HARRY HUGHES, Governor                              2299

RELATE TO POSSIBLE PROJECTS IN A SERVICE AREA.

(B)  CREATION OF SUBAREAS.

THE SANITARY COMMISSION MAY CREATE, WITHIN A SERVICE
AREA:

(1) WATER SERVICE SUBAREAS;

(2) SEWERAGE SERVICE SUBAREAS; AND

(3) SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SUBAREAS.

(C)  STANDARDS FOR PROPOSED SUBAREA.

IN CREATING A SERVICE SUBAREA UNDER THIS SUBSECTION,
THE SANITARY COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER WHETHER THAT
CREATION:

(1) BEST SERVES THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES IN
THE WHOLE SERVICE AREA; AND

(2) PROMOTES CONVENIENCE AND ECONOMY OF
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PROJECTS IN THE WHOLE SERVICE
AREA.

(D)  PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED SERVICE SUBAREA.

WHEN A PLAN FOR A PROPOSED PROJECT IS COMPLETE OR WHEN
THE SANITARY COMMISSION PROPOSES TO CREATE SERVICE SUBAREAS,
THE SANITARY COMMISSION SHALL GIVE NOTICE AND HOLD A PUBLIC
HEARING AT WHICH TIME ANY INDIVIDUAL WILL BE GIVEN AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION.

(E)  TIME FOR HEARING.

THE HEARING SHALL BE HELD WITHIN 5 DAYS OF THE LAST
DATE THAT NOTICE OF THE HEARING IS PUBLISHED UNDER
SUBSECTION (F) OF THIS SECTION.

(F)  NOTICE OF HEARING.

FOR 3 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS BEFORE THE HEARING, THE
SANITARY COMMISSION SHALL PUBLISH NOTICE OF THE HEARING IN
EACH MEMBER COUNTY IN AT LEAST 1 NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL
CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY WHERE THE PROPOSED PROJECT OR
SERVICE SUBAREA IS TO BE LOCATED.

(G)  CONTENTS OF NOTICE.
THE NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE:

(1) THE PROBABLE COST, BASED ON THE LATEST
AVAILABLE ESTIMATES, OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT OR SUBAREA;