Ch. 376

LAWS OF MARYLAND

served by the electric lighting. [An] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN
SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION, AN electric lighting district may
be created by the county commissioners upon receipt of a petition
signed by 60 percent of the property owners within the proposed
district. The petition shall describe the boundaries of the area
proposed to be created as the district. Upon receipt of the
petition, the county commissioners shall hold a public hearing at
which time the residents and taxpayers within the proposed
electric lighting district shall be given an opportunity to be
heard. This hearing shall be held not less than 14 days nor more
than 60 days following receipt of the petition and notice of this
hearing shall be published at least once in a newspaper of
general circulation in the area where the proposed electric
lighting district is to be located. Following this hearing the
county commissioners may establish the electric lighting district
and levy on all property which is subject to ordinary county
taxes and is located within the district ad valorem taxes at a
rate sufficient to pay the cost thereof. All such taxes shall be
levied in the same manner, upon the same assessments, for the
same period or periods, and as of the same date or dates of
finality as are now or may hereafter be prescribed.

(b) In Somerset County, the cost of electric lighting
provided pursuant to the provisions of this section may be paid
by a tax levied only on parcels of property with improvements.
The tax shall be levied equally on all parcels of property with
improvements within the district.

(C) IN ST. MARY'S COUNTY, AN ELECTRIC LIGHTING DISTRICT MAY
BE CREATED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS UPON RECEIPT OF A PETITION
SIGNED BY A MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE PROPOSED
DISTRICT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 17, 1988.

CHAPTER 376

(House Bill 135)

AN ACT concerning

Carroll County - Evictions - Personal Property Placed
on or Near Public Highway

FOR the purpose of authorizing the County Commissioners in
Carroll County to move certain personal property of a tenant

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