PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                          H.B. 1059

(24) To acquire by conveyance, purchase or condemnation real or leasehold
property needed for any public purpose; to erect buildings thereon for the benefit of the
municipality; and to sell at public or private sale after twenty days' public notice and to
convey to the purchaser or purchasers thereof any real or leasehold property belonging to
the municipality when such legislative body determines that the same is no longer needed
for any public use.

To take by gift, grant, bequest, or devise and to hold real and personal property
absolutely or in trust for parks or gardens, or for the erection of statues, monuments,
buildings or structures, or for any public use, upon such terms and conditions as may be
prescribed by the grantor or donor, and accepted by the municipality; to provide for the
proper administration of the same; and to convey the same when such legislative body
determines that it is no longer needed for public purposes, subject to the terms and
conditions of the original grant.

(37) (I) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (34) OF
THIS SUBSECTION IN ADDITION TO THE AUTHORITY PROVIDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS
SUBSECTION. AND PROVIDED THE MUNICIPALITY HAS URBAN RENEWAL
AUTHORITY GRANTED UNDER ARTICLE III, SECTION 61, OF THE MARYLAND
CONSTITUTION:

1.       SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (IV) OF
THIS PARAGRAPH, TO ACQUIRE, WITHIN THE BOUNDARY LINES OF THE MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION, LAND AND PROPERTY OF EVERY KIND, AND ANY RIGHT, INTEREST,
FRANCHISE, EASEMENT OR PRIVILEGE THEREIN, BY PURCHASE, LEASE, GIFT,
CONDEMNATION OR ANY OTHER LEGAL MEANS, FOR DEVELOPMENT OR
REDEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE COMPREHENSIVE
RENOVATION OR REHABILITATION THEREOF; AND

2.       TO SELL, LEASE, CONVEY, TRANSFER OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSE OF ANY OF SAID LAND OR PROPERTY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT
IT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, REDEVELOPED, ALTERED OR IMPROVED AND
IRRESPECTIVE OF THE MANNER OR MEANS IN OR BY WHICH IT MAY HAVE BEEN
ACQUIRED, TO ANY PRIVATE, PUBLIC OR QUASI-PUBLIC CORPORATION,
PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, PERSON OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY.

(II)     NO LAND OR PROPERTY TAKEN BY A MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION FOR ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PURPOSES OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE EXERCISE OF ANY OF THE POWERS WHICH MAY BE GRANTED TO A
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH BY EXERCISING THE
POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN, SHALL BE TAKEN WITHOUT JUST COMPENSATION, AS
AGREED UPON BETWEEN THE PARTIES, OR AWARDED BY A JURY, BEING FIRST PAID
OR TENDERED TO THE PARTY ENTITLED TO SUCH COMPENSATION.

(III)   ALL LAND OR PROPERTY NEEDED, OR TAKEN BY THE
EXERCISE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN, BY ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
FOR ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PURPOSES OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
EXERCISE OF ANY OF THE POWERS WHICH MAY BE GRANTED TO A MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE
NEEDED OR TAKEN FOR A PUBLIC USE OR A PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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