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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

Bill No. 5-73

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to repeal Section 1-317 of the
Anne Arundel County Code (1967 Edition and
Supplements), Title 1, "Administration", Subtitle 3,
"Purchasing", and to enact new Section 1—317 in lieu
thereof, to stand in the place of the Section
repealed, to make certain technical amendments to
the procedure for acquiring real property by Anne
Arundel County, to correct a cross reference, and
matters generally related thereto.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND, That Section 1-317 of the
Anne Arundel County Code (1967 Edition and Supplements),
Title 1, "Administration", Subtitle 3, "Purchasing", be
and it is hereby repealed, and new Section 1—317 be, and
it is hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to stand in the
place of the Section repealed, and to read as follows:

SECTION 1-317. PURCHASE OR CONDEMNATION OF REAL
PROPERTY.

(A)    THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS AUTHORIZED, ON BEHALF
OF, AND IN THE NAME OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY TO ACCEPT
DEDICATION, FOR ANY PUBLIC PURPOSE, OR TO ACQUIRE BY
AGREEMENT OR EMINENT DOMAIN, ANY REAL PROPERTY OR
INTEREST THEREIN FOP WHICH AN APPROPRIATION ADEQUATE TO
ACQUIRE SAME HAS BEEN ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE VII OF THE COUNTY CHARTER;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS UNABLE
TO ACQUIRE SUCH PROPERTY BY AGREEMENT, THE COUNTY SHALL
NOT ACQUIRE THE SAME BY CONDEMNATION UNLESS:

(1)    THE ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR HAS
DESIGNATED THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE PROPERTY IS
TO BE ACQUIRED AND HAS DESCRIBED WITH REASONABLE ACCURACY
THE LOCATION OR NATURE OF THE PROPERTY TO BE ACQUIRED; OR

(2)    UNLESS PRIOR TO ACQUISITION BY CONDEMNATION
THE COUNTY COUNCIL BY RESOLUTION IDENTIFIES SUCH PROPERTY
AND DETERMINES AND DECLARES ITS ACQUISITION TO BE
NECESSARY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE. ANY CONDEMNATION
HEREUNDER SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROPRIATE
REVISIONS OF ARTICLE 21, TITLE XII OF THE ANNOTATED CODE
OF MARYLAND (1966 REPLACEMENT VOLUME AND 1972 INTERIM
SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUME 2) AND THE MARYLAND RULES OF
PROCEDURE.

(B)    NO PROPERTY OR INTEREST THEREIN SHALL BE