Ch. 603                                    1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - Financial Institutions

13-701.

(a)     In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)     "Authority" means the Maryland Stadium Authority.

(c)     "Sports facility" means:

(1)     Stadiums for the primary purpose of holding professional football
games, major league professional baseball games, or both, in the Baltimore metropolitan
area, as defined under Regional Planning Council Law;

(2)     Practice fields, or other areas where professional football or major
league professional baseball teams may practice or perform;

(3)     Offices for professional football and major league professional baseball
teams or franchises; and

(4)     Adjacent properties directly related to an item listed in paragraphs (1)
through (3) of this section, including:

(i) Parking lots;

(ii) Garages; and

(iii) Other properties.

(d)     ["Convention center facilities"] "BALTIMORE CONVENTION CENTER
FACILITIES" means:

(1)     Convention centers, trade show facilities, meeting halls, or other
structures in Baltimore City used for the holding of conventions, trade shows, meetings,
displays, or similar events, including without limitation the Baltimore City Convention
Center;

(2)     Offices, parking lots, garages, access roads, hotels, restaurants, railroad
sidings, and any other property, structures, furnishings, or equipment functionally related
to the facilities described in paragraph (1) of this subsection; and

(3)     Other facilities and properties used or useful or having present capacity
for future use as, or in connection with, BALTIMORE convention center facilities,
including:

(i) Land, buildings, structures, machinery, equipment, and all
properties and rights therein and appurtenances thereof, and rights-of-way, franchises,
easements, and other interests in land;

(ii) All land and facilities that are functionally related to a
BALTIMORE convention center facility; and

(iii) All patents, licenses, and other rights necessary or useful in the
construction or operation of a BALTIMORE convention center facility.

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