HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(II)   INCLUDE A STATEMENT THAT THE WSSC HAS
ACQUIRED OR IS ACQUIRING BY PURCHASE OR BY PROCEDURES OTHER
THAN THE DECLARATION OF TAKING METHOD AT LEAST ONE-HALF OR
MORE OF THE TAKINGS NEEDED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT;

(III)   [contain] CONTAIN a description of
the land or interest in land being taken[, shall];

(IV)   [name] NAME the [commission] WSSC as
plaintiff and the owner [or owners] of the land or interests

[therein] IN LANDS as [defendants, as in the usual
condemnation proceedings, and] DEFENDANT;

(V)   [if the petition for condemnation is
not on file or filed simultaneously therewith the
declaration of taking   shall be] BE docketed as a law case by
the clerk of the circuit court, UNLESS THE PETITION FOR
CONDEMNATION IS ON     FILE OR FILED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE
DECLARATION OF TAKING   [the same as condemnation proceedings
are docketed]; AND

(VI)   IDENTIFY THE QUALIFIED APPRAISER AND
SPECIFY THE ESTIMATED VALUATION REQUIRED BY SECTION 2-102 OF
THIS TITLE.

(B) (1) Notice of and service on the owner [or owners]
of the declaration of taking shall be accomplished in the
same manner as is provided for petitions for condemnation.

[The declaration of taking shall identify the qualified
appraiser and specify the estimated valuation required by
subsection (a).]

(2) The date of filing the declaration of
taking, accompanied by the payment required [hereunder]
UNDER § 2-103 OF THIS TITLE, shall in any subsequent
proceeding [thereon] be the operative date of [such] THE
taking with respect to the determination of the fair value
of the land or interest [therein] IN THE LAND taken and
damages, if any, occasioned by the taking.

TITLE 3. WATER, SEWERS, AND DRAINAGE.

SUBTITLE 1. IN GENERAL.

[3-1.] 3-101. Surveys, etc., for water, sewerage and
drainage systems.

(A) [As soon after organization as possible, the
commission] THE WSSC shall [cause] MAKE surveys, plans,
specifications, and estimates [to be made] for water supply,
SANITARY sewerage, and drainage systems in those portions of
the sanitary district [in which, in its judgment, such
systems, or any of them,] THAT THE WSSC CONSIDERS [are]
necessary[, and].