Marvin Mandel, Governor                       1593

Code (1969 Edition, as amended), being Section 83-71(1) of the
Public Local Laws of Prince George's County (1963 Edition), and
Section 71-19(1) of the Montgomery County Code (1965 Edition),
being Articles 17 and 16, respectively, of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, titled "Prince George's County" and "Montgom-
ery County," subtitled "Washington Suburban Sanitary District," as
enacted by Chapter 117 of the Acts of 1971, be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

5-1. (83-71; 71-19).

(1) Where a water main or sanitary sewer is replaced or aug-
mented by the Commission in order to provide increased water or
sewer service capability to abutting or connected properties, and
the necessity for the enlarged replacement or augmentation arises
from changes, whether individually or cumulatively, in use or zon-
ing category or OF the property [so] to be abutting or connected,
those properties shall derive a benefit from the enlarged or augment-
ed facility, and benefit charges for the construction thereof, as part
of the water or sewer system service, as applicable, shall be assessed,
collected and redeemed, where applicable, as provided under
Sections 5-1(a) (d) (e) and (f); 83-71 (a) (d) (e) and (f); [(]
71-19(a) (d) (e) and (f) of this Code for the initial construction,
of the enlarged or augmented facility. Thereafter any unpaid por-
tion of the initial benefit charge remaining shall be merged with THE
new benefit charge resulting from the enlarged or augmented facil-
ity, to become one benefit charge rather than two separate charges,
with the unpaid portion of the initial charge included as an incre-
ment of the single resulting charge only, during the remaining years
of the initial charge, [except that a] A property in the single
family residential class which abuts the enlarged or augmented
facility and which is already subject to, or was previously subjected
to and paid, a benefit charge for water or sewer line construction,
as applicable, shall not have imposed against it hereunder the addi-
tional charge until the classification of such property is changed
by reason of change in use or on account of zoning class change
requested by the owner.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 603
(House Bill 1268)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 35 of
Chapter 780 of the General Laws of the State of Maryland OF THE
YEAR 1959, being also Section 70-46 of the Montgomery County
Code, (1965 Edition as amended) title "Montgomery County," sub-
title "Park and Planning Commission," being also Section 50 40
59-40 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's County,
(1963 Edition as amended), title "Prince George's County," sub-