Ch. 34

2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 34
(Senate Bill 786)

AN ACT concerning

Carroll County - County Roads - Funding and Construction

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Carroll
County to designate by ordinance certain county roads or segments of roads for
construction by the county with a portion of the costs to be paid by certain
property owners; providing that an ordinance may not be adopted under this Act
until after a public hearing; requiring certain notice prior to a hearing under
this Act; establishing certain requirements for an ordinance adopted under this
Act; requiring the County Commissioners to maintain a record of the costs
related to the road construction, including costs related to the acquisition of land
or easements; authorizing the County Commissioners to require repayment of
certain costs under certain circumstances; authorizing the County
Commissioners to establish a repayment schedule to allow a property owner to
repay certain costs over a certain period of time; and generally relating to the
funding and construction by Carroll County of certain roads in the county and
the repayment of the county's costs by certain property owners.

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of Carroll County

Section 10-401 and 10-402 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 4. Road

Segment Designation, Construction, and Repayment"
Article 7 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(2000 Edition and October 2002 Supplement, as amended)

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

Article 7 - Carroll County

SUBTITLE 4. ROAD SEGMENT DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND REPAYMENT.
10-401.

THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO
DESIGNATE A COUNTY ROAD OR A SEGMENT OF A COUNTY ROAD FOR
CONSTRUCTION BY THE COUNTY WITH A PORTION OF THE COSTS TO BE PAID BY
EACH OWNER OF PROPERTY OVER WHICH THE ROAD OR SEGMENT OF ROAD IS
DESIGNATED AT THE TIME OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY.

10-402.

(A) (1) AN ORDINANCE THAT DESIGNATES A ROAD UNDER THIS SUBTITLE
MAY BE ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ONLY AFTER A PUBLIC
HEARING.

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