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(2)  An additional article to the Compact
substantially as it appears in § 3-104 of this [subtitle] TITLE;
and

(3)  Amendments to the Compact substantially as they
appear in § 3-105 of this [article] TITLE.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Stylistic errors in Article 41C, § 3-102.

Occurred: Ch. 290, Acts of 1987.

Article 44A - Housing Authorities

23.

At least once a year, an authority shall file with the clerk
a report of its activities for the preceding year, and shall make
recommendations with reference to such additional legislation or
other action as it deems necessary in order to carry out the
purpose of this article.

In each county of the State there is hereby created a public
body corporate and politic to be known as the housing authority
of the county; provided, however, that said housing authority
shall not transact or exercise its powers hereunder until or
unless the board of county commissioners shall declare at any
time hereafter that there is need for a housing authority to
function in such county, which declaration shall be made by said
board of county commissioners in the same manner and subject to
the same conditions (except for approval by the mayor) as the
declaration of the governing body of a city, required by § 4 of
this article for the purpose of authorizing a housing authority
of a city to transact business and exercise its powers. The
housing authorities of the counties shall, within their area of
operation as hereinafter defined, have all the functions, rights,
powers, duties and liabilities provided in this article for
housing authorities in cities, and the provisions of this article
shall, within the area of operation of such housing authorities
of the counties, apply to the housing authorities of the counties
in the same manner and to the same extent as this article applies
to housing authorities created in cities; provided that as to
housing authorities of the counties, the board of commissioners
of the county for which any such authority is created[,] is
hereby authorized to perform the acts herein required or
permitted by this article to be performed by the governing body
of the city, the mayor or said governing body and the mayor, for
the housing authority of the city. In Montgomery and Prince
George's Counties, the county executive and the county council
are hereby authorized to perform the acts herein required or
permitted by this article to be performed by the mayor and the
governing body of the city, respectively, for the housing

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