The General Assembly shall enact no law authorizing private
property to be taken for public use without just compensation, to be
agreed upon between the parties or awarded by a jury, being first paid
or tendered to the party entitled to such compensation, except that
where such property, located in Prince George's County in this State,
is in the judgment of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
needed for water supply, sewerage and drainage systems to be extended
or constructed by the said Commission, the General Assembly may provide
that such property, except any building or buildings may be taken
immediately upon payment therefor by the condemning authority to the
owner or owners thereof or into the Court to the use of the person or
persons entitled thereto, such amount as the condemning authority shall
estimate to be the fair value of said property, provided such
legislation requires that the condemning authority's estimate be not
less than the appraised value of the property being taken as evaluated
by at least one qualified appraiser, whose qualifications have been
accepted by a Court of Record of this State, and also requires the
payment of any further sum that may subsequently be awarded by a jury,
and provided such legislation limits the condemning authority's
utilization of the acquisition procedures specified in this section to
occasions where it has acquired or is acquiring by purchase or other
procedures one-half or more of the several takings of land or
interests in land necessary for any given water supply, sewerage or
drainage extension or construction project.
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