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INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT.

(B)  JOINT POWERS.

THROUGH THEIR GOVERNING BODIES, ANY 2 OR MORE
MUNICIPALITIES MAY:

(1) MAKE AND PERFORM CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS
WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT SEWERAGE FACILITY:

(I) DEVELOPMENT;

(II) FINANCING; AND

(III) OPERATION; AND

(2) AGREE OR CONTRACT WITH EACH OTHER:

(I) TO PROVIDE FOR A BOARD, COMMISSION, OR.
OTHER BODY TO SUPERVISE, OPERATE, AND GENERALLY MANAGE THE
SEWERAGE FACILITY;

(II) TO SPECIFY THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF
THE BOARD, COMMISSION, OR BODY; AND

(III) TO SET THE COMPENSATION OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, COMMISSION, OR BODY.

(C)  EXCEPTIONS.

(1) A MUNICIPALITY MAY NOT CONSTRUCT A SEWERAGE
FACILITY WHOLLY OR PARTLY INSIDE THE CORPORATE BOUNDARY LINE
OF ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY EXCEPT WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
GOVERNING BODY OF THE OTHER MUNICIPALITY.

(2) A MUNICIPALITY MAY NOT OPERATE A SEWERAGE
FACILITY:

(I) FOR GAIN OR PROFIT;, OR

(II) PRIMARILY AS A SOURCE OF REVENUE TO
THE MUNICIPALITY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Article
43, § 430(a), (b), (c), (e), and (g), § 439, §
440, § 441, the first clause of the second
sentence of § 429, and the first clause of the
first sentence of § 442.

Throughout this section, the defined term
"development" is substituted for phrases such as
"plan, construct, acquire by gift, purchase, or
the exercise of the right of eminent domain,
reconstruct, improve, better or extend", for