer pipe is made by the owner of the property, whereupon the
property shall be classified and the benefit charge shall commence
and run for the total number of years, at the rate for such class
which it would have run had it been established at the time of the
original construction. If property in the Sanitary District is at the
time of construction of a Commission water line or sanitary sewer
line connected to a public water system or public sewer system oper-
ated either by a municipality or by a water or sewer company subject
to the requirements of the Maryland State Department of Health,
or if following construction of the Commission line such property is
connected to such other specified public system pursuant to Commis-
sion authorization, such property shall be exempt from the imposi-
tion and collection of a Sanitary District front foot benefit assess-
ment until it is served by or connected to the Commission's water or
sanitary sewerage system, as the case may be, and if such property
is not within a drainage area or not otherwise provided service,
directly or indirectly, from a storm drainage system operated or
maintained by the Commission, the Sanitary District ad valorem
tax shall also be [suspended] exempted, with the [suspension]
exemption terminating upon service by or connection to any of the
aforesaid systems of the Commission. The provisions of this section
relative to the exemption from front foot benefit assessments of
properties served by another public water or sewer system are not
intended to, nor shall they, supersede or modify the special provi-
sions of subsections (c) and (d) of Section 83-42 (71-1A) of this
subtitle with respect to the subdivision known as Calvert Manor.
Any land or property exempted from or with respect to which there
is a suspension of front foot benefit charges, shall become liable to
a benefit assessment charge at a rate and for a period of time not less
than the rate and number of years which would have applied at the
time of exemption or suspension, when the exemption or suspension
condition is no longer applicable pursuant to the provisions hereof
which established such condition in the first instance. Property
with respect to which the ad valorem tax is [suspended] exempted
pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall, during the period
of such [suspension] exemption only, be and considered as not
within the taxing district of the Sanitary District, as the taxing
district is provided for in Section 83-89A (71-38A), but upon the
happening of any condition or circumstance which removes the
[suspension] exemption from an ad valorem tax the property shall
thereupon be included within the taxing district. Except as herein
specifically provided, every other law, regulation or rule of, or appli-
cable to, the Washington Suburban Sanitary District shall apply to
any property for which the front foot benefit assessment or ad
valorem tax is suspended or exempted.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any word, phrase, clause,
sentence or other part or parts of this Act shall be held unconsti-
tutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitu-
tionally shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of
this Act.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on July 1, 1971.

Approved April 23, 1971.