ASSESSMENTS REGARDING THE ABANDONED PROPERTY, THE CITY IS ENTITLED TO A
JUDGMENT AGAINST THE OWNER OF THE ABANDONED PROPERTY FOR THE
DIFFERENCE.

(I) WHEN A COURT VESTS TITLE TO THE ABANDONED PROPERTY TO THE
CITY, AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY, THE COURT MAY NAME AS TITLEHOLDER A
PUBLIC OR QUASI-PUBLIC CORPORATION THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE CITY
TO HOLD TITLE TO PROPERTY ACQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION.

(J) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, THE PROVISIONS OF
§ 21-16 OF THIS SUBHEADING APPLY TO A PROCEEDING FOR A TAKING UNDER THIS
SECTION.

(K) IF AN OWNER-OCCUPANT OR TENANT IS DISPLACED UNDER SUBSECTION
(A)(4) OF THIS SECTION, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE DISPLACEMENT INVOLVES
THE USE OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, THE CITY SHALL ASSURE THAT THE
OWNER-OCCUPANT OR TENANT IS OFFERED, AT A MINIMUM, ASSISTANCE AND
PAYMENTS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE OWNER-OCCUPANT OR TENANT WOULD
QUALIFY FOR ASSISTANCE AND PAYMENTS AS A DISPLACED PERSON UNDER THE
FEDERAL UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION
POLICIES ACT OF 1970.

(L) THIS SECTION DOES NOT AFFECT THE AUTHORITY OF THE MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL TO CONDEMN PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC USE UNDER OTHER
PROVISIONS OF LAW.

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

4-401.

Except as provided in § 4-402 of this subtitle, and subject to the venue
provisions of Title 6 of this article, the District Court has exclusive original civil
jurisdiction in:

(12) A proceeding to enforce a civil penalty assessed by the Maryland
Division of Labor and Industry under Title 5 of the Labor and Employment Article
where the amount involved does not exceed $20,000; [and]

(13) A proceeding for a civil infraction under § 21-202.1 of the
Transportation Article; AND

(14) A PROCEEDING FOR CONDEMNATION AND IMMEDIATE POSSESSION
OF AND TITLE TO ABANDONED, BLIGHTED, AND DETERIORATED PROPERTY UNDER
AUTHORITY GRANTED IN THE CODE OF PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS OF A COUNTY,
INCLUDING BALTIMORE CITY, WHERE THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY
DOES NOT EXCEED $25,000.

SECTION 2. AND IT BE FURTHER ENACTED, That, the Mayor of the City of
Baltimore shall report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2-1246 of the
State Government Article, on or before December 1, 2000, and on or before December
1 each year thereafter, on the number of homeowners and the number of tenants