Anne Arundel County                         2589

Section 10. And be it further enacted, That this Ordinance shall
take effect forty-five (45) days from the date it becomes law, only to
the extent that the provisions thereof take effect in each tax assess-
ment district, on a district by district basis, when the comprehensive
zoning maps are adopted and become effective in each of said tax
assessment districts.

APPROVED AND ENACTED: October 28, 1971.

Bill No. 108-71

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to repeal Sections 17-605 (g) and
(h) and Sections 17-606 (g) and (h) of the Anne Arundel County
Code (1967 Edition and Supplements), Title 17, "Taxation", Sub-
title 6, "Water and Wastewater Charges and Assessments", and
to enact new Sections 17-605 (g) and (h) and 17-606 (g) and (h)
in lieu thereof, to stand in the place of the Sections repealed, chang-
ing the dates of payment and generally clarifying the terms and
conditions by which water and wastewater connection charges may
be paid in installments; and matters generally related thereto.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the County Council of Anne Arundel
County, Maryland, That Sections 17-605 (g) and (h) of the Anne
Arundel County Code (1967 Edition and Supplements), Title 17,
"Taxation", Subtitle 6, "Water and Wastewater Charges and Assess-
ments", be and they are hereby repealed, and new Sections 17-605 (g)
and (h) be, and they are hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to stand in
the place of the Sections repealed, to read as follows:

Section 17-605

(g) Except in the case of existing structures, the water connec-
tion charge shall be paid in full at the time application for connection
is made. With respect to existing single-family dwelling units, the
user connection charge shall be paid in full upon the date application
for connection is made, or at the option of the applicant, on or before
the expiration of one (1) year from such date, bearing interest on
the unpaid balance at a rate to be determined by the Controller
predicated upon the then current rate on invested County funds. The
capital connection charge for existing structures may likewise be so
paid in full on date of application or, at his option, the applicant
may elect to pay the sum of the user connection charge and the
capital connection charge in five (5) equal consecutive annual in-
stallments, or in sixty (60) monthly installments, bearing interest
on the combined unpaid balance at a rate to be determined by the
Controller predicated upon the then current rate on invested County
funds. Annual installments to be billed and payable on each annual
anniversary of the date of application for connection, or if monthly
installments were elected by the applicant, monthly installments are
due and payable each month beginning one month from the date of
application for connection, provided that no applicant owning other
than existing single-family dwelling units may pay the capital con-