Ch. 356                          MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                               783

WHICH A WATER MAIN OR SEWER IS PLACED. IN THE EVENT OF
SUCH CONNECTION BEING MADE, THE PROPERTY OWNER AND
THE PROPERTY AS TO ALL CHARGES, RATES AND BENEFITS SHALL
STAND IN EVERY RESPECT IN THE SAME POSITION AS IF THE
PROPERTY ABUTTED UPON SUCH STREET, LANE, ROAD, ALLEY OR
RIGHT-OF-WAY.

434.

(A)        FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE INTEREST AND
PRINCIPAL OF THE BONDS ISSUED BY THE COUNTY, AS IN THIS
SUBTITLE PROVIDED, FOR THE SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS TO BE
CONSTRUCTED, PURCHASED, OR ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE, THE COUNTY MAY FIX AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT ON
ALL PROPERTIES, IMPROVED OR UNIMPROVED. THE PROPERTIES
BENEFITED SHALL. BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR CLASSES, NAMELY
INDUSTRIAL, BUSINESS, AGRICULTURE, AND RESIDENTIAL, AND
THE COUNTY MAY SUBDIVIDE EACH OF THE CLASSES IN
WHATEVER MANNER AS IT MAY DEEM TO BE IN THE PUBLIC
INTEREST. WHENEVER ANY SOLID WASTE SYSTEM, OR PART
THEREOF, IN THE SANITARY DISTRICT SHALL HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED, THE COUNTY SHALL FIX AND LEVY BENEFIT
ASSESSMENTS UPON ALL PROPERTIES IN THE SANITARY DISTRICT
SERVED BY THE SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
CLASSIFICATION OR SUBDIVISION THEREOF, AND SHALL IN
WRITING NOTIFY ALL OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES INTO WHICH
CLASS OR SUBDIVISION THEIR RESPECTIVE PROPERTIES FALL
AND THE CHARGE DETERMINED UPON, NAMING IN THE NOTICE A
TIME AND PLACE, WHEN AND AT WHICH TIME THE OWNER WILL
BE HEARD. THE NOTICE MAY BE MAILED TO THE LAST KNOWN
ADDRESS OF THE OWNER, OR SERVED IN PERSON UPON ANY
ADULT OCCUPYING THE PREMISES OR IN CASE OF A VACANT OR
UNIMPROVED PROPERTY, POSTED UPON THE PREMISES.

(B)      THE CLASSIFICATION OF AND THE BENEFIT ASSESSED
AGAINST ANY PROPERTY AS MADE BY THE COUNTY SHALL BE
FINAL, SUBJECT ONLY TO REVISION AT THE HEARING. THE
COUNTY MAY CHANGE THE CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY FROM
TIME TO TIME AS THE PROPERTIES CHANGE IN USAGE TO WHICH
THEY ARE PUT. THE BENEFITS SHALL BE LEVIED FOR EACH CLASS
OF PROPERTY UPON ITS ASSESSED VALUATION FOR REAL ESTATE
TAXES.

(C)    AT LEAST SIXTY DAYS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF EACH
FISCAL YEAR, THE COUNTY SHALL CERTIFY TO THE COUNTY
TREASURER, IN WHATEVER MANNER AS SHALL BE PRESCRIBED
BY HIM, THE ANNUAL BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS TO BE COLLECTED
FOR SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS FOR THAT YEAR. THE COUNTY
TREASURER SHALL INCLUDE THOSE ASSESSMENTS SO CERTIFIED
IN THE COUNTY TAX BILLS FOR THE PROPERTIES AFFECTED AND
SHALL REMIT TO THE COUNTY AT REGULAR INTERVALS THE
PROCEEDS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE ASSESSMENTS. IF
CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLID WASTE SYSTEM, OR ANY PART
THEREOF, IS COMPLETED AFTER THE BEGINNING OF ANY FISCAL
YEAR, THE PROPERTIES BENEFITED SHALL BE ASSESSED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THAT YEAR A PORTION OF THE ANNUAL
ASSESSMENT FIXED BY THE COUNTY, THE PORTION DETERMINED
BY MULTIPLYING THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR PROPERTY BY A