HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1821

(1)  BY LAW, THE GOVERNING BODY OF A POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION SHALL SHOW ITS INTENTION TO WITHDRAW FROM OR JOIN AN
EXISTING AUTHORITY.

(2)  IF, BY RESOLUTION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AN
AUTHORITY CONSENTS TO THE WITHDRAWAL OF A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
FROM THE AUTHORITY, THE FOLLOWING PERSONS SHALL SIGN AND
ACKNOWLEDGE ARTICLES OF WITHDRAWAL:

(I)  THE AUTHORIZED OFFICERS OF THE WITHDRAWING
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION; AND

(II)  THE AUTHORIZED OFFICERS OF THE AUTHORITY.

(3)  IF, BY RESOLUTION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AN
AUTHORITY CONSENTS TO THE ADDITION OF A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION AS
A MEMBER OF THE AUTHORITY, THE FOLLOWING PERSONS SHALL SIGN AND
ACKNOWLEDGE ARTICLES OF JOINDER:

(I)  THE AUTHORIZED OFFICERS OF THE JOINING
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION;

(II)  THE AUTHORIZED OFFICERS OF THE AUTHORITY;
AND

(III)  AFTER THEY ARE AUTHORIZED BY LAW OF THE
GOVERNING BODIES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, THE
AUTHORIZED OFFICERS OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE THEN
MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY.

(D)  CONTENTS OF ARTICLES OF JOINDER.

ARTICLES OF JOINDER UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE, FOR
THE JOINING POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, ALL OF THE INFORMATION
REQUIRED UNDER § 9-907(B) OF THIS SUBTITLE, INCLUDING THE NAME,
ADDRESS, AND TERM OF OFFICE OF THE 1ST MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE AUTHORITY FROM THE JOINING POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION.

(E)  ARTICLES OF WITHDRAWAL AND ARTICLES OF JOINDER --
FILING WITH STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION.

THE OFFICERS OF THE AUTHORITY SHALL FILE ARTICLES OF
WITHDRAWAL OR ARTICLES OF JOINDER UNDER THIS SECTION FOR RECORD
WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION.

(F) SAME -- APPROVAL BY STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND
TAXATION.

(1) THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION
SHALL:

(I) RECEIVE THE ARTICLES OF WITHDRAWAL OR
ARTICLES OF JOINDER;