Ch. 89

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 89

(House Bill 391)

AN ACT concerning

St. Mary's County - Metropolitan Commission - Benefit Charges

FOR the purpose of altering the basis for the benefit charges
levied by the St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission; and
generally relating to benefit charges levied by the St.
Mary's County Metropolitan Commission.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County

Section 113-9 B.

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

113-9.

B. The construction or acquisition of the water mains or
sewers is hereby declared to be a benefit to all property
abutting upon the same. The Commission, for the purpose of
assessing benefits for the construction of water supply and
sewerage systems, shall divide all properties binding upon a
street, road, lane, alley, right-of-way or easement, in which a
water pipe or sanitary sewer is to be laid, into seven (7)
classes, namely Agricultural, Small Acreage, Industrial or
Business, . Subdivision Residential, Multi-Unit Residential,
Multi-Unit Business and Institutional. The Commission may
subdivide each of the classes in any manner it deems to be in the
public interest. Immediately upon the commencement or within
twelve (12) months after the completion of acquisition of a water
supply or sewerage project, the Commission shall fix and levy a
benefit charge upon all property abutting upon the water main or
sewer in accordance with the classification. It shall, in
writing, notify all owners of the properties into which class
their respective properties fall and the charge determined upon
the property. It shall name also in the notice a time and place
when and at which the owners will be heard. The notice may be
mailed to the last known address of the owner, or served in
person upon any adult occupying the premises, or, in the case of
vacant or unimproved property, posted upon the premises. The
classification of any property made by the Commission is final,
subject only to revision at the hearing. The Commission may

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