(b)     If a municipality fails to pay the Service for projects OR SERVICES provided
pursuant to this subtitle within 60 days of the due date, as established by contract OR
INVOICE, 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 AMOUNT PAID TO THE Service is [reimbursed] EQUAL TO THE
AMOUNT DUE THE SERVICE BY THE MUNICIPALITY.

(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] OWNED BY that
county PROVIDED THAT ANY FEES CHARGED THE SERVICE ARE NOT GREATER
THAN THOSE CHARGED OTHER USERS OF ANY SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL PROJECT.

(e)     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.

3-109.

(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] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (E) OF THIS SECTION,
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.

(4)     Upon terms satisfactory to the Service and the municipality, the Service
may enter into an agreement with the municipality to continue to operate the sewerage
system or refuse disposal works installed by the Service under the provisions of this
subsection. In this event, the municipality shall enter into a contract with the Service for
the establishment of a service district as provided in § 3-107(e) of this subtitle.

(b)     (1) Upon failure of a person to comply with an order of the Secretary of the
Environment to abate pollution as provided for in Title 9 of the Environment Article, the
Secretary of the Environment shall direct the Service to provide projects necessary to
abate the pollution.

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Ch. 196

1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND