Ch. 815

LAWS OF MARYLAND

waste management also shall be based on but not necessarily
limited to a formula reflecting the volume and characteristics of
the wastes as they influence transportation, purification, final
disposal, and time pattern of discharge.

(b)   If a municipality fails to pay the Service for projects
provided pursuant to this subtitle within 60 days of the due
date, as established by contract, all State funds, or that
portion of them required, relating to the income tax, the tax on
racing, the recordation tax, the tax on amusements and the
license tax thereafter to be distributed to the municipality
shall be paid by the Comptroller of Maryland directly to the
Service until the Service-is reimbursed.

(c)   If a person fails to pay the Service for projects
provided by this subtitle within 60 days of the due date, as
established by contract, the unpaid bill becomes a lien against
the property served, if it is recorded and indexed as provided in
this subtitle, and shall be referred to the Attorney General for
collection.

(d)  The governing body of any county may charge the Service
a fee for final disposal of solid waste at any solid waste
disposal project located in that county.

(e)   [All] UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED IN A CONTRACT, contracts
for projects shall be reviewed at least biennially by the Service
and by the other contracting party, but a contract may be
reviewed upon the request of either party at any time for the
purpose of renegotiating rates, fees, or other charges exacted by
the Service.

[3-110.] 3-109.

(a) (1) Upon failure of a municipality to comply with an
order of the Secretary of the Environment to provide a sewerage
system or refuse disposal works as provided for in Title 9 of the
Environment Article, the Secretary of the Environment shall
direct the Service to install or put into operation sewerage or
refuse disposal facilities to satisfy the requirements of the
order.

(2)  Upon receipt of the directive from the Secretary
of the Environment, the Service shall proceed to install and put
into operation sewerage or refuse disposal projects to comply
with the directive. Every cost the Service incurs to construct
and operate the projects shall be charged to the municipality
against which the order is issued.

(3)  Funds to pay the Service for construction and
operation of projects may be raised under Title 9 of the
Environment Article.

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