HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(1)  MAY REQUIRE THE OWNER OF LAND THAT IS BEING
DEVELOPED TO ENCLOSE EXISTING DRAINAGE STREAMS WITH APPROVED
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS OR DRAINS, WHETHER LOCATED IN DEDICATED
STREETS OR OTHERWISE;

(2)  MAY PERMIT SIDE DITCHES OR OTHER EQUIVALENT
DRAINAGE IN RURAL AREAS;

(3)  MAY ALLOW OPEN DRAINAGE IN A NATURAL
UNDISTURBED STREAM;

(4)  MAY ALLOW OPEN IMPROVED CHANNELS TO CARRY
STORMWATER DRAINAGE AND REQUIRE AND, RESTRICT EASEMENT OR
RIGHT-OF-WAY AREAS TO THE PLANTING AND MAINTENANCE OF GRASS;

(5)  MAY REQUIRE THE OWNER OF LAND THAT IS BEING
DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE PERFORMANCE AND MAINTENANCE BONDS FOR
THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF APPROVED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
OR DRAINS UNTIL THE WSSC CAN TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE OF
THE SYSTEM; AND

(6)   SHALL TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE AND
OPERATION OF ANY STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM OR PART OF ANY SYSTEM
THAT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED PURSUANT TO THE DIRECTION OF AND
IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS APPROVED BY THE WSSC.

[(f) The commission shall, from time to time as public
health, safety, convenience and economy require, make and
revise such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law
as it. may deem necessary to enable it to carry out the
provisions of this section. The rules and regulations
promulgated hereunder and any revisions thereof shall be
adopted and promulgated in accordance with the procedures
specified by chapter 608 of the Laws of 1961, being section
9-1 of this article, including the giving of 30 days' prior
notice by publication in at least one newspaper printed and
published in Montgomery County and one newspaper printed and
published in Prince George's County.]

COMMITTEE NOTE: Former Article 67, § 3-ll(f), which
provided for certain rulemaking authority, is
repealed as unnecessary in light of Article 67,
§ 9-101 of the Code, which section contains the
general references to all of the rule and
regulation authority of the WSSC.

[(g)](F) The [commission is authorized to] WSSC MAY
adopt a reasonable fee not exceeding 6 percent of the
estimated construction costs for the issuance of any permit
required by this section or by the rules and regulations
adopted [hereunder] UNDER THIS SECTION.

[(h)] (G) (1) TO PLAN, DESIGN, CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN,
AND OPERATE A SYSTEM FOR THE CONTROL AND DISPOSITION OF
SURFACE WATER AND FLOOD CONTROL, [For the purpose of