WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 659

financed from connection charges for the payment of debt
service; providing that Frederick County shall endeavor to
provide annual debt service on bond issues from connection
charges and, if necessary, special assessment or other
charges with respect to a given sewer or water system so as
to provide a proportionate share of the annual debt service
on such issue of bonds equal to the proportion of the
proceeds for such issue expended for such systems to the
extent practicable; clarifying that the county may
consolidate the income and outlays for all water and sewer
systems and drainage systems for the establishment of rates,
charges, and assessments and paying the principal and
interest on any indebtedness; authorizing an addition to
assessments on a front foot benefit basis, assessments on
property benefited by a particular system or systems on such
an alternate basis as deemed appropriate by the County a
basis that is similar and reasonably reflects the benefit to
certain property, subject to County regulations; clarifying
language; and generally relating to water, sewers, and
drainage in Frederick County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Frederick County

Section 2-13-13(e) and 2-13-23

Article 11 - Public Local Laws of Maryland

(1979 Edition and October, 1987 Supplement, as amended

by Chapter 93 of the Acts of 1987)

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of Frederick County

Section 2-13-18(i)

Article 11 - Public Local Laws of Maryland

(1979 Edition and October, 1987 Supplement, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 11 - Frederick County

2-13-13.

(e) In every case where the proceeds of any such issue of
bonds [shall be] ARE expended for the cost of one or more
projects, the board shall cause separate capital accounts to be
created for each such project, among which [said] THE bond
proceeds shall be divided and from which the separate costs of
each such project shall be paid. [The costs of new capital
projects shall be financed from connection charges.] IN
CONNECTION WITH THE PROCEEDS OF ANY ISSUE OF BONDS EXPENDED FOR

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