BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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essential to relieve this unemployment and to establish a
balanced economy within the County and State;

(3)    Assisting in the retention of commerce, industry
and manufacturing in the County and State; and

(4)    Assisting and/or promoting the economic
development, and the present and prospective health,
happiness, safety, right of gainful employment and general
welfare of the citizens of the County and State; now,
therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 41 — Governor — Executive and Administrative
Departments

266A.

(a) As used in this subheading, the term "industrial
building" or "buildings" means any building or structure, or
portion thereof, suitable for or intended for use as a
factory, mill, shop, processing plant, research and/or
development laboratory, warehouse, assembly plant,
fabricating plant, and offices related to any of the
foregoing and/or necessary or useful machinery and
equipment, to be leased or sold to an industrial concern
(or, in the case of pollution control facilities, to a
public service company) by the municipality or county by
which it is acquired. The term also means any office
building for use as corporate or company headquarters or
regional offices which the legislative body of a
municipality or county finds would materially contribute to
any one or more of the legislative purposes set forth in §
266B(b). THE TERM ALSO MEANS ANY BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES,
OFFICES, FIELDS AND/OR OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY
(INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO APPURTENANCES, MACHINERY,
FURNISHINGS, AND EQUIPMENT) NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE IN THE
USE AND/OR OPERATION OF ANY PRACTICE FACILITIES BY ANY
PROFESSIONAL AND/OR AMATEUR ATHLETIC OR SPORTS TEAM OR
ORGANIZATION IN BALTIMORE COUNTY; ANY SUCH ATHLETIC OR
SPORTS TEAM OR ORGANIZATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE AN
INDUSTRIAL CONCERN FOR ALL PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE. The
term also means the land site or interests in land necessary
or desirable for the building or structure, together with
roads, or other rights of access, utilities, and other
necessary facilities. The term also means any sports
stadium or sports arena in Prince George's County. The term
also means any general hospital or related health facility
or ambulatory care facility which has a certification of
need from the State Comprehensive Health Planning Agency.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety