BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                        2169

Commission may construct, operate and maintain any sewerage,
water or drainage systems] SERVICE AREA.

(4) That any municipal corporation [existing]
WHICH EXISTED on June 1, 1967, in which there is no existing
sewerage, water or drainage system may consent to be
included within the [area over which the Commission may
exercise its authority and in which the Commission may
construct, operate and maintain any sewerage, water or
drainage systems] SERVICE AREA.

15-4.

If the residents of any unincorporated locality in
Carroll County make application for a water [supply],
sewerage or drainage system, or part thereof, to be
constructed in their locality, the [Commission] COUNTY may
require the applicants to bear the reasonable costs for any
preliminary engineering studies that the [Commission] BOARD
deems necessary to determine whether it is feasible to
construct the improvements. Upon receipt of such reasonable
costs as the [Commission] BOARD determines to be necessary
to conduct the studies, the [Commission] BOARD shall have
the studies made and within a reasonable time thereafter
advise the applicants of the results thereof together with
the [Commission's] BOARD'S determination with respect to the
application.

15-4A.

THE BOARD MAY PREPARE A PLAN OR PLANS WHICH IN ITS
JUDGMENT ARE NECESSARY OR REQUIRED FOR THE CONTROL AND
DISPOSITION OF SURFACE WATERS WITHIN THE LIMITS, OR ANY PART
OF, THE SERVICE AREA AND SHALL THEN DIVIDE THE SERVICE AREA,
OR ANY PAST THEREOF, INTO SEPARATE DRAINAGE AREAS. EACH
SEPARATE DRAINAGE AREA SHALL COMPRISE, INSOFAR AS
PRACTICABLE, ALL LAND FROM WHICH SURFACE WATER DRAINS BY
GRAVITY ALONG A STREAM OR A NATURAL WATER COURSE TO ITS
NEAREST MAJOR OUTLET TO TIDEWATER. THE DIVISION OF THE
SERVICE AREA, OR ANY PART THEREOF, INTO DRAINAGE AREAS SHALL
BE EFFECTED BY A RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE BOARD, AFTER A
HEARING DULY HELD NOT LESS THAN 10 DAYS AFTER NOTICE OF THE
HEARING, PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPAPER HAVING GENERAL CIRCULATION
IN THE DRAINAGE AREA TO BE CHEATED, WHICH RESOLUTION SHALL
CONTAIN A DEFINITE DESCRIPTION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
DRAINAGE AREA OR AREAS AND SHALL IDENTIFY EACH DRAINAGE AREA
BY A DISTINCTIVE NAME. AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION,
THE BOARD SHALL CAUSE A PLAT OF THE DRAINAGE AREA OR AREAS
TO BE PREPARED, ONE COPY OF WHICH PLAT SHALL BE FILED WITH
THE CLERK TO THE BOARD AND ONE COPY OF WHICH SHALL BE
INDEXED AND FILED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF CARROLL COUNTY.
UPON THE FILING OF THIS PLAT, ANY DRAINAGE AREA SHOWN ON THE
PLAT IS DESIGNATED AND CONSTITUTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS
SUBTITLE TO BE A SEPARATE DRAINAGE AREA AND A TAXING
DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPOSING THE DRAINAGE AREA
ASSESSMENTS AND TAXES AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 15-20A OF THIS
SUBTITLE, AND THE FILING OF THIS PLAT SHALL CONSTITUTE LEGAL
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF THE ACTION OF THE BOARD.