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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS
EASTON
(Talbot County)
RESOLUTION NO. 40
OF THE TOWN OF EASTON
TO AMEND THE CHARTER
Resolution of the Town of Easton, adopted pursuant
to the authority of Article 11E of the Constitution of
Maryland, and Section 13 of Article 23A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1973 Replacement Volume) titled
"CORPORATIONS - MUNICIPAL", sub-title "Home Rule",
sub—heading "Charter Amendments", to amend Article II,
Sec. 20, of the Charter of the Town of Easton, which
Section is headed "Limitation on Sale and Purchase of
Property — Municipally Owned Public Utilities; Approval
of Voters" to clarify the authority of the Town to own or
finance any real or personal property for use in
connection with any municipally owned public utility,
whether located within or without the Town's corporate
limits or the utility's designated service area, and
further to clarify the authority of the Town to acquire
property interests in common with other public utilities
for the purpose of securing entitlements to a portion of
the output or production of the common utility facilities
for the benefit of the customers of the Town's
municipally owned public utilities, and the authority to
contract for joint operation of such facilities.
SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF EASTON, that Article II, Section 20 of the
Charter of the Town of Easton, being a part of Article 21
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (19 30
Edition), as amended, titled "Talbot County", sub—title
"Easton", be and the same is hereby repealed and
re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
Section 20(A) The limitation set forth in Section
19, Article II, of this Charter shall not apply to
purchases for, or additions to, municipally owned public
utilities after such proposed purchases have been
recommended by the Easton Utilities Commission and
approved by the council.
(B) THE TOWN SHALL HAVE COMPLETE POWER
AND AUTHORITY TO OWN OR FINANCE ANY INTEREST IN REAL OR
PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR USE AS PART OF OF IN CONNECTION
WITH ANY MUNICIPALITY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITY, WITHIN OR
WITHOUT ITS CORPORATE LIMITS OR ANY DESIGNATED SERVICE
AREA, INCLUDING, BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION, AN
INTEREST IN ANY GAS OR ELECTRIC PLANT.
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