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(2)  Make allowance for the difference in hydrologic
characteristics and stormwater management needs of different
parts of the State;

(3)  Specify that watershed-wide analyses may be
necessary to prevent undesirable downstream effects of increased
stormwater runoff;

(4)  Specify the exemptions a county or municipality
may grant from the requirements of submitting a stormwater
management plan; and

(5)  Specify the minimum content of the local
ordinances OR THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE AFFECTED COUNTY
GOVERNING BODY to be adopted which may be done by inclusion of a
model ordinance OR THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE AFFECTED
COUNTY GOVERNING BODY MODEL RULES AND REGULATIONS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 29, 1984.

CHAPTER 539

(Senate Bill 429)

AN ACT concerning

Local Governments - Judicial Review of Contract Disputes

FOR the purpose of providing that a final administrative decision
concerning any controversy over a contract entered into by a
municipality or county shall be subject to judicial review
de novo certain arbitration or judicial review procedures or
both; and providing that a municipal corporation or county
may not, by contractual provision or otherwise, attempt to
deprive any party of that right to judicial review. FOR the
purpose of prohibiting counties Baltimore City, counties,
and municipalities from requiring or providing certain terms
concerning the resolution of contract disputes in certain
construction contracts; and providing exceptions to this
Act.

BY adding to

The Charter of Baltimore City
Article II - General Powers
Section (4A)
(1964 Revision, as amended)