Ch. 815

LAWS OF MARYLAND

procedure not applicable to all ordinances or resolutions enacted
by the municipality. For the purposes of this subsection, the
express powers contained and enumerated in Articles 23A, 25A, and
25B of the Annotated Code of Maryland and in the Charter of the
City of Baltimore are deemed to incorporate and include the power
and authority contained in this subsection.

(2) (I) A COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAY LIMIT
ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER CONTRACTS WITH THE SERVICE TO A SPECIFIC
SOURCE OF FUNDS INCLUDING REVENUES OF ITS PUBLICLY OPERATED OR
PUBLICLY CONTRACTED SOLID WASTE COLLECTION OR DISPOSAL SYSTEM.

(II)  THE GOVERNING BODY OF A COUNTY OR
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAY, BY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION, IMPOSE
REASONABLE RATES AND CHARGES FOR PUBLICLY OPERATED OR PUBLICLY
CONTRACTED SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, TREATMENT, OR DISPOSAL
SUFFICIENT TO DEFRAY EXPENSES OF ITS PUBLICLY OPERATED OR
PUBLICLY CONTRACTED SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, TREATMENT, OR
DISPOSAL SYSTEM, INCLUDING AMOUNTS DUE UNDER A CONTRACT WITH THE
SERVICE AND THE FUNDING OF RESERVES.

(III)  THE ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION MAY ESTABLISH
A REASONABLE BASIS FOR SETTING THE RATES AND CHARGES, AND A
SCHEDULE OF RATES AND CHARGES, AND MAY DESIGNATE SOLID WASTE
COLLECTION, TREATMENT, OR DISPOSAL SERVICE AREAS WITHIN THE
COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, PROVIDED THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION IS OPERATING ITS OWN COLLECTION, TREATMENT, OR
DISPOSAL SERVICE OR HAS CONTRACTED OUT THOSE SERVICES.

(IV)  THE ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION MAY PROVIDE
THAT THE RATES AND CHARGES ARE CHARGEABLE AGAINST ALL OR PART OF
THE OCCUPIED LOTS OR PARCELS OF LAND IN THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION OR IN SERVICE AREAS ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNTY OR
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND CONSTITUTE A FIRST LIEN ON SUCH
PROPERTY AND MAY ESTABLISH REASONABLE TIMES AND METHODS FOR
COLLECTION OF THE RATES OR CHARGES, WHICH MAY BE LEVIED AND
COLLECTED AND HAVE THE SAME PRIORITY AND RIGHTS AND BEAR THE SAME
INTEREST AND PENALTIES AND IN EVERY RESPECT BE TREATED THE SAME
AS TAXES OF THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.

(V)  THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAY
MODIFY THE AMOUNT OF THE RATES AND CHARGES BY A RESOLUTION OF ITS
GOVERNING BODY OR BY OTHER ACTION AUTHORIZED BY THE ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION IMPOSING THE RATES AND CHARGES.

(VI)  BEFORE SETTING OR MODIFYING THE RATES AND
CHARGES, THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF
THE PROPOSED RATES OR CHARGES IN AT LEAST ONE NEWSPAPER OF
GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND
HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE NECESSITY OR ADVISABILITY OF THE
PROPOSED RATES OR CHARGES.

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