WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                           S.B. 893

(III)    THE SALE OF ANY FUEL, STEAM, ELECTRICITY, ENERGY, OR
OTHER MATERIAL OR RESOURCE DERIVED FROM THE OPERATION OF ANY
PROJECT;

(IV)    THE ACCEPTANCE, PROCESSING, TREATMENT, AND DISPOSAL
OF SOLID WASTES BY ONE OR MORE PROJECTS; OR

(V)     THE EMPLOYMENT OR RETENTION OF CONSULTING AND
OTHER ENGINEERS, SUPERINTENDENTS, FINANCIAL ADVISORS, ATTORNEYS,
ACCOUNTANTS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES, ADVISORS, OR AGENTS AS IN THE
JUDGMENT OF THE SERVICE ARE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE.

(3) THE CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS OF THE SERVICE MAY PROVIDE
FOR THE COLLECTING OF FEES, RATES, OR CHARGES FOR THE PROJECTS PROVIDED
BY THE SERVICE AND FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF DELINQUENT CHARGES FOR THE
PROJECTS. THE PROVISIONS OF ANY CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT OF THE SERVICE,
AND OF ANY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF A
MUNICIPALITY ENACTED PURSUANT THERETO, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE FOR THE
BENEFIT OF BONDHOLDERS OR NOTEHOLDERS.

(o) To enter upon and excavate any municipal street, road, alley, highway, or any
other public way for the purpose of installing, maintaining, and operating a water supply,
solid waste disposal, or wastewater purification project provided for under this subtitle.
The Service may [construct] CONSTRUCT, RECONSTRUCT, REHABILITATE, OR
EXTEND in the street, road, alley, or highway, a water supply [facility or a sewer]
FACILITY, SEWER OR STORM DRAIN, or any appurtenance thereof, without a permit or
the payment of a charge subject, however, to reasonable regulation established by the
governing body of any municipality having jurisdiction in the particular respect. If any
municipal street, road, alley, or highway is to be disturbed, the governing body shall be
notified within a reasonable period of time, and the street, road, alley, or highway shall be
repaired and left by the Service in the same condition as, or in a condition not inferior to,
that existing before the street, road, alley, or highway was torn up. The Service shall bear
every incidental cost.

(p) To enter upon lands, waters, or premises as is necessary or desirable for the
purposes of making surveys, soundings, borings, and examinations to accomplish any
purpose authorized by this subtitle. The Service is liable for actual damage done.

(q) To make application for, receive, and accept from any state or federal
government, or any unit, instrumentality, or subdivision thereof, grants for or in aid of the
planning, financing, construction, acquisition, maintenance, or operation of any project,
and to receive and accept aid or contributions from any source of money, property, labor,
or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for the purpose for which the
grants and contributions are made in the furtherance of the purposes of this subtitle. In
those cases involving federal and State grants, including, but not limited to, grants
administered by the Department of the Environment for the collection and treatment of
sewage and industrial wastes under the Sanitary Facilities Fund, in Title 9 of the
Environment Article, the Service shall be eligible the same as a municipality.

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