Ch. 267

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 10-1202.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

5-401.

(d) "Local government" means:

(18)   The Howard County Economic Development Authority; [and]

(19) THE HOWARD COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY; AND

(20)    A commercial district management authority established by a county or
municipal corporation if provided under local law.

Article - Health - General

10-1202.1.

(a)     This section applies only to Howard County.

(b)     (1) The purpose of this section is to authorize the establishment of a
quasi-public authority which may be activated by Howard County, if the county decides to
designate a quasi-public authority as the core service agency to perform the duties
imposed under this subtitle.

(2) This section has no effect on any other form of core service agency,
whether it is a unit of Howard County government, a local health department, or a
private, nonprofit corporation.

(c)     (1) If activated as a quasi-public authority by an ordinance or resolution of
the governing body of Howard County, there is established a quasi-public authority in
Howard County.

(2) The quasi-public authority shall:

(i) Serve as the core service agency for the jurisdiction; and

(ii) Be a public body, corporate, and politic.

(d)     The local ordinance activating the quasi-public authority shall include the
following:

(1) The name of the quasi-public authority;

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