(a) If construction of a project requires the relocation of the facilities of any public utility, whether the utility is publicly, privately, or cooperatively owned, the Authority must pay the cost of removal of the facilities from the property of the Authority and the cost of relocation, including repair of the area disturbed by the removal. The cost of relocation includes the entire amount paid by the utility attributable to the relocation, including removal, transportation of facilities and equipment, and procurement of a new site.
(b) The Authority is not required to pay the cost of reconstructing the facilities at a new location.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Authority may contract with the utility to pay part or all of the cost of reconstructing the facilities at a new location at its discretion. (1992 L.M.C., ch. 35, § 2.)