MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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BONDS WHICH SHALL BE MUTILATED, DESTROYED OR LOST. THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED
TO ISSUE BONDS TO REFUND, PAY OR DISCHARGE ALL OR ANY
PART OF THE OUTSTANDING BONDS, NOTES OR OTHER EVIDENCES
OF INDEBTEDNESS, INCLUDING INTEREST THEREON, ISSUED AS
HEREINABOVE PROVIDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS
FOR WATER, SEWAGE AND SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS, OR
SOLID WASTE ACCEPTANCE FACILITIES IN THE COUNTY. THE
RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION PERTAINING TO BONDS
SHALL BE EQUALLY APPLICABLE TO THE AUTHORIZATION AND
ISSUANCE OF SUCH REFUNDING BONDS, INCLUDING THE TERMS,
RATES AND OTHER ASPECTS THEREOF.

(I) CONNECTION CHARGES TO PAY PRINCIPAL AND
INTEREST. FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE PRINCIPAL OF AND
INTEREST ON ANY BONDS ISSUED OR TO BE ISSUED BY THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS IN THIS SECTION PROVIDED, THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE HEREBY EMPOWERED AND DIRECTED TO
MAKE WITHIN EACH SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT AS ESTABLISHED
IN THE COUNTY A CHARGE FOR EVERY WATER OR SEWER
CONNECTION. THE CHARGES HEREIN PROVIDED SHALL NOT BE
LIMITED TO THE COST TO THE COUNTY FOR MAKING SUCH
CONNECTIONS. SUCH CHARGES MAY BE BASED ON REASONABLE
CLASSIFICATIONS AS THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY DETERMINE
AND MAY VARY FROM TIME TO TIME AMONG SUCH DISTRICTS
DEPENDING ON ANY SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS FIND EXIST. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE
EMPOWERED TO DETERMINE THE MANNER IN WHICH SUCH CHARGES
SHALL BE PAYABLE.

(J) ASSESSMENTS TO PAY PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.

(1)    AUTHORIZATION. FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PAYING THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON ANY BONDS ISSUED
OR TO BE ISSUED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS IN THIS
SECTION PROVIDED, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE HEREBY
EMPOWERED AND DIRECTED TO FIX AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT ON ALL
PROPERTIES, IMPROVED OR UNIMPROVED, BINDING UPON A
STREET, ROAD, LANE, ALLEY OR RIGHT-OF-WAY IN WHICH A
WATER MAIN OR SEWER HAS BEEN BUILT. THE ANNUAL
ASSESSMENT SHALL BE MADE UPON THE FRONT-FOOT BASIS OR AN
ALTERNATE BASIS SUBJECT TO UNIFORM RULES AND REGULATIONS
AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AND THE
FIRST PAYMENT SHALL BE COLLECTED DURING THE YEAR IN WHICH
THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED ON THE WATER OR SEWAGE
SYSTEM, OF IN WHICH THE SYSTEMS ARE PURCHASED OR
ACQUIRED.

(2)    CLASSES OF PROPERTY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ASSESSING BENEFITS, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL DIVIDE
ALL PROPERTIES BINDING UPON A STREET, ROAD, LANE, ALLEY
OR RIGHT-OF-WAY IN WHICH A WATER PIPE OR SANITARY SEWER
IS TO BE LAID INTO FOUR CLASSES, NAMELY: AGRICULTURAL,
SMALL ACREAGE, INDUSTRIAL OR BUSINESS, AND SUBDIVISION
PROPERTY, AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY SUBDIVIDE EACH
OF THESE CLASSES IN SUCH MANNER AS THEY DEEM TO BE IN THE
PUBLIC INTEREST. WHENEVER ANY WATER SUPPLY OR SEWERAGE
PROJECT IN THE SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT HAS BEEN COMPLETED