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Section 9-726.1 - Disconnection for unpaid sewer service.

§ 9-726.1. Disconnection for unpaid sewer service.
 

(a)  Authorized.- If a bill for sewerage service is unpaid for 45 days after being sent, a political subdivision may disconnect water service to the property. 

(b)  Notice.- Before disconnecting water service under this section, the political subdivision shall provide notice: 

(1) By mail sent to the last known address of the owner of the property; or 

(2) By posting the notice on the premises of the property served. 

(c)  Services provided by different political subdivisions.-  

(1) This subsection applies if a political subdivision: 

(i) Provides sewerage service to a property; but 

(ii) Does not provide water service to the property and water service is provided to the property by another political subdivision or by a private water company. 

(2) If a political subdivision advises another political subdivision or a private water company that a bill for sewerage service is unpaid for 45 days after being sent, subject to the notice provisions under subsection (b) of this section, the political subdivision or private water company informed of the unpaid bill may disconnect water service to the property. 

(d)  Reconnection.-  

(1) Before reconnecting water service, a political subdivision may require full payment of the sewerage bill plus a reconnection charge reasonably related to the cost of reconnection, as established by regulation of the political subdivision. 

(2) A private water company may apply a reasonable reconnection charge, in accordance with the ratemaking requirements of Title 4 of the Public Utilities Article, when it reconnects water service. 

(e)  Collection efforts not precluded.- This subsection does not preclude the use of any other procedure available to a political subdivision to collect unpaid sewerage charges. 
 

[2001, ch. 712; 2006, ch. 149; 2010, ch. 52.] 
 

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