HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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commence its activities when there shall have been
filed with the Secretary of State and the Department of
Legislative Reference resolutions of participation of
at least two of the following three four counties: Anne
Arundel County, Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
Baltimore County, and Harford County; providing that
the Authority shall consist of one member from each
participating county, the executive director of the
Authority and the Treasurer of the State of Maryland
and the director of the Maryland Environmental Service
ex officio and that the member from each participating
county shall be appointed by the Governor from a list
of persons submitted by such county; providing for an
executive director, general counsel, and staff of such
Authority; prohibiting the executive director from
voting except in the case of a tie vote of the other
members present; authorizing the Authority to enter
into such agreements with the Maryland Environmental
Service as the Authority may deem necessary or
appropriate to provide for the assumption of all or any
part of the Authority's activities by the Maryland
Environmental Service; stating that, without in any way
limiting the discretion of the Authority, the Authority
and the Maryland Environmental Service should cooperate
to the maximum extent practicable in effecting a
regional waste disposal program in the participating
counties; providing certain limitations with respect to
projects located outside of the participating counties;
authorizing the Authority to undertake certain planning
functions and other responsibilities in accordance with
section 3-106 of Title 3 of the Natural Resources
Article; granting the Authority the power to acquire,
construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, maintain, equip,
lease, repair, and operate certain waste disposal and
energy generation projects; granting the Authority the
power to issue bonds, including bond anticipation
notes, grant and revenue anticipation notes and
industrial development revenue bonds for any corporate
purposes, including the financing of such projects;
granting to the Authority the power to take and hold
title to any project transferred to the Authority and
to assume the obligations or indebtedness of the
transferring subdivision incurred in connection with
such project; granting to the Authority the power to
enter into contracts, certain of such contracts to be
deemed for the benefit of certain bondholders;
providing for the Authority to receive loans and grants
and to participate in waste disposal, energy generation
and resource recovery programs; providing for the
Authority to make loans to subdivisions or other
persons from the proceeds of its revenue bonds in order
to provide projects authorized by the Authority;
authorizing the Authority to establish rules and
regulations with respect to its projects and operations
and to fix, charge, and collect rates, rentals, fees,