WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 356

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 5-401(d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 73B - Pensions
Section 10-101(e)(3)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1988 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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

Article 14 - Howard County

TITLE 26. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SUBTITLE 1. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

26.100.

(A)     IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(B)     "AUTHORITY" MEANS THE HOWARD COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY.

(C)     "BOARD" MEANS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HOWARD COUNTY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

(D)     "COUNTY" MEANS HOWARD COUNTY.

(E)     "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN" OR "PLAN" MEANS THE DOCUMENT
THAT:

(1)      IS PREPARED BY THE AUTHORITY AND APPROVED BY THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE; AND

(2)      OUTLINES OR PRESENTS A STRATEGY FOR PROMOTING ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY.

26.101.

(A)     THERE IS A BODY CORPORATE AND POLITIC KNOWN AS THE HOWARD
COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

(B)     IN CARRYING OUT THE POWERS AND DUTIES CONFERRED BY THIS
SUBTITLE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS PERFORMING AN
ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.

(C)     THE PURPOSE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS TO:

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