4072

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 767

[Front foot benefit charges levied against property
acquired by the Housing Opportunities Commission of
Montgomery County shall be paid in the same manner as by
nongovernmental property owners and shall remain a lien
against the property. If the Housing Opportunities
Commission of Montgomery County allows front foot benefit
charge payments to become delinquent, the County Council of
Montgomery County shall authorize and appropriate sufficient
funds to pay the delinquent charges and all penalties and
interest on the charges no later than the first month of the
next succeeding fiscal year. The County Executive of
Montgomery County shall promptly pay over to the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission all funds so appropriated.]

(B) (1) When the property is acquired as [aforesaid]
PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION without eminent domain proceedings,
the amount necessary to pay and extinguish the benefit
charge shall be paid to the [commission] WSSC before the
deed evidencing the transfer may be recorded among the land
records of the county [wherein] IN WHICH the property lies.

(2)  If the property is acquired through eminent
domain, the [Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission] WSSC
shall be named a party to the EMINENT DOMAIN proceedings and
the jury shall make a separate award in favor of the
[commission] WSSC for the sum required to pay and extinguish
the [front foot] benefit charge.

(3)  If by oversight or mistake the [commission]
WSSC is not named a party to the eminent domain proceedings,
or if [no] A separate award for the sum necessary to pay the
[front foot] benefit assessment is NOT specified in the
jury's inquisition, [then] the condemning authority shall
pay to the [commission] WSSC the amount required to
extinguish the [front foot] benefit assessment at the same
time it pays the amount awarded to the property owner in the
proceedings.

(C) (1) IF PROPERTY OF THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES
COMMISSION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS SUBJECT TO A BENEFIT
CHARGE, THE BENEFIT CHARGE LEVIED AGAINST THE PROPERTY SHALL
BE PAID IN THE SAME MANNER AS BY PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.

(2)  THE BENEFIT CHARGE IS A LIEN AGAINST THE
PROPERTY.

(3) (I) IF THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION
OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY ALLOWS A BENEFIT CHARGE TO BECOME
DELINQUENT, THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNCIL BY THE FIRST MONTH
OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR SHALL AUTHORIZE AND APPROPRIATE
SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO PAY THE DELINQUENT CHARGE AND ALL
PENALTIES AND INTEREST ON THE CHARGES.

(II) THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
PROMPTLY SHALL PAY ALL FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR DELINQUENT
BENEFIT CHARGES TO THE WSSC.