Md. Code, Local Government § 26–510

(a) If a report is disapproved, the county commissioners or county council

shall pay the expenses properly incurred in making the survey and report and in

publishing notices.

(b) To reimburse the county for the expenses described in subsection (a) of

this section, the county commissioners or county council may impose a special

assessment in equal amounts on the property of the landowners who signed the

petition filed under Subtitle 2 of this title.