HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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of this section relative to the exemption from front foot
benefit assessments of properties served by another public
water or sewer systems are not intended to, nor shall they,
supersede or modify the special provisions of subsections
(c) and (d) of section 19-42 with respect to the subdivision
known as Calvert Manor. When the exemption or suspension
condition is no longer applicable pursuant to the provisions
hereof which established the exemption or suspension, any
land or property exempted from or with respect to which
there is a suspension of front foot benefit charges, shall
be classified for benefit charge assessment purposes, in its
then current class, and become liable to a benefit
assessment charge at a rate and for a period of time the
same as properties first classified or assessed in that year
but not less than the rate and number of years which would
have applied at the time of exemption or suspension. The
receipts from benefit charge assessments for properties with
respect to which the benefit charge was exempted or
suspended for a period of years shall be used by the
commission to amortize any bonds issued for the purpose of
constructing the water and sewer lines for which benefit
charges are levied under the provisions of this [subtitle]
ARTICLE or for constructing other water and sanitary sewer
lines for which benefit charges are levied. Property with
respect to which the ad valorem tax is suspended pursuant to
the provisions of this subsection shall, during the period
of such suspension only, be and considered as not within the
taxing district of the sanitary district, as the taxing
district is provided for in section 6-7, but upon the
happening of any condition or circumstance which removes the
exemption from an ad valorem tax the property shall
thereupon be included within the taxing district. Except as
herein specifically provided, every other law, regulation or
rule of, or applicable to, the Washington Suburban Sanitary
District shall apply to any property for which the front
foot benefit assessment or ad valorem tax is suspended or
exempted.

(e) Future front foot benefit charges for water supply
and sewer construction shall be uniform for each class of
property throughout the sanitary district for any one year,
unless otherwise provided by law. Whenever the commission
acquires an existing system, other than a municipal system,
the construction cost of which has been added in whole or in
part to the purchase of land or lots abutting upon [said]
THE system and which contribution the commission has
determined to be a factor in the cost to the commission of
such system, the commission may, in its discretion, levy a
front foot assessment less than the uniform front foot
assessment levied in the remainder of [said] THE sanitary
district. The amount of the charge per front foot for each
class of property for both water main and sewer shall be
determined from time to time by the commission as costs and
conditions require, but no benefit charge for any class for
any given year once levied by [said] THE commission shall be
increased.