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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 760

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 17, 1976.

CHAPTER 761

(House Bill 1406)

AN ACT concerning

Housing Assistance — County and Municipal

FOR the purpose of authorizing and providing for county
and municipal participation in federal programs for
lower—income housing assistance.

BY adding to

Article 96 — United States

Section 51, to be under the new subtitle

"Participation in Federal Housing

Assistance Programs"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 51, to be under the new
subtitle "Participation in Federal Housing Assistance
Programs" be and it is hereby added to Article 96 -
United States, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964
Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) to read as
follows:

Article 96 - United States

PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

51.

(A)    ANY COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY OF THE STATE MAY
PARTICIPATE IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS OF LOWER-INCOME HOUSING
ASSISTANCE AND FOR THIS PURPOSE, MAY: (1) ENTER INTO AND
PERFORM CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS WITH THE UNITED STATES OR
FEDERAL AGENCIES; (2) ACCEPT AND EXPEND ASSISTANCE
PAYMENTS MADE WITH RESPECT TO EXISTING, NEWLY
CONSTRUCTED, OR SUBSTANTIALLY REHABILITATED HOUSING; (3)
ACT AS A PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY WITHIN THE MEANING OF
FEDERAL LAW; AND (4) DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY OR
CONVENIENT TO ITS PARTICIPATION.

(B)    THE POWERS CONFERRED BY THIS SECTION ARE IN