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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 870

(2) A party aggrieved by an adverse decision of
action or failure to take action within the time
prescribed by subsection (1) of this section, may file an
appeal to the board of review of the Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene. The board shall adopt procedures as
provided in the Administrative Procedure Act[, § 244 et
seq. of this article,] and shall in all other respects
be governed by the provisions of [said] THE act. At
least three members shall sit at any hearing of the
board, constituted as a board of appeal. Decisions
shall be by a majority of the board sitting. The
board's decision shall be in writing, stating its
reasons. Minutes of its proceedings shall be kept.
The chairman, or acting chairman, shall have the power to
administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses.
The decision of the board shall be the final agency
decision for purposes of judicial review under § 255 of
this article or for purposes of any other provisions of
law permitting appeals to the courts from decisions of
agencies included within the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene. Appeals from decisions of the board
shall be as prescribed in the Administrative Procedure
Act or by the substantive law applying to commission,
department, board or other instrumentality whose decision
is being appealed.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved May 15, 1975.

CHAPTER 871
(House Bill 1179)

AN ACT concerning

Montgomery County — Land Development
and Redevelopment
MC 39B-75

FOR the purpose of permitting Montgomery County to
designate one or more districts for development,
redevelopment, renovation, or rehabilitation
[[within certain areas of the County which have
been]] in any area of the County within the
boundaries of a central business district as
designated in the local zoning ordinance which has
been designated by an adopted and approved master