2052                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 723

[commission] COUNTY is authorized to require such
modifications as may be necessary to eliminate the pollution
and to take such other legal steps as may be necessary to
enforce its orders eliminating the nuisance of water
pollution.

[10A-13.

(a)    To provide for the general health and welfare of
the residents of Frederick County, the commission may
acquire, construct, operate, and maintain such water, sewer,
and drainage systems as it deems to be in the public
interest. The commission may cause surveys, plans,
specifications, and estimates to be made for such systems.
Unless all owners of land which will be served by any such
proposed improvements consent in writing to such
improvements being made, the commission shall construct any
such system or extension thereof only after a public hearing
held jointly by the commission and the county commissioners,
after giving notice thereof in two newspapers of general
circulation published in Frederick County at least seven
days prior to the hearing. At the hearing, plans and
specifications for the proposed improvements shall be
presented together with the estimated costs thereof and
estimated revenues to be derived therefrom. In any case
where a public hearing is required, the commission shall
conduct the hearing and may proceed with the proposed
improvements only after the county commissioners, by at
least a majority vote following the public hearing, have
approved such proposal. The commission may divide the
sanitary district into water, sewerage, and drainage
subdistricts in such way as in its judgment will best serve
the needs of the county, and promote convenience and economy
of installation and operation, and permit the raising of
revenues and apportionment of costs to those served on an
equitable basis, and it is empowered to keep its books of
account accordingly.

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

(c)    Prior to construction, the commission shall
submit its plans for projects and their financing to the
county commissioners for their approval.