APPROVES.

HARRY HUGHES, Governor                              2313

(2) 1 WASHBASIN THAT THE SANITARY COMMISSION

(E)  DISCONNECTING OBSOLETE PLUMBING.

WHEN THE PLUMBING SYSTEM OF THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN
CONNECTED TO THE CONNECTOR CONSTRUCTED BY THE SANITARY
COMMISSION, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY SHALL DISCONNECT, AS
APPROPRIATE, EACH CESSPOOL, SINK DRAIN, AND PRIVY ON THE
PROPERTY SO THAT THE DISCONNECTED COMPONENT IS:

(1) CLOSED;

(2) ABANDONED; AND

(3) IN A SANITARY CONDITION SO THAT NO ODOR OR
NUISANCE CAN ARISE FROM IT.

(F)  DETERMINATION OF CONNECTION CHARGE.

THE SANITARY COMMISSION SHALL DETERMINE A CONNECTION
CHARGE THAT IS:

(1) AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE ACTUAL COST TO THE
DISTRICT OF CONSTRUCTING THE CONNECTOR;

(2) BASED ON THE LENGTH OF THE CONNECTOR AND
WIDTH OF THE WAY IN WHICH THE WATER PIPE OR SEWER PIPE IS
LAID; AND

(3) THE SAME ON EACH SIDE OF THE WAY.
(G) USE OF EXCESS REVENUES.

IF THE CONNECTION CHARGES COLLECTED UNDER THIS SECTION

ARE MORE THAN THE COST OF THE CONNECTIONS MADE, THE SANITARY
COMMISSION SHALL:

(1) KEEP THE EXCESS REVENUES IN A SPECIAL FUND;
AND

(2) USE THE FUND ONLY FOR REPAIRS, REPLACEMENT,
AND EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES OF THE WATER SYSTEM OR SEWER
SYSTEM.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Article
43, § 661 and the first through fourth sentences
of § 659.

In subsection (c) of this section, the former
references to specific components of a plumbing
system are deleted as included in the broader
reference to "appropriate connections of the