§ 20-1-110. ENTRY UPON PUBLIC HIGHWAY FOR INSTALLATION OR MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES AUTHORIZED.

The county may enter upon any state or county street, road, or alley or any public highway for the purpose of installing, maintaining, and operating the water supply, sewerage, and drainage systems provided for under this article, and it may construct in any such street, road, or alley or public highway a water main, sewer, or drain or any appurtenance thereof, upon the receipt of a permit from the public authority having control thereof, but without the payment of a charge thereof. Such highway shall be repaired and left by the county in the same or a not-inferior condition to that existing before being torn up, and all costs incident thereto shall be borne by the county. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the properties, plants, franchises, or rights of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore or to any properties, plants, franchises, and rights that may be hereafter acquired by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for the protection or enlargement of its water supply, sewerage, stormwater drainage, or refuse disposal systems or any other of its utility properties.

(1988 Code, § 35-135) (Bill No. 126, § 2, 9-28-1990; Bill No. 30-03, § 1, 7-1-2004)