Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1481

supply and waste water purification projects included in the approved
county water and sewerage plans adopted in compliance with Article
43, Section 387C of this Code. The five-year plan shall designate
those existing facilities or portions of them that shall be transferred
to the jurisdiction of the Service, improvements to and extension
of existing facilities, construction of new water supply, waste water
purification and solid waste disposal projects, and the proposed
methods of acquisition, ownership and operation by the Service
and/or affected municipalities and persons, together with antici-
pated expenditures, sources of revenue, charges for projects to be
levied against municipalities and persons, and related matters the
Service finds necessary and convenient.

5(f).

Upon adoption of a five-year plan by the Service, service districts
shall be established in the manner and following the schedule set
forth in the plan. Immediately thereafter, the Service shall proceed
with the acquisition, extension, and construction of facilities set
forth in the plan and shall assume jurisdiction over and provide
for the maintenance and operation of water supply, waste water
purification and solid waste disposal projects included in the plan,
for those projects within the service region and districts placed
under the jurisdiction of the Service by the plan.

5(h).

Existing projects providing water supply, waste water purification
and solid waste disposal services, including all rights, easements,
laboratory facilities, vehicles, records, and all other property, equip-
ment, and furnishings necessary and normally associated with the
operation of the facility, shall be transferred to the sole ownership
of the Service at the time designated in the five-year plan. Compensa-
tion for existing projects may be based on the original cost of the
project minus an allowance for depreciation, or on other terms and
conditions satisfactory to the municipality or person transferring the
project. All costs and obligations assumed by the Service incidental
to the transfer of ownership of an existing project shall be included
in the charges apportioned to the service district.

6(a).

Any municipality or person may request the Service to provide
the water supply, waste water purification or solid waste disposal
projects as are authorized by this article. The request shall set forth
the type of proposed project or projects to be furnished and the
proposed boundaries of the area within which a project or projects
is requested.

7(a).

In calculating charges for [waste management] contracts and in
determining the local costs to be apportioned to a service district
established pursuant to this article, the Service shall require that the
charges reflect the full costs of projects. Such charges and costs to be
apportioned to any particular municipality or person located within a
service district shall take account of the value and capacity of any
existing facility transferred by such municipality or person to the