1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to
suspend the imposition and collection of a front foot benefit assessment for a
property with a preexisting dwelling unit served by a well or septic system.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,                                     

Article 29 - Washington Suburban Sanitary District
Section 5-102(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:                   

Article 29 - Washington Suburban Sanitary District

5-102.

(c) The WSSC may suspend the imposition and collection of a front foot benefit
assessment:

(1)     For any property that is otherwise assessable with respect to a sanitary
sewer line if, in the WSSC's judgment, the property cannot obtain service from the sewer
pipe upon which the benefit would be based; [or]

(2)     For water main construction when the owner of the property that is
otherwise subject to the assessment is not permitted to connect to the water main:

(i) By the WSSC because of a finding by the WSSC that there is an
absence of a sanitary sewer and the extension of an improved sewage system is not
reasonably feasible; and

(ii) Because of a finding by the county health department that a septic
system would not be approved for the disposal of the water for which the connection is
requested; OR

(3)      FOR ANY PROPERTY THAT IS OTHERWISE ASSESSABLE FOR A
SANITARY SEWER LINE OR A WATER MAIN IF THE PROPERTY HAS A PREEXISTING
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING ALREADY SERVED BY A WELL OR SEPTIC SYSTEM UNTIL
THE PROPERTY OWNER REQUESTS SERVICE FROM THE SEWER LINE OR WATER
MAIN.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 26, 1994.

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Ch. 640