PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 407

COLLECTED NOTWITHSTANDING THE ABSENCE OF A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE
SERVICE AND THE MUNICIPALITY, PERSON, OR PROPERTY AGAINST WHOM THE
CHARGE IS IMPOSED.

(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, 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 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 SERVICE, 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 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.

3-118.

(a) The Service may fix, revise, charge, and collect rentals, rates, fees or other
charges for the use of or for the services furnished by any project or projects, INCLUDING
PROJECTS WITHIN A SERVICE DISTRICT, contract with any person or municipality
desiring the use of the services or any part of any project or projects, and fix the terms,
conditions, rentals, rates, fees, and charges therefor. The rentals and other rates, fees and
charges designated as security for any bonds or notes issued under this subtitle shall be
fixed and adjusted in respect of the aggregate thereof from the projects under the control
of the Service as to provide funds sufficient with other revenues, if any, (1) to pay the cost
of maintaining, repairing, and operating any project or projects financed in whole or in
part by outstanding bonds or notes, to the extent the cost is not otherwise provided, (2) to
pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds or notes as they become due and
payable, (3) to create reserves for those purposes, and (4) to provide funds for paying the
cost of renewals or replacements, the cost of acquiring or installing equipment, and the
cost of enlarging, extending, reconstructing, or improving any project or projects. The
rentals, rates, fees, and charges are not subject to supervision or regulation by any unit of
the State government or any political subdivision, except as provided in § 3-128 of this
subtitle.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October July 1, 1995.

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