Md. Code, Public Utilities § 25-206
This is the official text of Md. Code, Public Utilities § 25-206, part of Maryland’s Code, Public Utilities — regulates utility companies.
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§25–206.
Official statutory text
(a) This section applies only to a property owner:
(1) whose property does not abut a water main or sewer; and
(2) who has not previously paid a benefit charge for the construction of the water main or sewer.
(b) The Commission:
(1) shall allow a property owner to connect to a nonabutting water main or sewer;
(2) shall classify the property and impose a front foot benefit charge to be paid by the property owner at the rate and for the same number of years as though the property abutted on a water main or sewer constructed in the year in which the connection is made;
(3) when the connection is made, shall place the property owner in the same position as to all charges, rates, and benefits as if the property abutted on a newly constructed water main or sewer;
(4) if a water main or sewer abutting on the property is subsequently constructed, may require the property owner to connect to the abutting line and discontinue service from the nonabutting line; or
(5) while the property is in the same classification as when the nonabutting connection was made, shall allow the prior imposition of a front foot benefit charge to stand and may not impose a front foot benefit charge for the new abutting water main or sewer.
(1) whose property does not abut a water main or sewer; and
(2) who has not previously paid a benefit charge for the construction of the water main or sewer.
(b) The Commission:
(1) shall allow a property owner to connect to a nonabutting water main or sewer;
(2) shall classify the property and impose a front foot benefit charge to be paid by the property owner at the rate and for the same number of years as though the property abutted on a water main or sewer constructed in the year in which the connection is made;
(3) when the connection is made, shall place the property owner in the same position as to all charges, rates, and benefits as if the property abutted on a newly constructed water main or sewer;
(4) if a water main or sewer abutting on the property is subsequently constructed, may require the property owner to connect to the abutting line and discontinue service from the nonabutting line; or
(5) while the property is in the same classification as when the nonabutting connection was made, shall allow the prior imposition of a front foot benefit charge to stand and may not impose a front foot benefit charge for the new abutting water main or sewer.
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