§ 20-1-108. SAME—ARBITRATION WITH BALTIMORE CITY.

If, in the future, the county should desire to acquire water distribution mains and their appurtenances owned by Baltimore City and serving consumers in the metropolitan district exclusively or, if the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore should seek to acquire additional rights for the construction of sewer or water facilities in any manner affecting the county, the county and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, in either event, shall negotiate and if unable to agree shall submit the matter to arbitration in the following manner:

In any arbitration proceeding provided for in the preceding paragraph, the county shall appoint one (1) arbitrator and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall appoint one (1) arbitrator. The two (2) arbitrators so appointed shall select a third, who shall be chairman of the Board of Arbitration. If the two (2) arbitrators are unable to agree upon the third arbitrator, the chief judge of the Court of Appeals shall be requested to designate such third arbitrator, and the written decision of the majority of the Board of Arbitration shall be final and binding upon both parties.

(1988 Code, § 35-133) (Bill No. 126, § 2, 9-28-1990; Bill No. 30-03, § 1, 7-1-2004)