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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 766

Bowie as the city existed on January 1, 1966, and further
excepting the Town of Upper Marlboro, in the Marlboro
election district, as that municipality existed on January
1, 1966 until the town becomes a part of the sanitary
district-pursuant to the subsequently stated provisions
hereof concerning an agreement between the Town of Upper
Marlboro and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.
The areas added hereby to the Washington Suburban Sanitary
District shall not, however, be included in the district as
a taxing district except upon the provisions of subsection
(b) and, further, the Town of Upper Marlboro shall not be
included within the district as a taxing district until the
hereinafter mentioned agreement is reached. Within the Town
of Upper Marlboro, as it exists on January 1, 1966, no
sanitary district ad valorem tax authorized to be levied
under any provision of this article shall be levied until an
agreement is reached between the Washington . Suburban
Sanitary Commission and the commissioners of Upper Marlboro
with respect to the sanitary commission providing either
water, sanitary sewer or storm drainage service. If and
when any such agreement is reached the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission and the Town of Upper Marlboro shall,
within ten days thereafter, jointly transmit a written
notification thereof to the Secretary of State of Maryland,
with a copy to the department of legislative reference,
giving the date that the agreement was reached.

(b) The jurisdiction of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission is hereby extended to the areas of the
county added to the Washington Suburban Sanitary District
hereby, and except that they shall not be included in the
district as a taxing district until a water or sewer system
shall be extended as hereinafter provided, they shall be
subject to all the rules and regulations of the commission
and all provisions of law relating to the Washington
Suburban Sanitary District and to any subdistrict thereof in
which the areas may be placed by the commission pursuant to
the provisions of chapter 726 of the Acts of 1963, including
taxes and other sums or charges levied by the commission in
the sanitary district or subdistrict, subject to the
following further conditions, however. The properties
within the area added to the Washington Suburban Sanitary
District by this section shall not be subject to the direct
ad valorem tax levied upon assessable property for the
amortization of bonds heretofore issued for the Anacostia
River flood control and navigation project under Section
13-7(e) of this article, and they shall not be included as
a taxing district, i.e., not be subject to any other
Washington Suburban Sanitary District ad valorem tax or
front foot benefit assessment, until such time as the
construction of a water system or a sanitary sewerage system
shall be commenced in, or any existing system extended to,
such area and made available to the property therein, or an
existing system in the area is acquired by the WSSC and such
service is provided through that system by the commission.