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2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 591
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2. BE CONSISTENT WITH:
A. MANUFACTURERS' ENGINEERING STANDARDS FOR THE
CLASS OF EQUIPMENT UTILIZING THE SEPARATELY METERED WATER SUPPLIED BY
THE WSSC; OR
B. INDUSTRY STANDARDS FOR THE CLASS OF OPERATIONS
UTILIZING THE SEPARATELY METERED WATER SUPPLIED BY THE WSSC.
(IV) THE SEWER USAGE CHARGES FOR PROPERTIES UNDER
SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE BASED ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT
OF WATER USED AS DETERMINED UNDER § 6-104 OF THIS ARTICLE, LESS THE
AMOUNT OF SEPARATELY METERED WATER.
(V) THE SEWER USAGE CHARGES FOR PROPERTIES UNDER
SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE BASED ON THE SUM OF:
1. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF WATER USED AS DETERMINED
UNDER § 6-104 OF THIS ARTICLE, LESS THE AMOUNT OF SEPARATELY METERED
WATER; AND
2. THE AMOUNT OF SEPARATELY METERED WATER AS
ADJUSTED BY THE FORMULA DESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS
PARAGRAPH.
(5) Wherever the property of any federal, State or other agency is exempt
from front foot benefit charges and ad valorem taxes imposed under the provisions of
Chapter 122 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1918, and
amendments thereto, and the property is connected to the WSSC's sewerage system,
the WSSC shall make a sewer usage charge against the property so connected, with
full authority to change the same from time to time, which charge shall take into
consideration the general tax, and front foot benefit charge levied within the sanitary
district in addition to the regular sewer usage charge provided herein.
(6) The sum [so] OF SEWER USAGE CHARGES collected annually for the
payment of principal and interest due on outstanding bonds shall be deducted from
the amount which the WSSC has determined to be necessary to be raised by direct
taxation upon certification to the County Councils of said counties.
(7) (I) Bills for the amount of the SEWER USAGE charges shall be sent
monthly, quarterly or semi-annually, as the WSSC may determine to each property
connected to the sewerage system, and shall be thereupon payable at the office of the
WSSC[; and if].
(II) IF any bill shall remain unpaid after 30 days from date of
sending, the WSSC shall after written notice, to be left upon the premises or mailed
to the last known address of the owner, turn off the water from the property in
question and it shall not be turned on again until the bill shall have been paid.
(III) If any bills shall remain unpaid for 60 days after being sent out
by the WSSC it shall be collectible against the owner of the property served, in the
same manner as other debts are collectible in the respective counties.
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