WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 685

charge for water service as the WSSC considers necessary and
reasonable. In making this charge, the WSSC shall take into
consideration the general tax, the benefit charge levied in the
sanitary district, and the regular rate for service as provided
in subsection (b) of this section.

(ii) If, because of public necessity, the WSSC
has extended its water mains beyond the boundaries of the
sanitary district, the WSSC may make these extensions out of the
general proceeds of its funds as may, in its judgment, render a
needed service. As to all connections to. its water mains outside
of the sanitary district, the WSSC may make any charge that it
considers reasonable, which charge shall take into consideration
the general tax and front foot benefit charge levied in the
sanitary district.

(iii) The WSSC shall have the same power and
authority over connections made to the WSSC's water mains outside
the sanitary district as it has in the sanitary district.

(4) (i) The WSSC shall furnish the City of Laurel for
the use of the water supply of the City of Laurel any water from
the Patuxent River supply that the Mayor and City Council of
Laurel may want at the actual cost of supplying the water to the
water mains of the City of Laurel.

(ii) This system may be constructed for this
purpose by the Mayor and City Council of Laurel to the nearest
convenient point to the Patuxent water supply of the WSSC.

(iii) The point of connection between the main
of the WSSC and the city main shall be at or near the dam of the
WSSC.

6-106.

(a) (1) [This section does not repeal, modify, or restrict
the provisions of § 3-206 of this article. The WSSC's powers
and authorities specified in that section are additional and
supplemental to those in this section.

(2) For that portion of the City of Takoma Park in
Montgomery County, the WSSC shall request the Montgomery County
Council to levy an additional ad valorem tax at a rate certified
by the WSSC to be the amount necessary to produce annually the
sum required to pay the principal and interest for the current
year on the outstanding bonds authorized by § 4-111 of this
article.

(3)] The Montgomery County Council shall levy a
direct ad valorem tax [not exceeding 1 cent per $100] on all
property assessed for tax purposes within Montgomery County and
municipalities in the county[, with]. WITH the exception of that

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