WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 368

establish a home rule county that establishes a commercial district management
authority to specify the provisions of local law relating to personnel, procurement,
or similar operational matters that apply or do not apply to the authority, with
certain exceptions; requiring that authorizing the local governing body of a charter
home rule county to approve the budget of an authority under certain
circumstances; including commercial district management authorities in the
definition of "local government" under the Local Government Tort Claims Act
under certain circumstances; making a stylistic change; providing a certain effective
date; and generally relating to the establishment and operation of commercial
district management authorities.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 23A—Corporations—Municipal
Section 2(b)(35)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 25A - Chartered Counties of Maryland

Section 5(FF)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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)

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

Article 23A—Corporations—Municipal

2.

(b) In addition to, but not in substitution of, the powers which have been, or may
hereafter be, granted to it, such legislative body also shall have the following express
ordinance making powers:

(35) (i) In accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, to establish a
commercial district management authority for any commercial district within its
geographical limits. As to each authority it establishes, the legislative body [shall]:

1. SHALL [Specify] SPECIFY the membership, organization,
jurisdiction, and geographical limits of the authority;

2. SHALL [Specify] SPECIFY one or more of the following as
the purposes of the authority:

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