HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      3117

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - Environmental

9-656.

(a)  (1) To pay the principal and interest on bonds issued
under this subtitle, AND OTHER COSTS, a sanitary commission may
set reasonable benefit assessments and reasonable connection
charges.

(2) HOWEVER, THE SANITARY COMMISSION OF WORCESTER
COUNTY MAY ALSO SET REASONABLE BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS AND REASONABLE
CONNECTION CHARGES TO PAY OTHER COSTS ON BONDS ISSUED UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE.

(b)  (1) A EXCEPT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, A connection
charge made under this section shall be equal at least to:

(I) [the] THE ACTUAL cost of making the
connection between a water system or sewerage system and the
property served by that system; OR.

(2) IN WORCESTER COUNTY, A CONNECTION CHARGE SHALL BE
EQUAL AT LEAST TO:

(I) THE ACTUAL COST OF MAKING THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN A WATER SYSTEM OR SEWERAGE SYSTEM AND THE PROPERTY SERVED
BY THE SYSTEM; OR

(II)  THE AVERAGE COST OF MAKING A CONNECTION
BASED ON:

1.  THE DIAMETER AND THE LENGTH OF THE
CONNECTOR; OR

2.  THE DIAMETER OF THE CONNECTOR AND THE
WIDTH OF THE WAY IN WHICH THE WATER PIPE OR SEWER PIPE IS LAID.

(2) (3) IN THE CASE OF CONNECTORS CONSTRUCTED UNDER
§ 9-661 OF THIS SUBTITLE DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE WATER LINE OR
SEWER LINE, THE SANITARY COMMISSION OF WORCESTER COUNTY SHALL
DETERMINE A CONNECTION CHARGE UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) (2)(II) OF
THIS SUBSECTION THAT IS THE SAME ON EACH SIDE OF THE WAY IN WHICH
THE LINE IS LAID.

(c)  The sanitary commission may set benefit assessments on
all property, improved or unimproved, that abuts a way in which a
water main or sewer has been built.

9-659.

(a) (1) [The] AT A TIME AND IN A MANNER THAT IT DETERMINES
TO BE APPROPRIATE, THE sanitary commission shall [connect the