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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0563* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 563 |
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| 8 | 8 | | L2 5lr2680 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF 5lr2681 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Dorchester County Delegation |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Environment and Transportation |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Dorchester County – County Property Leases – Notice Exemptions 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of exempting a lease of county property for a certain duration made by 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Dorchester County from certain notice requirements; and generally relating to notice 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | requirements for leases of county property in Dorchester County. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Article – Local Government 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 10–312(f) 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2013 Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | |
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| 33 | 33 | | Article – Local Government 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 10–312. 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (f) (1) Except as provided in [paragraph] PARAGRAPHS (2) AND (3) of this 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | subsection, before the county makes any disposition, grant, or lease of county property, the 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | county shall publish notice of the disposition, grant, or lease once a week for 3 successive 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | weeks in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county and shall include the 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | terms and the compensation to be received and give opportunity for objections. 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) A county may grant an easement for a public utility without giving 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | notice under this subsection. 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2 HOUSE BILL 563 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (3) DORCHESTER COUNTY MAY ENTER INTO A LEASE OF COUNTY 1 |
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| 49 | 49 | | PROPERTY WITHOUT GIVING NOTICE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION IF T HE LEASE HAS A 2 |
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| 50 | 50 | | TERM OF 5 YEARS OR LESS. 3 |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 4 |
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| 53 | 53 | | October 1, 2025. 5 |
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