HARRY HUGHES, Governor

3077

(b) Whenever there exists, at any time after
construction or acquisition of any water main or sewer, on
any property abutting upon [said] THE water main or sewer a
condition, due to the refusal of the owner or occupant of
[said] THE property to connect his, her or its property to
either a water main or sewer, that appears to be a menace to
the health of the occupants of [said] THE property or the
occupants of adjoining or nearby property, the commission
may require a connection to either the water main or sewer,
or both, if, after ten days' notice and an opportunity to be
heard by either the owner or occupant, [said] THE commission
determines such condition to be a menace to health as
aforesaid. In the event [said] THE commission so determines
it shall pass an order requiring [said] THE connection or
connections in not less than thirty nor more than ninety
days, and a refusal to comply with [said] THE order or a
violation of any of the other provisions of this section, is
hereby declared to be a misdemeanor punishable under section
[83-108] 18-7 of this [subtitle] ARTICLE. Either side may
have a right of appeal to the circuit court as appeals are
now allowed by law from justices of the peace, where the
prosecution is before a justice of the peace.

3-5. Further provisions concerning connections to systems.

(a)  The commission may not grant water or sewer
service connections, hook-ups, or authorizations for
service, or otherwise extend water and sewer service to any
new development within the Prince George's County portion of
the sanitary district unless the development is in
conformance with adopted and approved plans, programs and
policies of the county governing body or other rules and
regulations that the body may desire to include in their
duly adopted and approved comprehensive water and sewerage
plans, amendments, or it revisions.

(b)  The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission may,
in its discretion, at any time it deems it expedient,
discontinue the practice of constructing water or sewer
house connections under the provisions of section [86-3-4
(3-4; 83-74)] 3-4, and may authorize such connections to be
made by a master plumber, registered in the Washington
Suburban Sanitary District, under the supervision of the
commission; provided, all taps in installations of the
commission shall be actually made by the commission at such
charge as the commission may deem reasonable; and provided
further, the commission may construct and make water
connections of two inches or larger and make the charge
therefor, which charge shall be at actual cost to the
commission, and provided further, that if [said] THE
commission, by resolution, authorized such connections to be
made by a master plumber, the commission shall thereafter,
upon the application of any master plumber, authorize [said]
THE master plumber, under proper regulations to be adopted
by the commission and by a written' permit, enter upon and
cut into any street under the jurisdiction of any public