Ch. 685                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

portion of the City of Takoma Park in Montgomery County, THE AD
VALOREM TAX SHALL NOT EXCEED 1 CENT PER $100 OF ASSESSED
VALUATION. This tax shall be in an amount necessary to pay the
sums required for the maintenance of:

(i) Storm drainage systems in that portion of
the sanitary district in Montgomery County and previously
maintained by the WSSC; and

(ii) On application of a municipality, those
storm drainage systems previously maintained by the municipality.

[(4)] (2) (i) If any municipality in Montgomery
County wants to maintain all existing storm drainage systems in
its boundaries, the municipality may notify the County Council
before the date on which the County Council adopts its annual
budget and appropriations resolution.

(ii) In that event, all assessable properties
in the boundaries of the municipality shall be exempt from the
levy made by the County Council for the future maintenance of its
storm drainage.

(b) (1) [This subsection does not apply to that portion of
the City of Takoma Park in Montgomery County.

(2)] Montgomery County shall maintain every interest
in surface drainage easements, structures, and other properties,
whether or not established by plat for storm drainage use and
purposes, that control and dispose of storm or surface water in
Montgomery County and that were transferred by deed to Montgomery
County.

[(3)] (2) The WSSC and any municipality in Montgomery
County shall permit Montgomery County to enter and exit over any
of its fees, leaseholds, easements, or rights-of-way to maintain
any drainage easement, structure, or other property.

6-107.

[(a) If an ad valorem tax is suspended under subsection (c)
of this section, the property for which the tax was suspended,
during the period of the suspension, shall be considered as not
within the taxing district of the sanitary district, as the
taxing district is provided for in § 6-108 of this title.
However, when the property is no longer eligible for the
exemption from an ad valorem tax, the property shall be
considered within the taxing district.

(b)] Except as specifically provided in Title 5 of this
article, any law, rule, or regulation that applies to the
sanitary district shall apply to any property for which the front

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