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pretty well encompass the various alternatives that would

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be desirable to give the Legislature maximum flexibility

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and still reject detailed local law they might otherwise

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pass.

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DR. BURDETTE: Baltimore City would have

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to be associated in case of classification with at least

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two other: units of government. Those two units of

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government could be either municipalities or some combina-

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tion. Baltimore County and Montgomery County, for example,

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with Baltimore City could be a classification.

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MR. BROOKS: It could be a classification and

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probably also include Montgomery and Prince Georges as

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far as classification is concerned. But then the door

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would be open for establishment of metropolitan or

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regional government to include, for instance, Howard,

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which would overlap the classification system. But in

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that situation, you would always have the creation of an

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independent authority to actually administer whatever the

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law passed would establish.

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In other words, this is a restricted area. You

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wouldn't pass just any kind of local law, but wherever you