Ch. 504

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Washington Suburban Sanitary District situated in Prince George's
County and that is the subject of an agreement between the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and other governmental or
public authority, commission, or agency pursuant to Chapter 228
of the Laws of Maryland of 1959 or any other law, the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission is empowered to issue from time to
time bonds of the Washington Suburban Sanitary District as
provided by this Act in an aggregate principal amount not
exceeding $21,000,000, which bonds shall be in addition to any
bonds authorized to be issued under any other law for the same
purpose. For the purpose of providing an alternate remedy for
stormwater and surface drainage flooding conditions, the
Commission, taking into account public interest factors of
environmental enhancement, engineering feasibility, and economy
of system construction and operation, may acquire by purchase,
condemnation, or gift, any land, interests in land, or structures
on the land which are or may be subject to the flood conditions
sought to be remedied, and may remove any buildings or structures
on the land, and thereafter hold the acquired property or
interests in property with restrictions against use of the
property for any residential, commercial, or industrial activity,
and with the same limitations and restrictions as to use by
lease, sale, or other contractual arrangement deemed satisfactory
to the Commission, may transfer the use or title of the property
to another governmental agency, board, or commission of the State
of Maryland, Prince George's County, or the federal government,
for governmental, public recreational, or other public use not
involving habitation, commercial, or industrial activity. The
cost of implementing the alternate remedy by the measures set
forth herein shall be deemed to be and it is hereby' included
within the cost of stormwater, surface drainage, or flood control
projects or systems. The cost of the stormwater, surface
drainage, or flood control projects or systems shall be deemed to
include, in addition to all other items of cost, any portion of
the costs of the design and construction of trunk sewers, sewage
pumping stations, and sewage disposal facilities and major water
supply lines and reinforcing mains and other sanitary sewer and
water supply facilities of the Washington Suburban Sanitary
District which the Commission shall determine to have been or
will be incurred on account of the construction or planned
construction of the stormwater, surface drainage, or flood
control projects or systems. The bonds shall be dated, shall
bear interest at such rate or rates annually as the Commission
determines to be advantageous to the Sanitary District and
otherwise in the public interest, shall mature at such time or
times not exceeding 40 years from their date or dates, as may be
determined by the Commission, and may be made redeemable before
maturity, at the option of the Commission, at such price or
prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the
Commission prior to the issuance of the bonds. The bonds shall
be fully registered bonds without coupons in a form that the
Commission deems is necessary or desirable, and the Commission

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