Section 9-664 - Building and operation of independent system. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-664. Building and operation of independent system.
 

(a)  Building independent system - Authority.- An independent system may be constructed in accordance with this section: 

(1) By a member county at its own expense; or 

(2) By and at the expense of the owners of property that will be served by the independent system. 

(b)  Building independent system - Requirements.- A person or member county may construct an independent system only if: 

(1) The independent system will serve an area that is not served by a project or a municipal system; and 

(2) The sanitary commission approves. 

(c)  Building independent system - Application to sanitary commission.- The person or member county that proposes to construct the independent system shall: 

(1) Submit to the sanitary commission plans and specifications for construction of the independent system; and 

(2) If the sanitary commission approves the plans and specifications, construct the independent system in accordance with the approved plans and specifications. 

(d)  Operation of independent system.- Each independent system shall be operated: 

(1) At the expense of the person or county that constructs it; and 

(2) Under the general supervision of the sanitary commission. 

(e)  Records relating to independent system; filing with sanitary commission.- The person or county that constructs an independent system shall: 

(1) Keep accurate records of: 

(i) The construction of the independent system; 

(ii) The operation of the independent system; and 

(iii) The cost of building and operating the independent system; and 

(2) File copies of the records with the sanitary commission. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 666; 1982, ch. 240, § 2.]