HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      3013

CHAPTER 787

(House Bill 1357)

AN ACT concerning

Frederick County - County Commissioners - Sale
of Real Property

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Board of County Commissioners
of Frederick County to sell certain real property at a
public or private sale under certain conditions; making
stylistic changes; and generally relating to the sale of
real property by the Board of County Commissioners of
Frederick County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 25 - County Commissioners

Section 11A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 25 - County Commissioners

11A.

(a)  (1) [The] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS
SECTION, THE county commissioners of every county may:

(i) Acquire by purchase, gift, devise, bequest,
condemnation, or otherwise, any property, or any interest
therein, of any kind needed for any public purpose,

(ii) Erect buildings thereon for the benefit of
the county, and

(iii) Sell at public sale any property when no
longer needed for public use.

(2) Property may not be sold until it has been
advertised for at least 20 days prior to the date of sale.

(b)  (1) The provisions of this subsection prevail over
those of (a) to the extent of any inconsistency.

(2) [This subsection applies in the following
counties:

(i) Frederick County