HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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the county commissioners of any county to enact laws or
regulations for any incorporated town, village, or
municipality in said county.

(b) The county commissioners may IMPOSE FRANCHISE FEES
AND MAY establish the rates, rules, and regulations for
[those] ANY franchises granted under the provisions of
subsection (a) above.

(B) THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY GRANT ONE OR MORE
EXCLUSIVE OR NONEXCLUSIVE FRANCHISES FOR A COMMUNITY ANTENNA
SYSTEM OR OTHER CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM THAT UTILIZES ANY
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, HIGHWAY, STREET, ROAD, LANE, ALLEY, OR
BRIDGE, MAY IMPOSE FRANCHISE FEES, AND MAY ESTABLISH RATES,
RULES, AND REGULATIONS FOR FRANCHISES GRANTED UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION.

Article 25A - Chartered Counties of Maryland

5.

The following enumerated express powers are granted to
and conferred upon any county or counties which hereafter
form a charter under the provisions of Article 11A of the
Constitution, that is to say:

(B)

To provide for the protection of the county property;
to provide for the acquisition by purchase, lease, or
otherwise, and condemnation of property required for public
purposes in the county; to dispose of any real or leasehold
property belonging to the county, provided the same is no
longer needed for public use; to grant any franchise or
right to use the same, or any right or franchise in relation
to any highway, street, road, lanes, alley or bridge; TO
GRANT ONE OR MORE FRANCHISES, WHICH MAY BE EXCLUSIVE IN
NATURE, FOR A COMMUNITY ANTENNA SYSTEM OR OTHER CABLE
TELEVISION SYSTEM, TO ESTABLISH RATES AND REGULATE SERVICES,
TO IMPOSE FRANCHISE FEES, AND TO ESTABLISH OTHER RULES TO
GOVERN THE OPERATION OF THE FRANCHISES; TO GRANT ONE OR MORE
EXCLUSIVE OR NONEXCLUSIVE FRANCHISES FOR A COMMUNITY ANTENNA
SYSTEM OR OTHER CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM THAT UTILIZES ANY
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, HIGHWAY, STREET, ROAD, LANE, ALLEY, OR
BRIDGE, TO IMPOSE FRANCHISE FEES, AND TO ESTABLISH RATES,
RULES, AND REGULATIONS FOR FRANCHISES GRANTED; and to
provide for the leasing as lessor to the State or any
political subdivision or other agency thereof, or to any
county agency, or to any person, any property belonging to
the county or any agency thereof, in furtherance of the
public purposes of such county, or. agency, upon such terms
and compensation as said county may deem proper, and after
such disposition, grant or lease shall have been advertised
once a week for three successive weeks in one or more
newspapers of general circulation published in said county,