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(2) SHALL SUBJECT THE PROPERTY SERVED BY THE
ACQUIRED SYSTEM TO THE SAME BENEFIT ASSESSMENT AS PROPERTY
SERVED BY THE MUNICIPAL SYSTEM;

(3) MAY COMPENSATE ANY OWNER OF PROPERTY SERVED
BY THE ACQUIRED SYSTEM FOR ANY PAYMENT BY THE PROPERTY OWNER
TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ACQUIRED SYSTEM; AND

(4) SHALL SUBJECT AN OWNER OR THE AGENT OF THE
OWNER OF PROPERTY SERVED BY THE ACQUIRED SYSTEM TO THE SAME
RULES, REGULATIONS, AND PENALTIES AS ANY OWNER OR THE AGENT
OF THE OWNER OF PROPERTY SERVED BY THE MUNICIPAL SYSTEM.

(C) EXTENSION OF MUNICIPAL SYSTEM.

IF A MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY CONSIDERS ANY PART OF THE
PRIVATELY OWNED SYSTEM UNFIT FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE
MUNICIPAL SYSTEM, THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY MAY DISREGARD THE
UNFIT PART OF THE PRIVATELY OWNED SYSTEM AND EXTEND THE
MUNICIPAL SYSTEM TO SERVE THE PROPERTY SERVED BY THE UNFIT
PART OF THE PRIVATELY OWNED SYSTEM.

(D) PROVISIONS REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF SYSTEMS
APPLY.

THE PROVISIONS OF PART II OF THIS SUBTITLE THAT APPLY
TO A SYSTEM CONSTRUCTED BY THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY APPLY TO
THE SYSTEM ACQUIRED OR EXTENDED BY THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY
UNDER THIS SECTION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived

without substantive change from the second,

third, and fourth sentences of former Article 43,
§ 418.

In this section, the phrase "served by" is
substituted for "along the lines of", "abutting
upon", and "tributary to", for clarity and
consistency.

In subsection (b)(2) of this section, the former
phrase "shall stand in the same relation" is
deleted as unnecessary in light of subsections
(b)(4) and (d) of this section.

In subsection (b)(4) of this section, the phrase
"any owner or the agent of the owner of property"
is substituted for "all properties" to reflect
practice.

In subsection (c) of this section, the former
phrase "in the judgment of said authorities" is
deleted as unnecessary.

Also in subsection (c) of this section, the term