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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 11
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MUNICIPALITY IN ORDER THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF REMEDYING SLUM AND
BLIGHTED AREAS AND PREVENTING ITS CAUSES WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY MAY BE
PROMOTED AND ACHIEVED MOST EFFECTIVELY; AND
(9) TO EXERCISE ALL OR ANY PART OR COMBINATION OF THE POWERS
GRANTED IN THIS APPENDIX.
A1-104. ESTABLISHMENT OF URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY.
(A) A MUNICIPALITY MAY ITSELF EXERCISE ALL THE POWERS GRANTED BY
THIS APPENDIX, OR MAY, IF ITS LEGISLATIVE BODY BY ORDINANCE DETERMINES
THE ACTION TO BE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, ELECT TO HAVE THE POWERS
EXERCISED BY A SEPARATE PUBLIC BODY OR AGENCY
(B) IN THE EVENT THE LEGISLATIVE BODY MAKES THAT DETERMINATION, IT
SHALL PROCEED BY ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC BODY OR AGENCY TO
UNDERTAKE IN THE MUNICIPALITY THE ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED BY THIS
APPENDIX.
(C) THE ORDINANCE SHALL INCLUDE PROVISIONS ESTABLISHING THE
NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BODY OR AGENCY, THE MANNER OF THEIR
APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL, AND THE TERMS OF THE MEMBERS AND THEIR
COMPENSATION.
(D) THE ORDINANCE MAY INCLUDE WHATEVER ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PUBLIC BODY OR AGENCY AS MAY BE
NECESSARY.
(E) IN THE EVENT THE LEGISLATIVE BODY ENACTS THIS ORDINANCE, ALL OF
THE POWERS BY THIS APPENDIX GRANTED TO THE MUNICIPALITY, FROM THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE, ARE VESTED IN THE PUBLIC BODY OR AGENCY
ESTABLISHED BY THE ORDINANCE.
A1-105. POWERS WITHHELD FROM THE AGENCY.
THE AGENCY MAY NOT:
(1) PASS A RESOLUTION TO INITIATE AN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT
PURSUANT TO SECTIONS A1-102 AND A1-103 OF THIS APPENDIX;
(2) ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS PURSUANT TO SECTION A1-111
OF THIS APPENDIX; OR
(3) APPROPRIATE FUNDS OR LEVY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS
PURSUANT TO SECTION A1-103(3) OF THIS APPENDIX.
A1-106. INITIATION OF PROJECT.
IN ORDER TO INITIATE AN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, THE LEGISLATIVE BODY
OF THE MUNICIPALITY SHALL ADOPT A RESOLUTION WHICH:
(1) FINDS THAT ONE OR MORE SLUM OR BLIGHTED AREAS EXIST IN THE
MUNICIPALITY;
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