1774

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 289

(b)  Adoption of schedule. (1) [Any such] THE schedule[, and
any revisions, alterations, or amendments thereof,] OR CHANGES
shall be adopted by resolution of the Commission and shall be
uniformly applicable throughout the sub-district for which it is
adopted.

(2) [Any such] THE schedule may[, however,] provide
that the sewer service charge for each property connected both to
a water system and a sewerage system shall be computed at a fixed
percentage of the total water bill for each [such] property [and
that for]. FOR any property connected to a sewerage system but
not to a water system, the sewer service charge may be fixed on a
flat rate basis which may vary depending on the number of
occupants of a premises, the type of use or the number of
fixtures on [any such] THE premises connected to the sewerage
system, or [such] THE sewer service charge may be calculated in
accordance with the volume of sewage discharged by any premises
as measured by a meter installed on the sewer connection by, and
at the expense of, the Commission. In [any such] THE schedule,
the Commission may also provide equitable surcharges for
industrial or chemical wastes discharged into a sewerage system
which require special treatment different from the normal process
of digesting organic wastes [and the]. THE Commission may also
include in [any such] THE schedule special rates for charitable,
religious or public institutions in the same manner and to the
same extent as provided in Section 28-17 [of this subtitle] for
water service charges. All sewer service charges shall be added
to[,] and form a part of[,] the water bills of all properties
connected both to a water system and to a sewerage system[, and
said sewer]. SEWER service charges shall be collectible and
enforceable in the same manner and to the same extent as is
provided for [said] water service charges by Section 28-17 [of
this subtitle]. Separate bills for sewer service charges shall
be sent separately to all properties connected to a sewerage
system only [and the]. THE provisions of Section 28-17 [of
this subtitle] with respect to the collection and enforcement of
water bills [shall] apply to [said] separate bills for sewer
service charges, except for the provision with respect to the
discontinuance of service in the event of delinquency.

(c)  Use of revenues. (1) All revenues collected by the
Commission from sewer service charges shall be applied AS
FOLLOWS:

(I)   [, first, to] THE COMMISSION SHALL PROVIDE
FOR payment of the cost of operating, maintaining, and repairing
the sewerage systems of the District in [such] THE sub-districts
from which [such] revenues are obtained.

(II)   [Secondly, such] THE revenues shall be
applied to payment of the cost of operating, maintaining, and
repairing any surface water drainage system in a sub-district for
which no ad valorem tax is provided pursuant to this subtitle, if
[such] THE surface water drainage system was constructed by the