(a) Once the required legal documents are prepared by WSSC staff, the system owners, including individual condominium owners and shareholders of housing cooperatives and other entities as required by law, must convey to WSSC the existing system and necessary rights-of-way for installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of the system.

(b) All required rights-of-way must be provided free of charge to the WSSC. For commercial systems the owner must prepare the rights-of-way descriptions as set forth in the WSSC Survey Manual titled “Standards for Fixed Survey, Rights-of-Way, and Property Descriptions.” Once approved by WSSC, and the resultant agreements are executed by the owners, including individual condominium owners and shareholders of housing cooperatives and other entities as required by law, the documents will be processed by WSSC for recordation with the appropriate county land record office.

(c) Prior to final system acceptance by the WSSC, a commercial owner shall furnish the WSSC with a one-year maintenance bond in an amount equal to 100 percent of the estimated cost of constructing the system to be acquired. The bond amount will be determined by WSSC. The cost estimate will be based upon as-built plans submitted by the owner. The applicant will be notified of the amount by WSSC.

(d) Following receipt of all required right-of-way documents, fully executed by the owners, WSSC will prepare a preliminary takeover agreement to codify the transfer of rights, title, interest and necessary conveyances to maintain the system. The agreement will include an effective date of transfer. However, the date cannot be prior to the setting of individual meters (if applicable) and the Customer Care Division has acquired the initial readings. WSSC will not execute the formal legal agreement until the owner has achieved full compliance with any and all conditional requirements of the on-site takeover approval. (Amended during 2019 codification; PD 98-01 § XI)