PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                               Ch. 40

compensation being first paid to the party entitled to the compensation; declaring
that all land or property taken under this Act is needed for public uses or purposes;
authorizing the legislative body of the Town of Betterton by ordinance to elect to
have the powers granted by this Act exercised by a certain public body; imposing
certain requirements for the initiation and approval of an urban renewal project;
providing for the disposal of property in an urban renewal area; authorizing the
municipal corporation to issue certain bonds under certain circumstances; clarifying
that this Act may be amended or repealed only by the General Assembly of
Maryland; defining certain terms; and generally relating to urban renewal authority
for slum clearance for the Town of Betterton in Kent County.

BY adding to

Chapter 10 - Charter of the Town of Betterton

Section A1-101 through A1-114, inclusive, to be under the new heading "Appendix
I - Urban Renewal Authority for Slum Clearance"

Public Local Laws of Maryland - Compilation of Municipal Charters

(1990 Replacement Edition and 1995 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Public Local Laws of Maryland - Compilation of Municipal
Charters read as follows:

Chapter 10 - Charter of the Town of Betterton

APPENDIX I - URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY FOR SLUM CLEARANCE
Al-101. DEFINITION.

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

(B)     "BLIGHTED AREA" MEANS AN AREA IN WHICH A MAJORITY OF
BUILDINGS HAVE DECLINED IN PRODUCTIVITY BY REASON OF OBSOLESCENCE,
DEPRECIATION, OR OTHER CAUSES TO AN EXTENT THEY NO LONGER JUSTIFY
FUNDAMENTAL REPAIRS AND ADEQUATE MAINTENANCE.

(C) "BONDS" MEANS ANY BONDS (INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS), NOTES,
INTERIM CERTIFICATES, CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, DEBENTURES, OR
OTHER OBLIGATIONS.

(D)    "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT" MEANS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR
ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY, CORPORATE OR OTHERWISE, OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA

(E)     "MUNICIPALITY" MEANS THE TOWN OF BETTERTON, MARYLAND.

(F)     "PERSON" MEANS ANY INDIVIDUAL, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION,
COMPANY, ASSOCIATION, JOINT STOCK ASSOCIATION, OR BODY POLITIC IT
INCLUDES ANY TRUSTEE, RECEIVER, ASSIGNEE, OR OTHER PERSON ACTING IN
SIMILAR REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY.

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