3080                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 805

United States or any bureau or department thereof; provided
that except as otherwise provided herein, the above
provisions shall hot apply in Montgomery County, with the
exception of that portion of the City of Takoma Park now
situated in Montgomery County or to those portions of the
City of Bowie over which the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission had jurisdiction prior to July 1, 1978, with
respect to storm and surface water drainage.

3-8. Repealed by Acts 1978, ch. 754, § 1.

3-9. Private contributions toward cost of project.

(A)  The commission, or after June 30, 1968 in
Montgomery County, except for that portion of the City of
Takoma Park now situated in Montgomery County, the county
council, or after July 1, 1978, the governing body of the
City of Bowie, with respect to those portions of the city
which had been under the jurisdiction of the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission prior to July 1, 1978, for
purposes of storm and surface water drainage control, may
require any owner or developer of a subdivision or tract of
land upon which dwellings, apartments, stores or other
buildings, are to be erected to contribute what it deems to
be a fair share of the cost of a drainage project before it
approves or constructs; such project, such contribution to be
paid in cash; before construction begins or secured to the
satisfaction of the commission; and [said] THE commission
may construct any part of any approved drainage project,
provided the person or company interested contributes not
less than one-half of the cost thereof.

(B)  In Montgomery County (except for that portion of
the City of Takoma Park situated in Montgomery County) and
in the City of Bowie (with respect to those portions of the
city which had been under the jurisdiction of the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission prior to July 1, 1978 for
purposes of storm and surface water drainage control), the
respective governing body may construct any part of any
approved drainage project if the person or company
interested contributes a share of the cost of the project
considered appropriate by the governing body. In Montgomery
County and the City of Bowie, the directors of the
department of public works shall include in their annual
submission of estimates of capital projects to the county
executive or the mayor, as the case may be, a request for an
appropriation of sufficient funds for anticipated
contribution to drainage projects.

3-10. Contracts with federal agencies.

The commission shall have the right to contract with
the government of the United States or any of its agencies
for any gift, advance or loan which, in the opinion of
[said] THE commission may be advantageous in the
construction of any project under sections [83-85 - 83-92]
3-7 to 3-12.