3264                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 715

WATER, SEWERAGE, ELECTRIC POWER, AND GAS, INCLUDING ALL MEANS FOR
EXTRACTING AND TREATING WATER FROM THE GROUND AND FOR TREATING
AND DISPOSING OF SEWERAGE AND WASTE PRODUCTS; CONSTRUCTION OF
ACCESS AND INTERIOR ROADS; INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHTS;
CONSTRUCTION OF ONE OR MORE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS; ENGINEERING,
ARCHITECTURAL, AND LEGAL SERVICES; AND OTHER ACTIVITIES,
FACILITIES, AND SERVICES DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION
AND OPERATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL PARK.

(G) "FEDERAL AGENCY" MEANS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND ANY DEPARTMENT
OF, OR CORPORATION, AGENCY, OR INSTRUMENTALITY CREATED,
DESIGNATED OR ESTABLISHED BY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

11-202. CREATION.

A NEED EXISTS FOR NEW AND EXPANDED ENTERPRISE TO PROVIDE
ENLARGED OPPORTUNITIES FOR GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF
CALVERT COUNTY AND THUS TO ASSURE THE PRESERVATION AND BETTERMENT
OF THE ECONOMY OF CALVERT COUNTY. FURTHER, IT IS IN THE INTEREST
OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE AND PURPOSE TO PROMOTE THE OPERATION AND
DIVERSIFICATION OF INDUSTRY, TO INCREASE EMPLOYMENT, AND TO
PROVIDE A LARGER TAXABLE BASE FOR THE ECONOMY OF CALVERT COUNTY.
THEREFORE, THE INDUSTRIAL PARK AUTHORITY OF CALVERT COUNTY IS
CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING, CONSTRUCTING, DEVELOPING,
IMPROVING, OPERATING, AND MANAGING AN INDUSTRIAL PARK IN THE
COUNTY, INCLUDING LEASING OR SELLING ALL OR PART OF THE LAND
ACQUIRED OR TO BE ACQUIRED, AND ANY BUILDINGS OR APPURTENANCES TO
BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE LAND BY THE AUTHORITY TO CONSTITUTE THE
INDUSTRIAL PARK AND THUS IMPROVE THE WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC.

11-203. APPROPRIATIONS.

THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CALVERT COUNTY FROM TIME TO TIME
MAY APPROPRIATE MONEYS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING,
CONSTRUCTING, DEVELOPING, IMPROVING, OPERATING, AND MANAGING THE
INDUSTRIAL PARK BY THE INDUSTRIAL PARK AUTHORITY. THESE MONEYS
MAY BE TAKEN FROM THE GENERAL FUNDS OF THE COUNTY, FROM THE
PROCEEDS OF ANY ISSUE OF BONDS AUTHORIZED FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND
FROM ANY OTHER GRANTS OR PAYMENTS MADE TO THE COUNTY OR TO THE
INDUSTRIAL PARK AUTHORITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBTITLE.

11-204. MEMBERSHIP; APPOINTMENT; TENURE.

(A) THE AUTHORITY IS A BODY CORPORATE AND POLITIC AND IS
CONSTITUTED A PUBLIC INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE COUNTY. THE EXERCISE
BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE POWERS CONFERRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SUBTITLE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE THE PERFORMANCE OF ESSENTIAL
GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS. THE AUTHORITY CONSISTS OF 7 MEMBERS,
APPOINTED FOR 3 YEAR TERMS BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, SUBJECT
TO THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY DELEGATION TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
THE MEMBERS SHALL INCLUDE:

(1) AN ELECTED OFFICIAL;