Ch. 607                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Approved May 23, 1996.

CHAPTER 607
(House Bill 183)

AN ACT concerning

Kent County - Sanitary Commission - Enforcement of Lien for Unpaid Benefit

Assessments

FOR the purpose of authorizing the governing body of Kent County to authorize by local
law the sale of real property to enforce a lien based on unpaid benefit assessments
or other charges; authorizing the sanitary commission in Kent County to request,
under certain circumstances, that the county tax collector sell real property to
enforce a lien in accordance with certain procedures; providing for the application
of this Act; and generally relating to the enforcement of a lien by the sanitary
commission in Kent County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Environment
Section 9-658

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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

Article - Environment

9-658.

(a)     When the sanitary commission has determined a benefit assessment, and
except as otherwise provided in this section, the sanitary commission shall levy a benefit
assessment, so that the levy will be effective on the July 1 that next follows the first March
31 that occurs on or before which the construction is completed on the project for which
the benefit assessment is made.

(b)     (1) The Allegany County Sanitary Commission may make the levy of a
benefit assessment effective on the date on which the construction is completed on the
project for which the benefit assessment is made.

(2) If the Allegany County Sanitary Commission makes a levy on the date on
which the construction is completed, it shall prorate the levy on the basis of the benefit
assessment for an entire year and the time remaining until July 1.

(c)     (1) The Dorchester County Sanitary Commission may make the levy of a
benefit assessment effective on:

(i) The date on which the construction is substantially completed; or
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