Ch. 815                                  LAWS OF MARYLAND

each municipality which owns or operates a public facility
affected by the plan, and to the Secretaries of Natural
Resources, State Planning, and the Environment. A five-year plan
can be adopted by the Service only after it is submitted to and
approved by resolution of the governing body of each county and
after consultation with the governing body of each municipality
which owns or operates a public facility affected by the plan, or
if the plan is not approved by each of the appropriate governing
bodies within 120 days following submission of the plan for
approval of the governing bodies, after the plan is approved by
joint resolution of the General Assembly. If a joint resolution
of the General Assembly approving a five-year plan contains any
amendments or modifications to the plan, those amendments and
modifications repeal the plan to the extent of any inconsistency.
The provisions of this subtitle do not authorize the Service to
take any action which would be inconsistent with the amendments
or modifications without the approval of the governing body of
each county and after consultation with the governing body of
each municipality which owns or operates a public facility
included within the plan.

(f)  Upon adoption of a five-year plan by the Service,
service districts shall be established in the manner and
following the schedule set forth in the plan. Immediately
thereafter, the Service shall proceed with the acquisition,
extension, and construction of facilities set forth in the plan
and assume jurisdiction over and provide for the maintenance and
operation of water supply, wastewater purification and solid
waste disposal projects included in the plan, for those projects
within the service region and districts placed under the
jurisdiction of the Service by the plan.

(g)  The Service shall enter into contracts with
municipalities and persons within a service district and
stipulate the projects to be provided, the amount of compensation
for acquiring existing projects, the charges to be apportioned to
the municipalities and persons, the manner of repaying the
Service for these charges, and the effective date or dates the
Service will initiate the provision of projects.

(h) Existing projects providing water supply, wastewater
purification and solid waste disposal services, including all
rights, easements, laboratory facilities, vehicles, records and
all other property, equipment, and furnishings necessary and
normally associated with the operation of the facility, shall be
transferred to the sole ownership of the Service at the time
designated in the five-year plan. Compensation for existing
projects may be based on the original cost of the project minus
an allowance for depreciation, or on other terms and conditions
satisfactory to the municipality or person transferring the
project. All costs and obligations assumed by the Service
incidental to the transfer of ownership of an existing project

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