{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-state-finance-and-procurement-2-401","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, State Finance and Procurement § 2–401","heading":"","body":"(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.\n(b) “Annual operating costs” include the cost of:\n(1) the production, treatment, pumping, storage, transmission, and distribution of water and the maintenance and repair of equipment associated with these functions;\n(2) the collection, pumping, transmission, and treatment of wastewater, and the maintenance and repair of equipment associated with these functions;\n(3) administrative overhead;\n(4) debt service;\n(5) depreciation; and\n(6) servicing customer accounts.\n(c) “Lateral system construction costs” include:\n(1) any cost necessary to plan, design, acquire, construct, inspect, test, and put into operation the lateral system to serve a State facility; and\n(2) any indirect cost incurred by the local jurisdiction that is necessary to construct water and sewer lines.","path":["Article - State Finance and Procurement"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gsf\u0026section=2-401","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T20:00:48Z","sha256":"54e87fd1c1bf3d8b8758d64815aee02fcf784197060a649ab3d5ccee91e884d3","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-state-finance-and-procurement-2-306","next":"us-md/md.-code-state-finance-and-procurement-2-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}