An individual, corporation, firm, partnership, association, company, cooperative, joint stock company or association, or any other form of business enterprise, may not commence any construction of a water system for public use without the prior authorization of the Commission, which shall be granted only upon a finding by the Commission that to do so is in the public interest.

Authority: Public Utilities Article, §§2-121, 5-101, and 5-303, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: July 1, 1968 (Order No. 57171)

Regulation .03 amended effective May 14, 2001 (28:9 Md. R. 889)