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WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 69
CHAPTER 69
(House Bill 189)
AN ACT concerning
St. Mary's County - Special Taxing Districts - Reimbursement
FOR the purpose of extending the length of time in which property
owners in certain special taxing districts are required to
reimburse St. Mary's County for certain costs.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
The Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County
Section 109-2 C.
Article 19 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1978 Edition and July, 1985 Supplement, as amended)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 19 - St. Mary's County
109-2.
C. Petition.
(1) The County Commissioners may construct and
improve roads and drainage incident to construction or
improvement on or along private roads after the approval of a
petition of the majority of the property owners whose property
will benefit from the proposed construction or improvement,
requesting that the roads be taken into the county road system.
In the exercise of the powers granted by this subsection, the
County Commissioners, by proper ordinance passed in accordance
with the provisions of § 3 of Article 25 of the Annotated Code of
this state, may adopt all necessary rules and conditions for the
acceptance, construction and maintenance of roads or other
authorized improvements by the county. The ordinance shall
provide for the method of determination of the annual benefit
assessments levied against the properties benefiting from the
improvements for the purpose of reimbursing the county for the
cost of the improvements and the time and manner of payment, but
not to exceed [fifteen (15)] TWENTY (20) years. Annual benefit
assessments are a first lien upon the property against which they
are assessed, until paid, subject only to prior state and county
taxes, and if any property is sold for state and county taxes and
there remains a surplus, then the County Commissioners may
petition the Circuit Court to secure payment of their lien.
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