HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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commission is authorized and directed to make inspections of
the operations of all such projects and to require the
owners or operators thereof to maintain and operate them in
compliance with the commission's requirements and with due
regard to public health, safety and comfort. The commission
is authorized to fix and collect from the owners or
operators of such systems a reasonable fee for its
supervision and inspection. Whenever an owner or operator
of such system fails or refuses to make any correction or
fails or refuses to maintain and operate the system in
compliance with the commission's requirements, the
commission may make the correction or, if necessary, take
over for so long a period as may be necessary for the
operation of the system, and collect the costs therefor from
the owners or operators; provided, however, that where a
municipality owns or operates such a system and performs, or
has performed for it, bacteriological and chemical analyses
by qualified personnel, as approved by the Maryland State
Department of Health and the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, and files monthly reports of such analyses with
the [said] commission showing that satisfactory operating
conditions currently exist in that system, the commission
shall not be required to duplicate those analyses and shall
adjust its inspection fees accordingly. After construction
of a water or sewage treatment facility pursuant to a
commission permit, if the operation thereof is subject to
inspection by the state department of health and mental
hygiene, the commission shall not be required to duplicate
those operational inspection functions, and its operation
and inspection fee shall be eliminated or reduced
commensurate with the eliminated inspection activities. All
other aspects of the commission permit for the facility
shall continue.

(d)  The areas described herein shall be exempt from
any taxes and/or assessments by the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission until such areas are included within the
Washington Suburban Sanitary District.

(e)  This section shall not apply to any water supply,
sewage collection and disposal system constructed for the
sole purpose of serving a single family residence or a
single building. This section shall apply to any water
supply, sewage collection and disposal system constructed by
municipal corporations other than such systems as were owned
and operated by any municipality in Prince George's County
as of January 1, 1959.

(f)  All acts or parts of acts however inconsistent
with the provisions of this section are hereby repealed to
the extent of such inconsistency, excepting, however, those
relating to the authority of the state board of health and
specifically set forth in Article 43 of the Annotated Code
(1951 edition).

(g)  Any individual, firm or corporation failing to
comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty