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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 9 8

CHAPTER 98

(House Bill 167)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Potomac Water Authority

FOR the purpose of specifying the basis and time for initial
assessment and annual reassessment of certain charges
by the Maryland Potomac Hater Authority.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources
Section 8-508(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1977 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article — Natural Resources

Section 8-508(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1977 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article — Natural Resources

Section 8—512

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1- BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

8-508.

(a) The Authority shall assess and collect charges
for payment of the State's share of the initial cost of the
project. Each represented county is assessed at a rate
calculated from a cost-sharing formula based on a [projected
ten-year average daily withdrawal within the county during
the month of maximum withdrawal divided by the total
projected ten—year average daily withdrawal during the month
of maximum withdrawal of every represented county ]
WITHDRAWAL RATIO CALCULATED AS THE SUM OF THE AVERAGE DAILY
WITHDRAWALS FROM THE POTOMAC RIVER BY ALL REPRESENTED
COUNTIES AND NON-MARYLAND USERS DURING THE MONTH OF MAXIMUM
WITHDRAWAL IN THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR DIVIDED INTO THE
AVERAGE DAILY WITHDRAWALS FOR THE COUNTY FROM THE POTOMAC
RIVER DURING THE SAME MONTH.