PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 475

Article - Environment

9-662.

(1) If a water bill is unpaid for 30 days after being sent, and after written notice is
left on the premises or mailed to the last known address of the owner, the sanitary
commission may:

(1)     Disconnect water service to the property; and

(2)     Require, before reconnecting water service, payment of the entire water
bill plus a reconnection charge reasonably related to the cost of reconnection, as
established by ordinance of the governing body of the county OR MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION in which the water service is provided.

9-724.

(c) (3) If any bill remains unpaid after 30 days from the date the bill is sent, the
political subdivision shall:

(i) Notify the owner of the property served, in writing, that the bill is
in arrears and that water service will be discontinued; and

(ii) Leave the notice on the owner's property or mail the notice to the
last known address of the owner; and

(iii) Discontinue water service to the property until the owner pays the
bill and a reconnection charge reasonably related to the cost of reconnection, as
established by ordinance of the governing body of the county OR MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION in which the water service is provided.

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

Approved May 18, 1995.

CHAPTER 475
(House Bill 1232)

AN ACT concerning

Insurance Code - Corrections, Clarifications, and Modifications

FOR the purpose of providing for a certain penalty if an insurer fails to comply with the
recommendations of a financial examination report; establishing qualifications of
persons who perform audited financial reports under certain circumstances;
repealing obsolete reserve requirements; repealing certain provisions related to the
sale of insurance through mechanical vending machines; allowing authorized
insurers to charge reasonable installment fees under certain circumstances;
clarifying the limitation of the period of time upon which an insurer under an

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