4074

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 767

[upon] ON installation of the connection, may be placed in a
separate class of connection[,].

(2)  [and with respect to such connections] THE
WSSC MAY specify a charge based on the actual cost
[thereof,] OF EACH CONNECTION THE CONNECTIONS, including
[commission] THE WSSC inspection charge, or [it] THE WSSC
may make provision for the installation of [such
connections,] EACH CONNECTION THE CONNECTIONS, including
taps into the main or line, by the applicant or at the
applicant's cost, but under [commission] supervision and
inspection OF THE WSSC. The [commission] WSSC may [further]
provide that any class of connection from its water line or
sanitary sewer pipe may be constructed beyond the property
line of the property to be served, if the connecting pipe
[may be] IS constructed at [one] 1 time from the main to the
structure on the property to be served[,].

(3)  [but with] WITH respect to the portion of
the connecting pipe from the property line in or on the
property, the PROPERTY OWNER ALONE SHALL PAY THE expense of
construction and of subsequent maintenance [thereof shall be
at the sole expense of the property owner] OF THE CONNECTING
PIPE.

(B) (1) If the [commission] WSSC provides for an
unimproved area class of connections, the charges for water
and sanitary sewer connections to similar properties in
already developed areas may be based [upon] ON the
[commission's] WSSC'S calculation, utilizing its experience,
of an average cost for [such] THESE connections in both
unimproved and already developed areas, and [that figure may
be specified] THE WSSC MAY SPECIFY THIS CHARGE as the
uniform charge provided [for] in [section 6-1] § 6-101 OF
THIS TITLE for connections installed by the [commission]
WSSC in already developed areas[,].

(2) [and any] ANY difference between the actual
cost of [such] THESE connections and the uniform charge [so
established] shall be a part of the cost of providing water
and sewer service, as applicable, for which other provisions
of this article provide a water service charge or a sewer
usage charge.

(C) (1) The [commission] WSSC may provide for the
installation of the water or sewer connection with and as
part of the construction of a water or sewer lateral line[,
as the case may be,] where the property to which the
connection is made has not been assessed a front foot
benefit charge under [section 5-1] § 5-101 of this
article[,]

(2) [and in such] IN THIS event, THE WSSC SHALL
COLLECT the deferred portion of the charge for the
connections [shall be collected] by the benefit charge