S.B. 893'

VETOES

(k) Within a wastewater purification service district, the Service is responsible for
the purification and disposal of liquid waste as set forth in the five-year plan, including
the residue resulting from purification, that is delivered to the [service] SERVICE
projects through the sewer pipes of any municipality or person in the service district,
except that the Service may exclude or require preconditioning of any waste that might
otherwise be harmful to structures or purification processes or endanger the health or
safety of workers. Within the service district no municipality or person may discharge
liquid waste onto the surface of the ground or into the waterways of the State except
through the projects of the Service or of a municipality or person designated by the plan
or under reasonable conditions the Service stipulates.

(1) Within a solid waste disposal service district the Service is responsible for the
disposal of solid wastes as set forth in the five-year plan. Within the service district no
municipality or person may dispose of solid wastes except through the projects of the
Service or of a municipality or person designated by the plan, or under reasonable
conditions the Service stipulates.

(m) Within a water supply service district, the Service shall be responsible for
supply and distribution of water as set forth in the five-year plan.

(n) [With the consent of the county or municipal corporation in which a project is
to be located, the] THE Service may implement a project not provided for in the five-year
plan adopted under this subtitle, service region, or service district established under this
section or if no five-year plan, service region, or service district has been established.

3-107.

(a)     Any municipality or person may request the Service to provide the water
supply, wastewater purification or solid waste disposal projects authorized by this subtitle.
The request shall set forth the type of proposed project to be furnished and the proposed
boundaries of the area within which a project is requested.

(b)     As soon as possible after receipt of a duly authorized request from a
municipality or person, the Service shall draft a proposed contract with the municipality
or person in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle specifying the type of project
to be provided, whether or not a service district will be established, the boundaries and
effective date of any service district, and the terms, conditions, and costs under which the
project will be provided. Upon execution of the contract, the Service as soon as possible
shall establish any service district provided for in the contract and provide, maintain, and
operate the necessary project.

(c)     The charges levied against a service district shall be reduced by the full
amount of federal and State grants which the Service receives and is entitled to retain to
defray the cost of any project within the service district.

(d)     Existing facilities providing service of the type requested, 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 on the date a service district comes into
existence unless the Service determines that it not be so transferred. Compensation for
existing projects may be based on the original cost of the project minus an allowance for

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