{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-public-utilities-25-206","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Public Utilities § 25–206","heading":"","body":"(a) This section applies only to a property owner:\n(1) whose property does not abut a water main or sewer; and\n(2) who has not previously paid a benefit charge for the construction of the water main or sewer.\n(b) The Commission:\n(1) shall allow a property owner to connect to a nonabutting water main or sewer;\n(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;\n(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;\n(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\n(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.","path":["Article - Public Utilities"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gpu\u0026section=25-206","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T20:00:28Z","sha256":"73978bdbd0491bb0119af079f98f7bd9dffe0d3b44c82e07d454edff9671e8e8","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-public-utilities-25-205","next":"us-md/md.-code-public-utilities-25-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}