SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        391

Maryland), title "Prince George's County," subtitle "Seat Pleasant,"
to be under the new subheading "Redevelopment—Urban Renewal,"
and to read as follows:

Redevelopment—Urban Renewal
68-20. Definitions:

(a) The following terms wherever used or referred to in this
article shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning
is clearly indicated by the context:

(b)    "Federal Government" shall include the United States of
America or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise,
of the United States of America.

(c)    "Slum area" shall mean any area where dwellings predomi-
nate, which, by reason of depreciation, overcrowding, faulty ar-
rangement or design, lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities,
or any combination of these factors, are detrimental to the public
safety, health or morals.

(d)    "Blighted area" shall mean an area in which a majority of
buildings have declined in productivity by reason of obsolescence,
depreciation or other causes to an extent they no longer justify
fundamental repairs and adequate maintenance.

(e)    "Urban renewal project" shall mean undertakings and ac-
tivities of a municipality in an urban renewal area for the elimina-
tion and for the prevention of the development or spread of slums
and blight, and may involve slum clearance and redevelopment or in
an urban renewal area, or rehabilitation or conservation in an urban
renewal area, or any combination or part thereof in accordance with
an urban renewal plan. Such undertakings and activities may
include:

(1)    Acquisition of a slum area or blighted area or portion
thereof;

(2)    Demolition and removal of buildings and improvements;

(3)    Installation, construction or reconstruction of streets, utili-
ties, parks, playgrounds, and other improvements necessary for
carrying out in the urban renewal area the urban renewal objectives
of this article in accordance with the urban renewal plan;

(4) Disposition of any property acquired in the urban renewal
area including sale, initial leasing or retention by the municipality
itself, at its fair value for uses in accordance with the urban renewal
plan;

(5)    Carrying out plans for a program of voluntary or compul-
sory repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements in
accordance with the urban renewal plan;

(6)    Acquisition of any other real property in the urban renewal
area where necessary to eliminate unhealthful, unsanitary or unsafe
conditions, lessen density, eliminate obsolete or other uses detrimen-
tal to the public welfare, or otherwise to remove or prevent the spread
of blight or deterioration, or to provide land for needed public
facilities; and