Ch. 185                         LAWS OF MARYLAND

(c)  The County Commissioners [of Dorchester County] may
sell real or leasehold property without public sale to any
municipality or other governmental agency within Dorchester
County upon terms and conditions and for consideration, if any,.
which they consider proper, when in their discretion the property
is no longer needed for public use by the county, and may execute
and acknowledge any and all deeds and other instruments necessary
to effect and complete the sale of the real or leasehold
property.

(d)  The County Commissioners [of Dorchester County] may
lease real or leasehold property belonging to the county, in lieu
of sale, to nonprofit organizations upon terms and conditions
they deem proper, when in their discretion the real or leasehold
property is no longer needed for public use, and to execute and
acknowledge any instruments necessary to effect and complete the
lease of the property.

(E) THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY SELL REAL OR LEASEHOLD
PROPERTY WITHOUT A PUBLIC SALE TO ANY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY
LOCATED IN THE COUNTY FOR USE IN PROVIDING FIRE, EMERGENCY, AND
SUPPORTING SERVICES OR FACILITIES, UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
AND FOR WHATEVER CONSIDERATION, IF ANY, WHICH THEY CONSIDER
PROPER WHEN IN THEIR DISCRETION THE PROPERTY IS NO LONGER NEEDED
FOR PUBLIC USE BY THE COUNTY, AND MAY EXECUTE AND ACKNOWLEDGE ANY
AND ALL DEEDS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS NECESSARY TO EFFECT AND
COMPLETE THE SALE OF REAL OR LEASEHOLD PROPERTY. THE DEED OR
OTHER INSTRUMENT OF CONVEYANCE SHALL PROVIDE THAT OWNERSHIP OF
THE PROPERTY SHALL REVERT TO THE COUNTY WHEN THE PROPERTY IS N0
LONGER USED BY THE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY IN PROVIDING FIRE,
EMERGENCY, AND SUPPORTING SERVICES OR FACILITIES.               

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety and having
been passed by a yea, and nay vote supported by three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, it shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 29, 1987.

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