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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 739

to such improvements being made, the [Commission] COUNTY
shall construct any such system or extension thereof only
after a public hearing held [jointly] by the [Commission and
the] Board, after giving notice thereof in two newspapers of
general circulation published in Carroll County at least
seven days prior to the hearing, AND IN THE CASE OF DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS, ONLY AFTER A DRAINAGE AREA HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 15-5A OF THIS SUBTITLE. At the
hearings, [plans and specifications for] A DESCRIPTION OF
the proposed improvements shall be presented together with
the estimated costs thereof and estimated revenues to be
derived therefrom.

(b) The power and authority conferred upon the
[Commission] COUNTY of this subtitle may be exercised by it
throughout Carroll County. Provided, however,

(1)    Except as otherwise provided in this
subtitle, the SERVICE [area] AREA within which the
[Commission] COUNTY may exercise power and authority UNDER
THIS SUBTITLE shall not include any municipal corporation
[existing] WHICH EXISTED on June 1, 1967, and the
[Commission] COUNTY shall exercise no authority over the
operation or construction of the sewerage, water and
drainage [facilities] SYSTEMS of any municipal corporation
[existing] WHICH EXISTED on June 1, 1967, including the
extension of such [facilities] SYSTEMS beyond the corporate
limits of such municipality as such extensions [may exist]
EXISTED on June 1, 1967.

(2)    The [Commission] COUNTY shall not provide
for the operation or construction of any water, sewerage, or
drainage [facilities] SYSTEMS within areas one mile from the
present corporate limits of any existing municipal
corporation or one mile from the corporate limits of any
existing municipal corporation which may be created by
annexation pursuant to Article 23A of the Annotated Code of
the Public General Laws of Maryland except when the said
municipal corporation shall by appropriate ordinance,
resolution or approval provide that the [Commission] COUNTY
may exercise authority over the operation or construction of
water, sewerage, and drainage [facilities] SYSTEMS within
such areas. Upon the request of the [Commission] COUNTY to
construct water, sewerage and/or drainage [facilities]
SYSTEMS within one mile of any existing municipal
corporation the said municipal corporation shall within six
months either agree to provide such [facilities] SYSTEMS or
grant approval to the [Commission] COUNTY to provide such
water, sewerage and/or drainage [facilities] SYSTEMS.

(3)    That any municipal corporation [existing]
WHICH EXISTED on June 1, 1967, may by appropriate ordinance
or resolution transfer the jurisdiction, power and control
of any sewerage, water or drainage [facility] SYSTEM of such
municipal corporation to the [Commission] COUNTY upon terms
and conditions approved by the [Commission and by the] Board
and may consent to be included within the [area over which
the Commission may exercise its authority and in which the