HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(1)  HOOKING UP TO A COMMUNITY WATER OR SEWERAGE
SYSTEM; OR

(2)  REPAIRING OR IMPROVING A SEPTIC SYSTEM THAT IS
FAILING OR WHICH DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY.

(B)  THE WATER AND SEWERAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM MAY OFFER THE
FOLLOWING TYPES OF ASSISTANCE:

(1)  A LOAN TO THE AFFECTED COUNTY RESIDENT, WITH THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVING THE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE THE RATE
OF INTEREST AND THE TERMS OF REPAYMENT; AND

(2)  A LOAN TO THE AFFECTED COUNTY RESIDENT, REPAYABLE
ONLY WHEN THE PROPERTY IS TRANSFERRED, WITH THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS HAVING THE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE THE RATE OF
INTEREST.

(C)  THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY SECURE THE LOAN BY PLACING
A LIEN ON THE AFFECTED PROPERTY AND MAY SUBORDINATE SAID LIEN TO
LATER LIENS IF IN THEIR DISCRETION THE INTERESTS OF THE COUNTY
ARE REASONABLY PROTECTED.

(D)  TO BE ELIGIBLE UNDER THE SEWERAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, A
PERSON SHALL:

(1)  BE A RESIDENT OF CALVERT COUNTY;

(2)  BE THE OWNER OR OWNERS OF THE AFFECTED PROPERTY;
AND

(3)  HAVE AN INCOME LEVEL THAT IS SET BY THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS TO QUALIFY FOR A LOAN (B)(1) ABOVE OR AN INCOME
LEVEL THAT IS SET BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO QUALIFY FOR A
LOAN UNDER (B)(2) ABOVE.

(E)  THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY ENACT ORDINANCES TO CARRY
OUT THE WATER AND SEWERAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved April 9, 1985.

CHAPTER 99
(House Bill 1534)
AN ACT concerning