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Ch. 601
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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unpaid after thirty (30) days from date of sending, the Board, after written notice left
[upon] ON the premises or mailed to the last known address of the owner, shall turn
off the water from the property in question; and the water shall not be turned on
again until bill has been paid, including a penalty often dollars [($10.00)].
(2) A charge for the upkeep of water and sewerage systems against all
properties having a connection with any water main or sewer under its operation or
ownership. The charge for the upkeep of the water and sewerage system, if any, shall
be made [upon] ON such reasonable basis as the Board may determine and shall be
collected annually in the same manner as are front foot benefit assessments against
all property having a connection within a water main or sewer under the operation or
ownership of the County and shall be a lien against [such] THE property. [Such] THE
charges shall be based [upon such] ON THE classifications as the Board from time to
time may establish and shall be uniform throughout each system within each [such]
classification; provided, however, that no charge for the upkeep of water and
sewerage systems shall be made against any property in any year for which [such]
property is currently subject to a front foot benefit assessment as elsewhere in this
[subtitle] TITLE provided.
[15-23.] 14-706. Enforcement of assessments.
Front foot benefit assessments, drainage and assessments, water and sewer
system upkeep charges, connection charges, and other charges which the Board is
empowered to make shall be liens [upon] ON the property served or benefitted and,
in addition to being enforced by actions at law, may be enforced by a bill in equity
against the property so served or [benefited] BENEFITTED. In addition to being
enforced by actions at law and a bill in equity, the County Tax Collector, if directed by
the Board, shall sell the property of the delinquent property owner in the same
manner as other properties are sold at tax sale. The liens shall be subject only to liens
for State and county taxes. [Such] THE charges shall be due when made and after
ninety (90) days from that date shall bear interest at the rate of one-half [per
centum] PERCENT (½%) per month. Neither the due dates nor the interval between
such dates need be uniform throughout Carroll County.
SUBTITLE 8. PENALTIES.
[15-24.] 14-801. Penalty provisions.
Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor in this [subtitle] TITLE
unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable by any District Court, and the offender
upon conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding [$100.00] $100 or to confinement in
the county jail for not more than 30 days, or both, in the discretion of the District
Court. If the act or omission is of a continuing nature and is persisted in, in violation
of the provisions of this [subtitle] TITLE or of any rule or regulation formulated
thereunder, a conviction for one offense shall not be a bar to the conviction for
continuation of [such] THE offense subsequent to the first or any succeeding
conviction.
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