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Part I - Definitions; General Provisions
Section 9-601 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 9-602 - Scope of Subtitle - This subtitle does not apply to: (1) Anne Arundel County....
Section 9-603 - Rules and Regulations - Each sanitary commission may adopt rules and regulations to carry...
Section 9-604 - Interpretation of Law -- in General - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this subtitle...
Section 9-605 - Interpretation of Law -- Prior Actions; Bond Status - (a) (1) This subtitle does not impair the validity of...
Section 9-606 - Right of Entry - (a) At any reasonable time, a representative of a sanitary...
Section 9-607 - Status and Powers of Districts - (a) Each district is a public corporate body that exercises...
Section 9-608 - Tax Exemption - (a) Each district, its income, its property, and its incorporation...
Part II - Corporate Structure of District
Section 9-611 - Creation by Counties - By ordinance or resolution, the governing body of a county...
Section 9-612 - Adoption of Articles of Incorporation - (a) The ordinance or resolution that creates a district shall...
Section 9-613 - Articles of Incorporation -- Signing; Filing; Effect - The appropriate officials of each member county shall sign the...
Section 9-614 - Amendments to Articles of Incorporation - (a) In this section, “amendment” means an amendment to the...
Section 9-615 - Adding Counties to District - (a) A county that is not a member county may...
Section 9-616 - Withdrawal of Member County - (a) If the district has not incurred any obligation, a...
Section 9-617 - Filing Corporate Documents With State Department of Assessments and Taxation - (a) In this section, “corporate document” means: (1) Articles of...
Section 9-618 - Reporting District's Principal Office and Corporate Officers - (a) Promptly after it is created and its officers are...
Part III - Sanitary Commission
Section 9-621 - Governing Body - Except as provided in § 9-629 of this subtitle, the...
Section 9-622 - Membership of Sanitary Commission -- Single County Districts - (a) (1) The sanitary commission of each single county district...
Section 9-623 - Membership of Sanitary Commission -- Multiple County Districts - (a) (1) The sanitary commission of a district with 2...
Section 9-624 - Officers - (a) From among its sanitary commissioners, each sanitary commission shall...
Section 9-625 - Quorum; Compensation - (a) Unless the bylaws of the district require a larger...
Section 9-626 - Duties of Secretary-Treasurer - (a) The secretary–treasurer of the sanitary commission shall: (1) Collect...
Section 9-627 - Miscellaneous Powers of Sanitary Commission - (a) In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in...
Section 9-628 - Advances to District by Member County - (a) In addition to the other powers to make advances...
Section 9-629 - Allegany and Garrett Counties - (a) The County Commissioners of Allegany County may exercise jurisdiction...
Part IV - Powers and Duties of Districts
Section 9-632 - Miscellaneous Powers - (a) For the purposes of carrying out this subtitle, each...
Section 9-633 - Eminent Domain - (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, a district...
Section 9-634 - Combining Projects - A district may combine the operations or finances of any...
Section 9-635 - Contracts to Buy and Sell Services - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 9-636 - Construction Contracts - On the terms that the sanitary commission approves, a district...
Section 9-637 - Excavation - (a) In this section, “public way” means any public street,...
Section 9-638 - Acceptance of Grants and Gifts - In accordance with this subtitle and the terms of the...
Section 9-639 - Territory Lost to Annexation - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the powers...
Section 9-640 - Short Term Borrowing - (a) In this section, “governmental agency” means: (1) The federal...
Section 9-641 - Borrowing From Other Sources - (a) If the governing body of each member county that...
Section 9-642 - Required Record Keeping - (a) Each district shall: (1) Keep complete and accurate records...
Section 9-643 - Limitation on District's Powers - A district may not construct, improve, operate, or extend any...
Section 9-644 - Limitations on Powers of Counties - (a) A county that has created a district may not...
Part V - Service Areas
Section 9-647 - Considering Proposed Service Areas - (a) As provided in this part, the sanitary commission and...
Section 9-648 - Creation of Service Area by Sanitary Commission - (a) Each sanitary commission may adopt a resolution that proposes...
Section 9-649 - Creation of Service Areas by Petition - (a) This section does not authorize the creation of a...
Section 9-650 - Advances by Member Counties for Service Areas - (a) In addition to the power to make any other...
Section 9-651 - Consolidation of Administrative Matters of Service Areas - (a) If consolidating administrative matters of service areas will not...
Section 9-652 - Project Planning for Service Areas; Proposed Subareas - (a) After a service area has been created under §...
Part VI - Operation of Districts
Section 9-655 - Construction of Facilities - (a) After the hearing processes required in § 9-648 or...
Section 9-656 - Benefit Assessments and Connection Charges as to Property Owners - (a) (1) To pay the principal and interest on bonds...
Section 9-657 - Classification and Assessment of Property - (a) The sanitary commission shall classify each parcel of property...
Section 9-658 - Levy and Collection of Benefit Assessments - (a) When the sanitary commission has determined a benefit assessment,...
Section 9-659 - Connections to Nonabutting Property - (a) (1) The sanitary commission shall connect the water system...
Section 9-660 - Disposition of Proceeds of Benefit Assessments - (a) In this section, “district account” means the account maintained...
Section 9-661 - Connection to System - (a) (1) During construction of a water line or a...
Section 9-662 - Service and Usage Charges for All Projects - (a) For each project that it operates, a district may...
Section 9-663 - Control of Water Use; Fire Hydrants - (a) A sanitary commission: (1) Shall control the use of...
Section 9-664 - Building and Operation of Independent System - (a) An independent system may be constructed in accordance with...
Section 9-665 - Acquiring Existing Systems - (a) (1) In accordance with this section, a district may...
Section 9-666 - Extension of Project Beyond Service Area - (a) On the request of property owners whose property is...
Section 9-666.1 - Extension of Projects or Services to Noncontiguous Areas - (a) The provisions of this section are applicable in Dorchester...
Section 9-667 - Duplication of Unfit Private System - If the sanitary commission determines that any part of an...
Section 9-668 - Purchase or Condemnation of Property Rights; Condemnation of Cemeteries - (a) For the construction, maintenance, or operation of any part...
Section 9-669 - Removal of Obstructions to Projects - (a) A person who owns any structure or obstruction that...
Section 9-670 - Disconnecting and Restoring Services by Sanitary Commission - (a) A sanitary commission may disconnect service to a property...
Part VII - Shared Facilities in Dorchester County
Section 9-672 - Definitions - (a) In Part VII of this subtitle the following words...
Section 9-673 - Scope of Part Vii - Part VII of this subtitle applies only to Dorchester County.
Section 9-674 - Powers of Dorchester County Sanitary District, Inc - (a) The Dorchester County Sanitary District, Inc., may: (1) Construct,...
Section 9-675 - Petition for Shared Facility - (a) The owners of property in territory that may be...
Section 9-676 - Action on Petition - (a) Within 90 days from the date the complete petition...
Section 9-677 - Adoption of Rules and Regulations - (a) The Sanitary Commission shall propose and, with the approval...
Section 9-678 - Advances by Dorchester County; Repayment - (a) The Dorchester County Commissioners may advance funds to the...
Section 9-679 - Benefit Assessments - (a) In accordance with the rules and regulations that the...
Part VIII - Bonds
Section 9-682 - Power of Sanitary Commission and Member Counties to Issue - (a) Subject to the limitations and requirements of this subtitle,...
Section 9-683 - Limitation on Total of Outstanding Bonds - A district may not issue for a service area any...
Section 9-684 - Prerequisites for Issuance -- Resolution by Sanitary Commission - (a) Before a district issues any bonds, the sanitary commission...
Section 9-685 - Prerequisites for Issuance -- Determinations by Sanitary Commission - (a) Before a district issues any bonds: (1) The sanitary...
Section 9-686 - Required Contents of Bonds - Bonds issued under this subtitle shall: (1) Be dated; (2)...
Section 9-687 - Signing of Bonds - (a) An officer of the district shall sign the bonds...
Section 9-688 - Sale of Bonds - (a) In the manner that the sanitary commission determines to...
Section 9-689 - Status of Bonds - Bonds issued under this subtitle are: (1) Fully negotiable within...
Section 9-690 - Temporary Bonds and Receipts - (a) Before the definitive bonds are available for delivery to...
Section 9-691 - Replacement of Bonds - A sanitary commission may provide for the replacement of bonds...
Section 9-692 - Use of Bond Proceeds - (a) A district may use the proceeds from bonds issued...
Section 9-693 - Refunding Bonds - In accordance with the provisions of this subtitle that generally...
Section 9-694 - Levy of Property Tax - (a) To retire bonds issued under this subtitle, each year,...
Section 9-695 - Payment of Bond Interest From Proceeds of Bonds - From the proceeds of the sale of bonds under this...
Section 9-696 - Multiple County Districts; Proportionate Liability of Member Counties - If bonds issued under this subtitle are guaranteed by more...
Section 9-697 - Miscellaneous Bond Provisions - (a) Each person who has a duty to act in...
Part IX - Miscellaneous Provisions; Prohibited Acts; Penalties
Section 9-698 - Miscellaneous Provisions - (a) Before a person may dig in or do any...
Section 9-699 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties - (a) A person may not: (1) Interfere with an inspection...