Section 25-501 – Service Rates Generally
(a) The Commission shall set a service rate that the Commission considers necessary to provide funds for: (1) maintaining, repairing, and operating its water supply and sewer systems, including the overhead expense and depreciation allowance; and (2) making any payments to the District of Columbia, as specified in this title. (b) The service rate: (1) shall be chargeable against all […]
Section 25-210 – Replacement or Enlargement of Water Main or Sewer
(a) (1) When the Commission replaces or enlarges a water main or sewer to provide increased water or sewer service capability for abutting or connected property because of a change in the use or zoning classification of the property, a benefit charge for the construction of the replacement or enlarged system shall be: (i) imposed as provided in […]
Section 25-501.1 – Customer Assistance Program and Indirect Customer Assistance Program
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Indirect customer” means an individual who: (i) receives water service or sewer service or both from the Commission; but (ii) is not billed by the Commission for the service. (3) “Ratepayer” means an individual who receives a bill directly from the Commission for water service or sewer service […]
Section 25-211 – Extinguishment or Redemption
(a) (1) For purposes of this section, the annual benefit charge for a property shall be calculated at a sum: (i) equal to the base rate applied to the classification for the property as it is used, disregarding any allowance for excess; but (ii) not less than the base rate applied to property in the residential subdivision classification. (2) At […]
Section 25-212 – Property Acquired for Public Use
(a) Except as provided for the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County under § 25–204(d)(2) of this subtitle, when the State or a county or municipality, or a unit of the State or a county, acquires property for public use that is subject to a benefit charge imposed under this subtitle, the benefit charge shall be […]
Section 25-213 – Omissions and Mistakes
(a) This section applies to: (1) an omission or mistake previously made by the Commission; or (2) a judgment or decree previously rendered on a property if front foot benefit charge payments have not been made on the property. (b) (1) When the Commission discovers an omission or mistake or within a reasonable time after a court renders a judgment […]
Section 25-214 – Collection of Benefit Charge
(a) This section applies to the collection of benefit charges for the Commission by the directors of finance of Prince George’s County and Montgomery County or by other tax collecting authorities in those counties. (b) Each year, for 30 days before the collection of taxes begins in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County, the Commission shall have […]
Section 25-301 – Connection Charges Generally
(a) For each service connection under § 23–202 of this article, the Commission shall set a connection charge that the Commission determines to be reasonable. (b) Subject to a yearly revision by the Commission: (1) for connections of the sizes and classes for which the average cost reasonably may be ascertained, the connection charge shall be uniform throughout […]
Section 25-302 – Separate Classes — Unimproved Area
(a) If the Commission determines that it is feasible, reasonable, and economical, the Commission may place in a separate class a water or sanitary sewer connection that is made to a water or sewer line installed in a street, road, alley, or right–of–way that has not been paved or otherwise improved to avoid the necessity of […]
Section 25-303 – Separate Classes — Other Areas
(a) If the Commission provides for a class of connections for unimproved areas as provided in § 25–302 of this subtitle: (1) the charges for water and sanitary sewer connections to similar properties in developed areas may be based on the Commission’s calculation, based on its experience, of an average cost for connections in both unimproved and […]