Ch. 407                                    1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

district; providing for the effective date of this Act; and generally relating to the
authority of the Maryland Environmental Service to impose and collect charges.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 3-106 (a) through (c) and (f)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources

Section 3-106 (d), (e), and (g), 3-108, and 3-118(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

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

Article - Natural Resources

3-106.

(a)     The Director, after consultation with the Secretary of Natural Resources, the
Secretary of the Environment, the Director of Planning, and the municipalities affected,
shall determine appropriate boundaries for water supply service regions, wastewater
purification service regions, and solid waste disposal service regions. Service regions shall
be based upon needs set forth in, and provide integration of, approved State-county
master plans for water and sewerage or solid waste disposal, adopted pursuant to the
Environment Article, but also may take account of other plans and studies.

(b)     As soon as possible after the determination of appropriate boundaries, the
Director, after consultation with the municipalities affected, shall establish priorities for
designating water supply service regions, wastewater purification service regions, and
solid waste disposal service regions and formally designate the regions.

(c)     Identical service regions need not be designated for water supply, wastewater
purification and solid waste disposal projects. No part of the State may be included in
more than one of these service regions.

(d)     As soon as possible after designation of a service region, the Service shall
cause surveys, plans, studies, and estimates to be made, and after consultation with the
municipalities located within the service region, prepare a five-year plan for each service
region for the most effective and economical means of providing water supply, wastewater
purification and solid waste disposal projects. In preparing a five-year plan, the Service
shall consider the effects of public versus private ownership of water and wastewater
facilities upon the provision of dependable, effective, and efficient water and wastewater
services. The EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY AN ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
ENVIRONMENT UNDER § 3-109 OR § 3-110 OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE five-year plans shall
give due consideration to the need for water supply and wastewater purification projects

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