2634

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 701

FOR the purpose of authorizing the issuance of bonds of the
Washington Suburban Sanitary District in an aggregate
principal amount not exceeding $5,000,000 for paying
the cost of storm water, surface drainage, or flood
control projects or systems in the Prince George's
County portion of the District, including the payment
of any portion of the costs of sanitary sewer or water
supply facilities resulting from the construction or
planned construction of the storm water, surface
drainage, or flood control systems; providing an
alternate remedy for flood and storm water conditions,
taking into account public interest factors of
environmental enhancement, engineering feasibility, and
economy of system construction and operation, to pay
the cost of acquiring land, interests in land, and
structures thereon in flood plains, which property will
then be held or transferred to other governmental
agencies for public use, with restrictions and
limitations against use thereof for habitation,
commercial or industrial activity, and to authorize the
issuance of notes in anticipation of the issuance of
the bonds, and to provide for the payment of the bonds
and notes and the interest thereon.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(a) For the purpose of paying the cost of storm water,
surface drainage, or flood control projects or systems, and
carrying out the provisions of Chapter 526 of the Laws of
Maryland of 1943, as amended by Chapter 917 of the Laws of
Maryland of 1945, and Chapter 732 of the Laws of Maryland of
1947, with respect to storm water and surface drainage
systems, including the cost of any engineering or other
surveys of storm water, surface drainage, or flood control
needs in that portion of the Washington Suburban Sanitary
District situated in Prince George's County, and for the
purpose of paying for or towards the construction in that
portion of the Washington Suburban Sanitary District of any
storm water, surface drainage, or flood control project or
system which is the subject of an agreement between the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and another
governmental or public authority, commission, or agency
pursuant to Chapter 228 of the Laws of Maryland of 1959 or
any other law, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
may issue from time to time bonds of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary District as hereinafter provided in an aggregate
principal amount not exceeding $5,000,000 which bonds shall
be in addition to any bonds authorized to be issued under
any other law for that purpose. For the purpose of
providing an alternate remedy for storm water and surface
drainage flooding conditions, the Commission may, taking
into account public interest factors of environmental
enhancement, engineering feasibility, and economy of system
construction and operation, acquire by purchase,
condemnation, or gift, any land, interests in land, or
structures situated thereon which are or may be subject to