74                                Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 30

mission may receive and accept, loans, grants, appropriations, ad-
vances and payments of reimbursable or nonreimbursable funds or
property in any form for the capital or operating purposes of the
Commission, and payments for benefits received or to be received
from, the operation of any project or facility; but, except to such
extent as may be provided in Section 14.04, nothing in this compact
shall be deemed to impose upon any local governmental unit or
agency any mandatory obligation to provide any capital funds to
the Commission other than funds which such local governmental
unit or agency may agree or contract to pay.

14.06.    Acquisition of Property from Signatories.—The respec-
tive officers, agencies, departments, commissions or bodies of each
signatory having jurisdiction and control over real and personal
property owned by such signatory are authorized and empowered,
upon the Commission's request and in accordance with the legal re-
quirements of the signatory, to transfer and convey to the Commis-
sion any such property or any interest therein, including lands lying
under water, as may be necessary or convenient to the effectuation
of the authorized purposes of the Commission.

14.07.    Acquisition of Property from Political Subdivisions.—
Each political subdivision and other public body of each of the sig-
natories is authorized and empowered, notwithstanding any con-
trary provision of law, to grant and convey to the Commission, upon
the Commission's request, any real or personal property or any in-
terest therein owned by such political subdivision or other public
body, including lands lying under water and lands already devoted
to public use, which may be necessary or convenient to the effectua-
tion of the authorized purposes of this Commission.

14.08.    Rights-of-Way. — Permission is hereby granted to the
Commission to locate, construct and maintain any aqueducts, lines,
pipes, conduits and auxiliary facilities authorized to be acquired,
constructed, owned, operated or maintained by the Commission in,
over, under or across any streets and highways now or hereafter
owned, opened or dedicated to or for public use, subject to such rea-
sonable conditions as the agency having jurisdiction over such street
or highway may require.

14.09.    Power to Acquire Property by Condemnation.—(a) The
power of eminent domain granted by Section 3.05 (k) includes, but
is not limited to, the power to condemn for the purposes of this com-
pact any property already devoted to a public use, other than prop-
erty of a signatory. Any condemnation of any property or franchises
owned or used by a governmental or private agency or entity for
public utility purposes and being utilized in providing a public serv-
ice shall be subject to the consent of such board, commission, or
other body of a signatory as may have regulatory jurisdiction over
the utility or service, unless the affected facility is to be relocated
or unless such acquisition will not affect the operation of the utility
or service, provided, that in the event of relocation the cost thereof
shall be paid in accordance with the law of the state in which the
facility is located but any such cost payable by the Commission shall
not in any event exceed the expenditure required to serve the public
convenience and necessity.

(b) Except as limited by Section 9.05, whenever any signatory
or political subdivision of a signatory or public utility owns any land