HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                  1373

(1)   Assisting and promoting in the relief of
conditions of unemployment existing in many areas of the
County and State;

(2)   Assisting and promoting in the development of new
commercial, industrial, and manufacturing plants which are
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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 GRANDSTANDS, PADDOCKS,
BUILDINGS, OFFICES, STRUCTURES, 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
FAIR OR FAIRGROUND IN BALTIMORE COUNTY; ANY SUCH FAIR OR
FAIRGROUND SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE AN INDUSTRIAL CONCERN FOR
ALL PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE. 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;