Ch. 311                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

(6)  "Market" means the Maryland Food Center and any
other market to be established by the Authority within the
Greater Baltimore Region, including all ancillary or other
appurtenant facilities that the Authority determines to be
advisable in order to enhance the public convenience or public
attractiveness of the market, including but not limited to
parking or other transportation facilities, restaurants, shops,
stores, banks, or other commercial enterprises generally.

(7)  "Seafood" includes edible and inedible fish and
shellfish.

(8)  "Park" means the West Ocean City Seafood
Industrial Park or other appropriate site that may be established
hereunder, and includes all appurtenant facilities and services.

[13-105.] 6-105.

The Authority shall have perpetual existence and may:

(1)  Adopt a seal and alter the same at its pleasure;

(2)  Acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal
property for its corporate purposes;

(3)  (i) Develop, establish, construct, erect,
acquire, own, repair, remodel, add to, extend, improve, equip,:
operate, and maintain the market within the Greater Baltimore
Region, and pay the cost of the market, including parking and
other ancillary facilities appurtenant thereto, and develop,
establish, construct, erect, acquire, own, repair, remodel, add
to, extend, improve, equip, operate, and maintain the park, and
pay the cost of the park, including parking, improvements of
portions of the waterways thereat, and other ancillary facilities
appurtenant thereto, solely from the proceeds of bonds of the
Authority or otherwise available or to become available under the
provisions of this subtitle, or from such proceeds and any grant
from the United States of America or the State or any agency or
instrumentality of either. The Authority shall not be subject to
the provisions of Article 78A of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition) as amended, the provisions of Title 2, Subtitles 4
and 5, Title 4, Subtitles 7 and 8, §§ 8-127, 8-128, and 8-129,
Part V of Title 8, Subtitle 1, and Titles 10 and 21 of the State
Finance and Procurement Article or the provisions of Article 21
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1981 Replacement Volume) as
amended, and shall have the right to construct the market and the
park without obtaining the consent of any department, division,
commission, board, bureau or agency of the State or of any
political subdivision of the State, except in instances where the
Authority is required by this subtitle to obtain all applicable

licenses and permits, and follow the required procedures, and
without any other proceedings or the happening of any other
conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, or

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