HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(2)  MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHALL MAINTAIN EVERY
INTEREST IN SURFACE DRAINAGE EASEMENTS, STRUCTURES, AND
OTHER PROPERTIES, WHETHER OR NOT ESTABLISHED BY PLAT FOR
STORM DRAINAGE USE AND PURPOSES, THAT CONTROL AND DISPOSE OF
STORM OR SURFACE WATER IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND THAT WERE
TRANSFERRED BY DEED TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

(3)  THE WSSC AND ANY MUNICIPALITY IN MONTGOMERY
COUNTY SHALL PERMIT MONTGOMERY COUNTY TO ENTER AND EXIT OVER
ANY OF ITS FEES, LEASEHOLDS, EASEMENTS, OR RIGHTS-OF-WAY TO
MAINTAIN ANY DRAINAGE EASEMENT, STRUCTURE, OR OTHER
PROPERTY.

6-107. Same — Special provisions.

(A)  IF AN AD VALOREM TAX IS SUSPENDED UNDER SUBSECTION
(C) OF THIS SECTION, THE PROPERTY FOR WHICH THE TAX WAS
SUSPENDED, DURING THE PERIOD OF THE SUSPENSION, SHALL BE
CONSIDERED AS NOT WITHIN THE TAXING DISTRICT OF THE SANITARY
DISTRICT, AS THE TAXING DISTRICT IS PROVIDED FOR IN § 6-108
OF THIS TITLE. HOWEVER, WHEN THE PROPERTY IS NO LONGER
ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTION FROM AN AD VALOREM TAX, THE
PROPERTY SHALL BE CONSIDERED WITHIN THE TAXING DISTRICT.

(B)  EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED IN TITLE 5 OF THIS
ARTICLE, ANY LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION THAT APPLIES TO THE
SANITARY DISTRICT SHALL APPLY TO ANY PROPERTY FOR WHICH THE
FRONT FOOT BENEFIT ASSESSMENT OR AD VALOREM TAX IS SUSPENDED
OR EXEMPTED.

(C)  IF PROPERTY UNDER § 5-102(B)(1)(II) OF THIS
ARTICLE IS NOT WITHIN A DRAINAGE AREA OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED
DIRECT OR INDIRECT SERVICE FROM A WSSC STORM DRAINAGE
SYSTEM, THE WSSC MAY NOT IMPOSE OR COLLECT THE SANITARY
DISTRICT AD VALOREM TAX.

COMMITTEE NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from the last 2
sentences of former Article 67, § 5-l(d).

[6-7.] 6-108. Same — Areas without tax.

[Any area or property which was added to the Washington
Suburban Sanitary District including those areas which may
be added by any act of the General Assembly of Maryland in
1966, with the provision that no ad valorem tax shall be
levied therein until the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission commences, extends or acquires a water or
sanitary sewer system therein and makes water or sewer
service available to the properties in that area, is
included in the sanitary district for all purposes except as
a taxing district until the fulfillment of these conditions.
Within the sanitary district in Prince George's County, if
it becomes necessary that the commission plan, design,