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MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-503 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 5 - Board of Viewers|Section 25-503 - Costs

    (a)    A board of viewers:        (1)    shall determine the amount sufficient to pay:            (i)    the cost of a proposed watershed project;            (ii)    any damages awarded;            (iii)    any compensation for an existing watershed project that the board of viewers adopts in accordance with § 25–504 of this subtitle;            (iv)    the expenses of the board of viewers; and            (v)    the costs of establishing the watershed association;        (2)    shall subtract from the amount determined under item (1) of this subsection any amounts in money or service received from the county or any other source;        (3)    shall assess each tract of land in the area affected by the watershed association a proportion of the amount described in item (2) of this subsection, based on the benefits that would accrue to the tract of land from the watershed project; and        (4)    may not assess a tract of land for an amount that is more than the benefits that would accrue to the tract of land from the watershed project.    (b)    Notwithstanding any other law, the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City may:        (1)    contribute in money, services, equipment, or materials toward the costs of any watershed project authorized under this title from general funds of the county; or        (2)    allocate toward the costs of any watershed project any other money that is available for the watershed project.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 5 - Board of Viewers|Section 25-504 - Existing Watershed Projects

    (a)    A board of viewers may adopt an existing watershed project, as a whole watershed project or as a part of a watershed project, under this title.    (b)    If an existing watershed project is adopted by the board of viewers, the board of viewers shall pay fair compensation to each landowner for the value of work already done on the watershed project.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-505 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 5 - Board of Viewers|Section 25-505 - Report to County

    (a)    At the earliest practicable date, the board of viewers shall submit three copies of a written report to the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City.    (b)    The report shall state:        (1)    the name of each person entitled to damages and the amount of the damages;        (2)    the name of each person entitled to compensation for a watershed project adopted under § 25–504 of this subtitle and the amount of the compensation;        (3)    the amount determined under § 25–503(a)(1) of this subtitle; and        (4)    the amount for which each benefited tract of land shall be assessed as its share of the total cost of the watershed project and its proportion of the whole.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-506 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 5 - Board of Viewers|Section 25-506 - Examination of Report; Hearing; Notice; Report Open to Inspection

    (a)    (1)    The county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City shall examine a report submitted by a board of viewers under § 25–505 of this subtitle at the first meeting after receiving the report.        (2)    If the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City find that the report is not in proper form or not in compliance with the law, the report shall be returned to the board of viewers to be corrected and resubmitted.        (3)    If the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City find that the report is in proper form and in compliance with the law, the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City shall set a date for a public hearing on the report.    (b)    (1)    At least 30 days before a hearing under this section, the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City shall:            (i)    publish notice of the time and place of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the land to be affected by the watershed association is located;            (ii)    mail a notice to each person named in the report; and            (iii)    if a landowner or an owner of other property named in the report resides outside the State, serve written notice of the hearing on the tenant or agent of the landowner or owner of the other property.        (2)    Notice of the hearing shall state that a copy of the report is available for inspection in an office of the designated officer.    (c)    A copy of the board of viewers report shall be available for inspection in the office of the designated officer.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-507 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 5 - Board of Viewers|Section 25-507 - Hearing Procedure

    (a)    At a hearing under § 25–506 of this subtitle:        (1)    the board of viewers and engineers shall be present; and        (2)    any person may appear in person or by counsel and object to any part of the report.    (b)    The county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City shall consider carefully each objection presented, taking into account the apportionment of costs and benefits.    (c)    If a well founded objection can be resolved at the hearing by changing the report, the board of viewers shall make the changes necessary to treat each concerned person equitably.    (d)    To help make a decision, the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City may poll the landowners present who are named in the report of the board of viewers, considering the apportionment of benefits and damages.    (e)    The county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City may:        (1)    disapprove the report;        (2)    return the report to the board of viewers for amendment or reconsideration in view of an objection presented; or        (3)    approve the report as submitted or as amended.    (f)    On approval of the report by the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, the board of directors may install, operate, and maintain the watershed project described in the watershed work plan.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-508 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 5 - Board of Viewers|Section 25-508 - Payment of Expenses if Report Disapproved

    (a)    If a report is disapproved, the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City 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, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City 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.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-509 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 5 - Board of Viewers|Section 25-509 - Protection of Interests of Minor

    If the property or interest of a minor who does not have a guardian is affected by a watershed project under this subtitle, the orphans’ court of the county shall appoint a guardian to protect the interests of the minor.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-510 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 5 - Board of Viewers|Section 25-510 - Amendment of Petition or Related Proceedings

    (a)    The county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or circuit court for the county in which the proceedings are pending may, on application of any party and at any time before a final decision is made, grant leave to a party to amend the petition or any part of the proceedings that may be defective or informal so as to bring the merits of the case before the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City for a decision or a jury of the circuit court for trial.    (b)    The county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the circuit court may award costs.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-511 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 5 - Board of Viewers|Section 25-511 - Application for Order of Review

    (a)    A person who may be adversely affected by any watershed project connected with the proposed watershed association may apply for an order of review to the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City at any time before the approval of the report.    (b)    The county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City may grant an order of review and appoint another board of viewers to redo the work done by the original board of viewers.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-512 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 5 - Board of Viewers|Section 25-512 - Judicial Review

    (a)    A person who is aggrieved by a determination of the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, or by any proceedings under this title relating to a watershed project, may appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the determination was made or proceedings were conducted.    (b)    Either party may elect a trial by jury.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-601 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 6 - Rights-of-Way, Easements, and Condemnation|Section 25-601 - Rights-of-Way and Easements Generally

    (a)    A watershed association may acquire any right–of–way, easement, or other property right necessary to construct and maintain the watershed project for:        (1)    watershed protection;        (2)    flood prevention;        (3)    recreation;        (4)    soil conservation;        (5)    drainage; and        (6)    the conservation, development, storage, use, and disposal of water for any beneficial purpose.    (b)    (1)    A watershed association shall submit to the clerk of the circuit court in the appropriate county a book, to be known as the “easement record”, that contains each easement for maintenance or right–of–way, according to the original design specifications or for not less than 20 feet, that the watershed association has in the county.        (2)    A watershed association shall keep the easement record current.        (3)    The clerk of a circuit court shall make an easement record available for inspection by the public.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-602 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 6 - Rights-of-Way, Easements, and Condemnation|Section 25-602 - Rights-of-Way and Easements for Channel Improvements and Disposition of Excavated Material Generally

    For a watershed project that consists of stream channel improvement or drainage, the board of directors shall acquire any right–of–way or easement necessary to construct and maintain the channel improvements to dispose of excavated material according to standards of good engineering practice.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-603 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 6 - Rights-of-Way, Easements, and Condemnation|Section 25-603 - Rights-of-Way and Easements for Drainage Improvements and Disposition of Excavated Material in Charles County

    For a watershed project that consists of stream channel improvement or drainage, the board of directors of a watershed association in Charles County shall acquire any right–of–way or easement necessary to construct and maintain the drainage improvements and to dispose of excavated material according to standards of good drainage practice, regardless of the date that the watershed association was formed.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-604 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 6 - Rights-of-Way, Easements, and Condemnation|Section 25-604 - Condemnation Proceedings

    (a)    If a landowner refuses to accept the damages awarded to the landowner by the board of viewers and approved by the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City and refuses the necessary access to the landowner’s land, the board of directors may begin condemnation proceedings under Title 12 of the Real Property Article to acquire a right–of–way, easement, or other property right.    (b)    This title does not authorize the use of condemnation proceedings to acquire the right to use water separate and apart from the land to which the water is incident.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-701 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 7 - Implementation of Plan|Section 25-701 - Powers and Duties of Directors

    (a)    The board of directors shall implement the watershed project.    (b)    The board of directors may:        (1)    hire employees;        (2)    buy, hire, or rent machines, and buy explosives and other materials;        (3)    award contracts;        (4)    enter into an agreement with county, State, or federal units of government;        (5)    acquire and hold water rights;        (6)    plan and carry out watershed projects for storage, use, and distribution of water;        (7)    charge for the use of water in the watershed, using the proceeds from the sale of the water to pay for water rights or to construct, maintain, repair, improve, and operate the watershed project; and        (8)    do other acts as necessary, including borrowing money, in the name of the board of directors, if the borrowing is approved by the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City.    (c)    The board of directors shall:        (1)    keep a regular account of its income and expenses; and        (2)    report its income and expenses at the annual meetings of the watershed association and other meetings of the landowners.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-702 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 7 - Implementation of Plan|Section 25-702 - Maintenance and Operation of Watershed Projects

    (a)    The board of directors shall control and supervise each watershed project under this title for:        (1)    watershed protection;        (2)    flood prevention;        (3)    recreation;        (4)    soil conservation;        (5)    drainage; or        (6)    the conservation, development, storage, use, and disposal of water for any beneficial purpose.    (b)    The board of directors shall keep each watershed project in good repair.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-801 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 8 - Financing|Section 25-801 - Imposition of Special Assessments on Benefited Lands

    (a)    A special assessment imposed under this title shall be imposed on the land benefited by a watershed project.    (b)    If a tract of land subject to a special assessment under this title is divided, the board of directors shall determine the ratio in which any later special assessment is to be imposed on each subdivided tract of land based on the proportion of the benefit to each tract.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-802 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 8 - Financing|Section 25-802 - Payments by Units of Government

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a unit of State or local government that is a landowner shall pay a fee or special assessment imposed under this title if the fee or special assessment is imposed on all land that is similarly benefited or damaged by the proposed watershed project in an area affected by a watershed association.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-803 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 8 - Financing|Section 25-803 - Implementation of Plan

    (a)    The board of directors shall determine the amount to be raised to implement an approved watershed project.    (b)    The board of directors shall prepare an assessment list that shows the amount due from each landowner subject to the special assessment.    (c)    The special assessments imposed on each tract of land shall be proportional to the total assessments.    (d)    The assessment list required under subsection (b) of this section shall be:        (1)    signed by the board of directors; and        (2)    sent to the designated officer.    (e)    (1)    The designated officer shall certify the conformance of the assessment list with this section.        (2)    After receiving the certification of the assessment list, the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City shall certify the assessment list to the county tax collector.    (f)    (1)    The county tax collector shall include the special assessments imposed under this section in the next bills for county taxes.        (2)    The special assessments are:            (i)    due and collectible at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes; and            (ii)    subject to the same interest and penalties for late payment and nonpayment as county taxes.    (g)    If the special assessments collected under this section are insufficient to complete the watershed project, a supplemental special assessment shall be imposed in the same manner.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-805 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 8 - Financing|Section 25-805 - Annual and Special Assessment for Maintenance and Operation

    (a)    (1)    The board of directors shall impose an annual special assessment on the benefited land to provide a fund to maintain, repair, and operate a watershed project constructed under this title.        (2)    The amount of the annual special assessment shall be equal to the estimated cost to operate and maintain the watershed project as determined by an annual inspection to be made at a time set by the board of directors, less any amount that may be received from any other source.    (b)    If the funds received under subsection (a) of this section are inadequate to provide for the necessary maintenance, repair, or operation, a supplemental assessment may be imposed on the benefited land.    (c)    The assessments under this section shall be imposed and disbursed in the same manner as provided for the special assessments under § 25–803 of this subtitle.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-806 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 8 - Financing|Section 25-806 - Duties of County Tax Collector

    (a)    The special assessments imposed under this subtitle shall remain in the county treasury until disbursed by the county tax collector on orders signed by the board of directors.    (b)    For each watershed association in the county, the county tax collector shall keep a separate record that shows all income and expenses.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-807 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 8 - Financing|Section 25-807 - Collection of Special Assessments if Land in Multiple Counties

    (a)    If the land affected by the watershed association that is subject to assessment is located in two or more counties, the board of directors shall prepare a separate assessment list for each county.    (b)    The board of directors shall send the assessment lists for each county to the designated officer for the county in which the watershed association was organized.    (c)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the procedure for imposing special assessments under this section shall be as provided for in § 25–803 of this subtitle.        (2)    The county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City in which the watershed association was organized shall certify the assessment lists for the other counties to the appropriate governing body.        (3)    The county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City shall then certify the assessment lists to the respective county tax collectors for action as provided for in § 25–803 of this subtitle.    (d)    All money collected in the several counties as provided under this section shall be paid over to the county tax collector of the county in which the watershed association was organized and credited to the watershed association.
MD. Local Government Code Ann. §  25-808 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Local Government|Division V - Other Local Entities|Title 25 - Public Watershed Associations|Subtitle 8 - Financing|Section 25-808 - Order of Payments to Be Made by Board of Directors

    (a)    From the money that first becomes available under this title to the board of directors, the board of directors shall pay:        (1)    the compensation and expenses of the board of viewers and the engineers;        (2)    any damages awarded;        (3)    any compensation awarded for existing watershed projects; and        (4)    the expenses incident to the organization of the watershed association.    (b)    (1)    On request by the board of directors, the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City may advance funds to pay the costs in subsection (a) of this section.        (2)    An advance under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be repaid from the money first received from special assessments imposed on the landowners for the watershed project.