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Terms Used In Maryland Code, PUBLIC UTILITIES 4-305

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(a) In this section, “jurisdiction” means a county, sanitary district, or municipal corporation.

(b) This section does not affect §§ 35-138, 35-140, 35-141, and 35-145 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Baltimore County.

(c) The Commission shall set only the rates for water that one jurisdiction supplies within another jurisdiction:

(1) on written application by the jurisdiction that receives the water; and

(2) in the same way as rates are set for water companies.