4056                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                                Ch. 767

SEWERS, [and the commission, for the purpose of assessing]

(B) (1) TO ASSESS benefits for the construction of
water supply and sewerage systems, THE WSSC shall divide all
[properties binding] PROPERTY THAT ABUTS [upon] ON a street,
road, lane, alley, right of way or easement, in which a
water [pipe] MAIN or sanitary sewer is to be laid, into THE
FOLLOWING [seven] classes[, namely,]:

(I)  [agricultural,] AGRICULTURAL;

(II)  [small] SMALL acreage[,];

(III)  [industrial] INDUSTRIAL or

(IV)  [subdivision] SUBDIVISION

(V)  [multi-unit] MULTI-UNIT

(VI)  [multi-unit] MULTI-UNIT business[,];

(VII)  [institutional] INSTITUTIONAL.

business[,];
residential[,],
residential[,],
and

(2)  THE CLASSIFICATION OF ANY PROPERTY BY THE
WSSC IS FINAL, SUBJECT ONLY TO REVISION AT A HEARING.

(3)  THE WSSC MAY CHANGE THE CLASSIFICATION OF
THE PROPERTY IF THE USE OF PROPERTY CHANGES.

(C) [Immediately upon the commencement] WHEN
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS or within [twelve] 12 months after the
completion of a water supply or sewerage project, the
[commission] WSSC [is empowered and directed to] SHALL:

(1)  [fix] FIX and levy a benefit charge [upon]
ON all property THAT [abutting] ABUTS [upon] ON the water
main or sewer, in accordance with the classification[,]; and

(2)  [shall] NOTIFY in writing [notify] all
owners of [the properties into which] PROPERTY:

(I)  OF THE class IN WHICH their respective
properties fall;

(II)  [and] OF the charge [determined]
LEVIED [upon,] ON THE PROPERTY; AND

(III)  [naming also in the notice a] OF THE
time and place [when and at which the owners will be heard]
OF A HEARING.