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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 547
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Annotated Code of Maryland
(1977 Volume and 1982 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Transportation
8-309.
(a) The purpose of this section is to return unneeded land
to the tax rolls of the counties and to make this land available
for use by [private enterprise] A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY FOR ANY
TRANSPORTATION PURPOSE.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary,
if land acquired under this subtitle is not needed for present or
future [highway] STATE, COUNTY, OR MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION
PURPOSE or other public purposes, the Administration shall
dispose of the land as soon as practicable after the completion
or abandonment of the project for which the land was acquired.
(2) (I) If the land is from a project that was
abandoned, and the Secretary determines that the property is no
longer needed for any STATE transportation purpose, A COUNTY OR
MUNICIPALITY MAY ACQUIRE THE LAND FOR A TRANSPORTATION PURPOSE,
WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY, ON PAYMENT OF AN AMOUNT
EQUAL TO THE CONSIDERATION THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OR COMMISSION
ORIGINALLY PAID FOR THE LAND, AND REASONABLE INTEREST AND
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
(II) IF THE LAND IS NOT NEEDED FOR A COUNTY OR
MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION PURPOSE, the person from whom the land
was acquired or the successor in interest of that person has the
[first] right to reacquire the land, on payment of an amount
equal to the consideration that the Administration or Commission
originally paid for the land.
(III) If [this right is not] NEITHER OF THESE
RIGHTS IS exercised, the land shall be disposed of under this
section in the same manner as if the land were from a project
that has been completed or otherwise as permitted by this
section.
(f) Except as required by this section for property from an
abandoned project, this section does not prevent the
Administration, with the approval of the Board of Public Works,
from conveying any of its surplus land to any State or local
agency that:
(1) Needs the property for a public purpose; and
(2) Pays the Administration an amount equal to the
[lesser of:
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